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foebs55
4 years ago

Command and Conquer crashing

I am playing Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge on windows 10.  everytime I play the game eventually crashes, like the windows button is hit (its not).  Then when I try opening the game it is just a black screen.  I can hear the sound and the mouse move, but the screen is black.  Any help?

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  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @foebs55 

    A lot of the games have been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. You can find them here:

    Command & Conquer 1:

    Red Alert 1:

    Tiberian Sun:

    Red Alert 2:

    • I advise installing the CnCNet online play installer for RA2/YR. Even if you're not interested in online play, it comes with a bunch of automatic fixes. It should automatically take care of the "black screen on startup" issue, and has a configuration tool that allows further tweaking of the game's settings. You may want to look into changing the renderer in the settings if you keep having issues after installing it.

    Generals:

    • GenTool seems to be the main patch for Generals these days. The website is kind of vague on what it does besides restoring multiplayer and adding anti-cheat, but I heard it does a lot to make it work better on modern OSes too.
    • If you have issues with DirectX errors popping up, find and delete the file "dbghelp.dll" in the game's install folder.

    Renegade:

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