I was trying to get ra2 to work with origin, and I found a way to get around the black screen. It involved either the game.exe file or the ra2.ini file. Everything else I had tried failed, but this is where I wound up.
Would appreciate any help.
I'll just go ahead and list all of the unofficial patches for the first 4 games...
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:
Red Alert 1:
Tiberian Sun:
Red Alert 2:
It is strongly advised to install all of these.
I had already downloaded ddwrapper file, and nothing has changed. I have resolved the blackscreen issue, but now I am stuck with what is described in the video. It may be a resolution problem, but where do I correct the error in the game's files?
@MegaPeg44 Why are you running the game in windowed mode? As far as I know, you need to reduce your desktop colour depth to 16-bit colours before that works. On windows 10 it's an option you can enable on the exe file itself, but in anything lower you'll have to do it manually. I wouldn't really advise running the game windowed.
What system are you running on?
I'm using Windows 10, and I did try adjusting it to 16-bit in compatibility mode. I don't know what you meant concerning the .exe file, or the system. If you meant gaming system, I downloaded it on Origin, but if you meant computer system, Im using a Surface Pro 3 @Nyerguds Also, windowed mode? Is that why there is an x button on the top right? I wasn't aware that that was a problem.
@MegaPeg44 Yeah, normally this game should run full screen... that X button shouldn't be there. The process to actually get it windowed is rather contrived though, so I doubt it's something you did by accident. Unless other things can cause it, that is. Did you set any command line parameters in the game's origin settings?
Anyway,
-The "exe file" I mentioned is the game's program file; it's the thing you would have enabled that compatibility mode on. If you'd enable file extensions, you'd see all such executables have the ".exe" extension.
-With "your system" I meant your Windows version and your device, yes. I assume this "Surface Pro 3" is some kind of Windows tablet? That may indeed make some difference...
Maybe this is relevant? I've heard that changing that "display scaling" option fixes stuff in some cases.
https://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/support/apps-and-windows-store/app-display-issues
That link you sent me made sense technically speaking, but I am running windows 10. I tried all of those, but they failed to work. Is there anything different that would affect Windows 10 differently than windows 8? @Nyerguds
@MegaPeg44 I only have Win10 on my work PC, so I honestly couldn't say. I generally don't put games on that :-\
Well thanks for the help. @Nyerguds
Well, here's the windows support database version, which specifically says it applies to both Win8 and Win10... seems like the same listed solutions, though.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2900023
I guess it must be some other issue then. Peculiar.
