command and conquer renegade crash
Ok, so I've been messing with this a bit, and I think I found the issue; though in truth I need to play with it a bit more to get the resolution in window mode working right.
I'm going to list the current discussed "Solutions" first. None of which have worked for me.
1) Use Origin's Game Properties > Advanced Launch Option feature and use -w or -win [fail]
2) Use WWConfig to enter into window'd mode [fail] **note, this is NOT required for my fix below**
These may have worked in older versions of windows, but what I seem to have messed with and got to solve the issue is dealing with the Game.exe, Renegade.exe, and RenegadeLauncher.exe compatibility settings for the files themselves. I want to put this out there, this worked for me, and each system is different and may not have the same effect.
Steps:
- For each of the all three exe files in the game destination file do the following:
*.exe > Right-click > Properties > Compatibilities > 1) Select Compatibility mode 'Run this program...' the system I found reliable is 'Windows XP (SP2)'; 2) Select 'Disable fullscreen optimizations'
- For Game.exe only:
Game.exe > Right-click > Properties > Compatibilities > Change high DPI settings > High DPI scaling override should be checked and Application should be used for the drop down option.
Once I had these settings done, I've been able to open the game successfully multiple times with no issues, other than having to wait through that long intro before the main menu... my esc doesn't seem to skip it.
