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jigvb1986

13 years ago

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Red Alert 1 on Origin resolution settings

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.

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

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Anonymous
9 years ago
I will try it and we see. Thank you...-
Finally, I disabled both ddraw and ddwrapper (I saw it in here) and maybe something else (a lot of tests) and now it works good. Only the video plays in a small window. Sometimes, not often, it crashes when I load a game. I remember, 2 years ago I played ra1 again, I had a patch (I steel have it) and when I patched the game, I ran it and in the main menu, I typed a command and appeared all the resolutions. I chosed the one I wanted and pkayed the game...Sorry for my English. And thank you very much for your help.-
P.S.: I think the patch is this one:
http://www82.zippyshare.com/v/ywmUG0vI/file.html
Anonymous
9 years ago
@siralexgio7
Oh nice, good to hear that!
The video is small because stretching to fullscreen only works with CnC-DDraw enabled.
The command in the main menu to enable all resolutions is for Red Alert 2! Red Alert 1 doesn't support any other resolution than 640x400 by default
Anonymous
9 years ago
Ok, maybe I don't remember well. Thank you, anyway!-
LasanthaPerera
3 years ago
resolution problem is OK but rules.ini file dose not woke with this installation