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Anonymous
9 years ago

Red Alert 2 - Error unable to set video mode - need help

Hi Guys, I want to play Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 on my Laptop. Every time when I start the game I always receive the error - unable to set video mode. I have Windows 10 on my laptop. Can anybo...
gewoonmeneer's avatar
gewoonmeneer
10 months ago

After the update video is screwed.

Editting ini files does not help.

Install CCnet (google for it)

You can set all kinds of video settings. I use mine on 1920x1200 full screen.

After that you can use CCnet with seperate launcher or the EA version with correct set video.

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Nyerguds
Hero+
10 months ago
@gewoonmeneer wrote:

Editting ini files does not help.

It does, actually, but there's a new DDrawCompat.ini that also needs to be edited. You can just add the option "native" to the end of the supported resolutions line to make it support all your natively available resolutions.

@Prayayom You can get around that in two ways:

  • Look up Notepad in the start menu, and launch it as Administrator. Then go to File -> Open and open the file from there. (drag & drop from Windows Explorer won't work though, since you can't drag stuff between windows with different user rights)
  • Move your games library to a different location where it's not under the write-protected "Program Files" folder.

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