I cannot find a way to change the resolution for red alert one. I have tried many different things like downloading a high def launcher, downloading arda, and changing the settings in the red alert settings folder to say resolution=2 as well as manually typing in the height and width. Nothing works and its quite frustrating, I have been able to run all the other games just fine in high def except for this one. I have been searching the internet for answers but have found very little info. I just want to play red alert 1 and the expansions in high def mode, I mean really, really, really, badly. I never beat the allied campaign and now it looks like I never will. My screen resolution goes up to 1920x1080.

I made a patcher for that, you can get it here:http://funkyfr3sh.cncnet.org/And this is how it looks:http://funkyfr3sh.cncnet.org/files/ra/HD/Command_and_Conquer_Red_Alert_1_High_Resolution_Patch.pngThe patch also allows you to stretch smaller resolutions to full screen to avoid black bars on the sites

Red Alert 1 on Origin resolution settings

44 Replies

Anonymous
12 years ago
I have the same problem, the resolution looks like 16-bit colors on 640x480.
Anonymous
11 years ago
Did you ever solve this issue? I have found sites where it is free to download and have noticed that my resolution is the same as you have described yours. It works fine but shrinks the resolution and leave black bars on either side of the screen. Not really a huge issue though I'd love to be able to make it work on my 19" Philips monitor.
Anonymous
11 years ago
I made a patcher for that, you can get it here:
http://funkyfr3sh.cncnet.org/
And this is how it looks:
http://funkyfr3sh.cncnet.org/files/ra/HD/Command_and_Conquer_Red_Alert_1_High_Resolution_Patch.png
The patch also allows you to stretch smaller resolutions to full screen to avoid black bars on the sites
Svart_Skull
11 years ago
FunkyFr3shCnCNet, It works pretty well, so thanks a loooot !!! 😕mileyhappy:
xxtankmasterx
10 years ago
Do you also know of one for the original C&C?
Nyerguds
Hero+
10 years ago
@xxtankmasterx

Yup. That'd be my patch. Resolutions that high really aren't advised on it though, since all actual game maps in C&C1 are much smaller. You'd just end up with an ugly black area full of refresh errors around your playing field.

Here's the whole lot of them:

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:

Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

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.

It is strongly advised to install all of these.
Anonymous
9 years ago
Thank you so much funkyfr3sh!
Your patch is awesome and works flawlessly! Hard to believe we can experience old RA in high resolutons. And extra features such as hotkey mapping are so useful. OpenRA is cool, but I really miss all the campaign missions, and with your patch they play and look perfectly!
Nyerguds
Hero+
9 years ago
@vsocd6

@vsocd6 wrote:

I have the same problem, the resolution looks like 16-bit colors on 640x480.

I assume you mean 16 colour, not 16-bit colour? 16-bit colour means 2¹⁶ colours, meaning 65536 colours. You probably wouldn't even notice the difference between true colour and a 16-bit colour game.

Heck, RA1 is an eight-bit colour game anyway. 16-bit would be an upgrade 😞
Anonymous
9 years ago
Recently I got origins ultimate collection. I have successfully gotten all command and conquer games to work except for red alert 2. That is the only one giving me issues. I've been working on it for a week now with zero results. I've done everything I have read about and still get the black screen, no menus. I have windows 7 64 bit. Anyone that can help, I would appreciate it. That's my favorite game in the series and am becoming very discouraged. It's not an origin problem because I get the same thing when I install my cd version. Either I'm not getting a step right or my computer hates me. I had the same issue with C&C tiberian sun but was able to fix that by changing settings in the arqrit file. That worked, but has not had the same results for red alert 2.

Update, got it working. Deleted the game, reinstalled it, added the ddwrapper file, changed arqrit file pera meters and it works. Thanks! Don't give up. It can be done. If need be, I can post screen shots. Best thing to do is reinstall it and download the ddwrapper. Copy and place in the red alert folder. Open arqit with note pad, change everything to 1 instead of 0 except for FakeVsyncinterval. Leave that at 0. Save and launch game. Hope this helps.
I have gotten all the C&C games to work on origin, windows 7 so let me know if you have a question about the other ones as well.
ivyfortuna
9 years ago
I used your patch but when I start the game (resolution 1080p and stretched) it crash and this message appear, what's the problem? <3 thank's for patching it.

error message https://gyazo.com/2b32b8d779e367dacd00ea755505d470