I spent $20, and this is what I get?
I'm just trying to play C&C Red Alert 2 on my Windows 10 PC. I spent $20 in Origin for the Ultimate Collection, and this is what I get?
How do I fix this?
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:
- 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:
Red Alert 2:
- The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve a multitude of graphics problems, including 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 try running the game again.
Note that if you still have graphical problems with the games, like the thing you got there, you should go into the game folder, find all executables in there, open their properties, go to the "Compatibility" tab, and enable the option to "disable display scaling", since display scaling often messes up old games. The option can also be disabled globally in Windows.
Besides that, make sure to enable the Run as Administrator option on all of the pre-C&C3 games in the pack; they need to be able to access their game folder, and chances are you installed the games in Program Files, where programs aren't normally allowed to write.
