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10 years ago
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Patch: Command & Conquer Gold to version 1.06c revision 3 -not possible to insta

Hello, I am new, so if I do or ask something very stupid please excuse! I bought the "C&C ultimate collection and installed the first game "Red Allert" on my laptop (Windows 7). The laptop is co...
  • Nyerguds's avatar
    10 years ago

    @8XTC64

    C&C95 isn't Red Alert 1, it's Command & Conquer 1. You're trying to install a patch for the wrong game. There's a different patch for Red Alert 1.

    Here's an overview of all the community patches and fixes for the 2D C&C games:

    Command & Conquer 1:

    Red Alert 1:

    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.
    • If you still have problems with RA2 even after this, I advise installing the CnCNet online play installer for RA2/YR. Even if you're not interested in online play, it comes with a bunch of automatic fixes, and has a configuration tool which offers more choices in graphics fixes than just DDWrapper, so if one doesn't work you can just try if some of the other options do the trick.

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