Re: Red Alert 2 Resolution Issue

Hey how are ya?

Very ticked off customer here. I'm having this problem right now, May 20, 2019.

Win 10, stand alone ultimate collection bought through origin (not monthly subscription version).

Goal: get this to run in full screen. Or at least some acceptable level of functional. (Seriously, I bought a product new from a game company and it doesn't work. What on earth are you doin over there? Fix this or refund me ea. Making customers go through this is absurd!)

Program filesx86>origin games>ra2..

First, the file is no longer named RA2.ini. it's just "RA2" But i filter by file type to find the "Configuration" files in my folder.

Second, once going into the file i found the video section, changed them to my native screen res (1920x1080, 60" Sony HDTV) but when launching the game, the buttons on the menu no longer work. The mouse cursor can move freely across the entire screen into the large black borders, but the buttons never register having the cursor over them so you can't click them rendering the game inoperable.

Third, adding the "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" files to the ra2 folder makes the game fail to open. Get as far as the ra2 or yuri selection screen then it just closes.

Fourth, i found another fix where someone just went into the game properties and said to disable something but the windows options have changed and the button is no longer called "disable" but instead has several options that are very vague and all look like they say pretty much the same thing. Ironically enough, i had my best luck here and got either ra2 or yuri's revenge to launch and the opening cinematic etc actually played in fullscreen, but immediately crashed, and i tried so many things prior to this point that I can't 

Fifth, there are so many posts saying download this or install this, but they most recent ones have error 404's when you dfollow the lionks, and the others are almost a decade old and for a different version of the game.

I've deleted the game & reinstalled several times, deleted any files i altered or added. But no dice. just will not function. I cannot believe a product like this is being sold! I'm going to put a stop payment on the $20 i just flushed down the drain on this disaster.

What the h*ll am i supposed to do to make this work?

Hey,late to the party

If you set it to 1920x1080,the main menu is still not working properly while in game, you get your resolution.

Try setting The RA2.ini file to read only 

Greatings,

I have a new PC with RTX 2080 super; I still have the problem of not being able to play the game even in 1024x768x16. Has this been resolved?

Thank you in advance.

best regards, Ashraf.

Same issue. Has this been resolved?

For those of you still having this issue, try this post here;

https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-The-Ultimate-Collection/CC-Red-Alert-2-Yuri-s-Revenge-Graphics-Patch-FIX-Windows-8-10/td-p/4840120

Works fine for me now

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@CorporalBueno wrote:

For those of you still having this issue, try this post here;

https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-The-Ultimate-Collection/CC-Red-Alert-2-Yuri-s-Revenge-Graphics-Patch-FIX-Windows-8-10/td-p/4840120

Works fine for me now

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This post is not about the rendering issue, it's about resolution. I do not believe the other thread addresses the resolution issue.

Hey y'all, I was having the same issue. This is what worked for me...

1. In File Explorer, open up C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command and Conquer Red Alert II
2. Right click Ra2.exe --> Properties
3. Click on Compatibility tab, and check the boxes for lower resolution + disabling optimizations.
4. That worked for me, now the screen sees my clicks where my mouse is. (you may have to edit RA2MD.exe for Yuri's Revenge, I haven't tried to play that yet.)

These are the settings that worked:

Fixed the issue with slowness. thanks

After trying so many things eventually got rid of the issue by updating the display card adapter driver.

Sharing how I made it work on my setup (windows 11, rtx4080, 3840x2160 windows res)

1. Modify RA2.ini file (in my installation it is located in C:\Program Files\EA Games\Command and Conquer Red Alert II) and replaced all lines under [Video] with

ScreenHeight=1080
ScreenWidth=1920
AllowHiResModes=yes
VideoBackBuffer=no

In order to do this I first had to modify the file access policy given it was readonly for my user. 

• Right click file, go to properties
• Click the `Security` tab
• Click `Edit` to modify access permissions (a new windows appear with all users and their permits)
• Click `Users (MY_COMPUTER_NAME/Users)` (Note that MY_COMPUTER_NAME will have the actual name of your PC or possibly a random string if you didn't define one when you installed windows)
• Click on the checkbox under `Allow` for the row `Full Control`
• Click `OK` until everyhing is closed, you can now edit the RA2.ini file

2. We need to modify to more settings related to the game compatibility. For this we will go to,

• Right click the RA2.EXE file (the app this time, not the cfg file) and go to properties
• Click on the `Compatibility` tab. Options may be grayed out because of permissions, if not you can skip next step
• Click on `Change settings for all users`, a new window appears

3. Adjust DPI scaling settings

• Click on `Change high DPI settings`
• Click on `High DPI scalling override` (this will enable the dropdown menu)
• Select `Application`
• Click `OK` to close this window

4. Set game compatibility mode to Windows XP

• Under the compatiblity mode section (again, this is happening on the window we opened on step #2) click the dropdown menu and select `Windows XP (Service Pack 2)`
• Click `OK` to close this and other windows

This _exact_ step by step worked for me. I haven't tried to run Yuris yet but I reckon it would be just a matter of re running steps 2 thru 4 on the Yuri's EXE file.

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@redshank Nowadays, we usually just install the CnCNet launcher to fix RA2/YR. It's technically meant for online play, but it applies a bunch of automatic fixes that make the game work well without needing any compatibility modes or settings, and those fixes also affect the normal singleplayer game.