Minimizing Repeatedly on Older Titles
Hi I am not sure if this is the the right place to ask but I can't ignore this problem any longer, I bought the Ultimate Collection in order to play all of the older Command and Conquer titles on my ...
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Not sure what "standard fixes" you tried, but these are the latest versions of the unofficial patches available for the older games:
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 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.
Sadly the games run just fine... but that is only when they don't minimize which is my problem because I have taken several steps to try and fix it.
I have tried using, fixed exes, windowed as well resolution changes, for Renegade I followed the steps of running the WWConfig as Admin and disabling auto-updates, DDWrapper was one of the fixes I tried with Red Alert 2 and it didn't solve the issue.
With Red Alert 2 there hasn't been any problem with the black screen, menus, or even lag but the game minimizes during the EA logo video after a second and the keeps minimizing if I try to open it Renegade also does this but sometimes they do work I can play them... Basically every nine times out of ten they have this issue but there is that one time they run just fine.
From my understanding resolution isn't factor (Renegade set to 1920 by 1080 still had this issue and the settings did save) and that all the games do run but not consistently.
Honestly I have no idea what the real problem is it may just be my laptop but I thought I should check.
Wait, so with "older games" you just mean Renegade and RA2?
Really, you should specify such things instead of just saying "all of the older games".
A quick google for "RA2 minimize" got me this solution:
- Get Bibber's fixed TUC launchers (ModDB link since Bibber's own site seems to be under maintenance)
- Set RA2 and YR to run as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows 98.
- If necessary, apply the C&C Graphics Patcher: http://www.stuffhost.de/files/cnc/
It's also advised to disable Origin In Game for all these games. This can be done in the games' properties in the Origin application.
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