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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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.
Origin has been disabled on all of them already that graphical patch I just tried and no luck...
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for trying I think I need to accept my computer can't run them.
Very peculiar issue... I'd heard of such problems on RA2, but never on C&C/RA1, especially with the patches we got now. What kind of laptop is this, specifically?
Does enabling or disabling CnC-DDraw in the configuration tool of C&C95 (CCConfig.exe, in the game folder) make any difference? You mentioned windowed mode... did you try that in C&C95 too? It's one of the extras added by the CnC-DDraw graphics fix. And if so, what exactly did that do when you tried it?
No it does it with all of them, I thought to only to mention those two cause they don't have other versions like the TS Moddb Launcher or your TD Unofficial Patch.
They all minimize at the same time right in first second of that opening video bit (So Westwood for TD and RA and then the W for TS) only exception is Renegade which does it on the menu, in fact oddly enough Sole Survivor also has this issue and minimizes with it's video intro too.
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