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10 years ago

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Command And Conquer no video

I downloaded the Command and Conquer pack with 17 titles to play Red Alert 2, which is my favorite old computer game. I paid for it, downloaded it, and installed it successfully. When I launch the ga...

Nyerguds
10 years ago
@sethluvsgod7

This isn't a matter of specs, actually. These games are all really old, so minimum requirements mean nothing to them. The problem here is mainly that they were all made for completely different systems.

Worry not, though: 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, and for Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics problems. You can find them all here:

Command & Conquer 1:

Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)

Red Alert 1:

Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer

Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)

Tiberian Sun:

Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

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.

Nyerguds

Hero+

10 years ago

@sethluvsgod7

This isn't a matter of specs, actually. These games are all really old, so minimum requirements mean nothing to them. The problem here is mainly that they were all made for completely different systems.

Worry not, though: 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, and for Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics problems. You can find them all here:

Command & Conquer 1:

Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)

Red Alert 1:

Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer
Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)

Tiberian Sun:

Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

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
10 years ago
I'm sorry but Most People don't know how to do this. And I think that origin should fix the problem or don't offer the game . I just spent hours trying to fix this and I won't do it again.
- Nyerguds
  Hero+
  10 years ago
  @dove5b
  
  @dove5b wrote:
  
  I'm sorry but Most People don't know how to do this.
  
  That's exactly why we already did it for you. The patches I linked to are installers which auto-detect where the game is installed. All you need to do is download them, run them, let them do their thing, and then just start the games again. Is that really so hard? 😕
  
  If you mean the Red Alert 2 instructions... what exactly is your problem? Finding the game folder? Unzipping a zip file? Opening a file in notepad? All of these are pretty trivial. People should really be more aware of what goes on inside the computers they're using.
  
  If you have trouble finding where the game is installed, open the Origin menu and select "Application Settings". In the settings screen, go to the "Advanced" section. Copy the address in the grey box, paste it in your Windows file explorer's address bar, and press [enter]. In the folder where you end up you will see the actual installation folders of your games. Then just find the Red Alert 2 one in there.
  
  @dove5b wrote:
  
  And I think that origin should fix the problem or don't offer the game . I just spent hours trying to fix this and I won't do it again.
  
  Well, sadly, there's no one employed at EA to work on anything C&C related, so them offering more support isn't an option. So we, the fans, just do what we can, y'know? I know, the way this pack was made is awful; but it's still preferable to not having any legal way to get the games.
  
  Though it'd be nice if they'd just make Red Alert 2 freeware, like they did with the first three games 😞
  - Player_nv0wmwqu
    5 years ago
    Hey,
    I fixed the black screen, however while playing the screen turns off, shows my desktop in a different resolution (the resolution the game operates at) and will not go back into the game. I can hear sounds but never get back into gameplay. Any suggestions?