Red Alert & Tiberian Sun "Error - Unable to set video mode"
Hello. Every time I try to play Red Alert or Tiberian sun, the screen will dance around a bit, before closing itself and displaying "Error - Unable to set video mode" I have been trying hard to get...
The Origin version of C&C should be detected by the 1.06c installer... I've never had problems with that. But even if you can't detect it, you can choose the directory manually.
Do note, the C&C Gold 1.06 patch is for C&C Gold, the Win95 re-release of the original (DOS) C&C. "C&C Gold" = "C&C95" = "C&C1". The original first game. It can't be applied to RA1 or TS.
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, though. 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)
Red Alert 1:
- Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer
- 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:
Red Alert 2:
- The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve 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 the game should work.
