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10 years ago
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C&C RED ALERT 2/YURI'S REVENGE TECH ISSUE?

So as I start up the new (FREE) download of C&C RED ALERT 2 for PC, I've noticed I can't even start up the game without a black screen. I feel it's becoming an issue for a few of my EA games and I do...
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    Nyerguds
    10 years ago

    @AnbuSoraCentral

    The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue for many people.

    Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should work.

    As far as I know, the bug is just caused by incompatibilities (or rather, scrapped undocumented features these old games tended to use) in the DirectX 16-bit colour mode the game uses, so it's not because of your PC. Remember, this game is more than 10 year old; any modern PC is far overqualified to run it, but sadly, that causes problems just as well.

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Nyerguds
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10 years ago

@AnbuSoraCentral

The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue for many people.

Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should work.

As far as I know, the bug is just caused by incompatibilities (or rather, scrapped undocumented features these old games tended to use) in the DirectX 16-bit colour mode the game uses, so it's not because of your PC. Remember, this game is more than 10 year old; any modern PC is far overqualified to run it, but sadly, that causes problems just as well.

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