Re: Tiberium Sun problem

I have found out that the game doesn't freeze. The Main menu screen just doesn't appear. Very rarely it does. It's basically invisible. But it's there. 

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@Nyerguds wrote:

@EHDeadLord

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:

• 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)
  Note that this patch fixes two quite common and completely fatal game crashes (top-of-map reconnaissance crash, stealth crash), so installing it is strongly advised.

Red Alert 1:

• Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer (The thread also has briefing videos for the expansion missions, converted from the Playstation version of the game)
• 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:

• Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

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 installer for RA2/YR. 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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I have found out that the game doesn't freeze. The Main menu screen just doesn't appear. Very rarely it does. It's basically invisible. But it's there. 

@EHDeadLord

Interesting. I knew there were bugs with the main menu not appearing, but I didn't know that same issue also happened in-game.

So, from the fact you accepted the answer, I assume the patch solved your problem then?

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@Nyerguds wrote:

@EHDeadLord

Interesting. I knew there were bugs with the main menu not appearing, but I didn't know that same issue also happened in-game.

So, from the fact you accepted the answer, I assume the patch solved your problem then?

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I haven't tried the patch yet. I know dumb question but to be sure where do I put this patch file (Which folder in The First Decade) 

@EHDeadLord

It's an exe installer. It doesn't matter where you put it; it'll ask for your game folder during the installation process, and will most likely detect it automatically anyway. You can even delete it after the patching is complete.