Windscribe is a free and from us Tested VPN service which has proofen to be a pretty much plug and play and relatively low latency solution for most common Connection issues you may encounter. We have tested Windscribe deeply and can assure our users that aslong as the VPN is used Purely for the Playing of the Games we Provide our Service for that there are no increased Security risks nor any hidden or sketchy payments.
Windscribe Provides a Total of 10GB Free Data every month (given that you activated your account via the E-mail) and if you use Windscribe only for playing the games is there no Chance that you will exhaust said Volume. That means you will have to make sure that there is NOTHING draining your data in the background this includes but is not limited to: Streaming Video Content of any form including Screenshares on Discord, Background Downloads, Streaming huge amount of high quality music and other Content.
In General do we recommend the following: Correctly Activating Windscribes Split tunneling to erease the chance of accidentally yeeting your data voloumne out of the window or if if Split tunneling is not active to not stream Video content or start downloads while being connected to the VPN.
This being said now get to the actual guide:
Step 1: Go to https://windscribe.com/ and download Windscribe for your OS most likely will that be Windows. Note: You do not need the Browser Extension nor R.O.B.E.R.T so you can skip these steps in the download. (for Chinese users or users where that website is blocked we do have a workaround to make windscribe work for you)
Step 2: Run the installer and Log in with your user account you previously created on https://windscribe.com/ (make sure to activate your account using the E-mail to receive 10GB of free Data).
Step 3: After the Installation is done and you are logged in into your Windscribe client (should you encounter any Errors while installing Windscribe please message Cervanthes#3136 (me) with as many Details as possible) will you see a small window with a big ON/OFF button.
Step 4: Click the big white ON/OFF Button and wait for windscribe to connect the window will visibly change and telling you that you are connected. you do not need to pick a location or change the Client settings in any way.
Step 5: Now that you are connected please open the game in which you are facing connection problems and navigate to the settings menu
Step 6a: For KW, TW and RA3 will the setting menu have a "Network" tab, open that one and in the IP menu please select the IP that starts with the number 10.
Step 6b: For Generals and ZeroHour are the Network settings included in the main settings menu just click the drop down menu for "Online IP" and select the IP starting with 10 (should you not be able to change the IP e.g. the menu is greyed out or the IP auto resets to a different one please message Cervanthes#3136 (me) giving details about your game version and if you have any modifications applied to your game)
Step 7: Now that you have changed your IP navigate back to Multiplayer and try to log into the servers Note that this might take one or three tries after changing your IP
Step 8: Confirm that you are able to connect to the multiplayer if that goes well we will now set up windscribe in a way that you cant accidentally yeet your data away
**Step 9: Open your windscribe client and click the settings tab (three stripes top left corner)
Step 10: Click the button that looks like a plug labelled "Connection"
Step 11: Click the option called "Split Tunneling"
Step 12: Change the mode to "Inclusive"
Step 13: Under the option "Apps" are you now going to add the Command and conquer games and C&C:Online/Gentool
Step 14: This change will only have these appllications use your VPN connection so that nothing else is draining your Data
Stage 15: Log back into Multiplayer and Welcome back Commander!
Note: Should you still face issues Connecting even with Windscribe please message Cervanthes#3136 Note²: For any Questions, Suggestions, or just a simple chit chat Ping or message Cervanthes#3136 as well Note³: We are in no way Sponsored nor Supported from Windscribe and gain nothing from "advertising" their product, you can always try out a different VPN Provider but we cannot provide support for other services except Windscribe.