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Re: Windows 10 running Yuri's Revenge

The problem is the game bounces back and forth from virtual to physical RAM for graphics pulls.  That is most noticeable when there is a lot going on with large numbers of personnel and machines, load screens and movie excerpts.  For some reason, these newer OS types like 8-windows 10 don't like that sort thing and causes many rendering problems. There is a patch however that will fix the issue.  I have provided a patch download link below.

Graphics Patch LINK

Do things in this order>

1 download the link and extract the file.

2 Make a new empty folder on your desktop and place the extracted file in there

Locate yuri's game EXE file/ AKA application.  It will be under C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command and Conquer Red Alert II  The file is called gamemd The file is 4,704 KB

4 Right click on it and copy. You will then want to paste that file in the folder with the patch you created earlier on your desktop in step 2.

5 Now you will want to run the patch file and activate the patch. Its so quick and easy it is self explainable.

6 Once you have done that, you will now right click on the same EXE file and copy it once more.

7 Re-paste that file back where you got it from in step 3

8 Your all done. Things should now run really fast and smooth. No more freeze ups!

9 This can be done with both Yuri's Revenge EXE (gamemd) and you can also follow the exact same steps with EXE (game) to patch RED ALERT 2 as well.

10 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    it didnt work unfortunately

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    This only seems to happen in YR for me, not RA2, but after all the patches and .ini file changes it still crashes. I got RA2 to work fine from Origin in windowed mode, but I'm forced to use the launcher file itself to even load YR without blackscreen. It's so confusing honestly, I don't know why the games act differently like this.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Thanks - it worked!  

    On my new computer, it's now SO fast I have to go to game settings to slow it down

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I get the code saying access to the path 'C:\Users\dexd1\Desktop\Red Alert 2 Patch\gamed.exe' is denied. What should I do now?

  • tilt_uk's avatar
    tilt_uk
    4 years ago

    Tried this but did not work for me.

    Upgraded from windows7 to 10

    When I run Yuri Revenge i get "Error - Unable to set video Mode"

    Any idea's?

    Greg

  • tilt_uk's avatar
    tilt_uk
    4 years ago

    "Error - Unable to set video Mode"

    After upgrading to windows 10

  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    4 years ago

    @tilt_uk Nowadays, for Yuri's Revenge, I generally just advise people to install the YR CnCNet installer on it. CnCNet is meant for multiplay, but even if you're not interested in that, it contains a bunch of automatic fixes that get the game working well.

    https://cncnet.org/yuris-revenge

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