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Anonymous
10 years ago

Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 game will play but no graphics (Black screen)

Hi, I downloaded the C&C game a few months ago. Initially the game would load with no problems (graphics and game were working perfectly). Recently the game would load, but there would be no graphics (black screen). There is music in the background so I know the game is running but for some reason the graphics does not appear.

Does anyone know the solution to this problem?

Thanks!

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  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    @vsauwspresident

    Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. For Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics problems. You can find them here:

    Command & Conquer 1:

    Red Alert 1:

    Tiberian Sun:

    Red Alert 2:

    • The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue.
      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.

    It is strongly advised to install all of these.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    It Worked 😃

    Big Thanks

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