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Anonymous
11 years ago
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Red alert 2 black screen with sound and mouse

Hi all, When I open Red alert 2 or Yuri revenge I get a black screen. I do got music and a mouse. And when I slide over the screen I can hear i'm moving over the icons. Still black screen. I'm runn...
  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    11 years ago

    [EDIT: this solution works:]

    The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue for many people.

    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.

    If you still have problems with RA2 even after this, I advise installing the CnCNet installer for RA2/YR. It comes with a bunch of automatic fixes, and has a configuration tool which offers more choices in graphics fixes than just DDWrapper, so if one doesn't work you can just try if some of the other options do the trick.

    There are a few other things you can do to help RA2 to run better:

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Nyerguds
Hero+
11 years ago

[EDIT: this solution works:]

The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue for many people.

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.

If you still have problems with RA2 even after this, I advise installing the CnCNet installer for RA2/YR. It comes with a bunch of automatic fixes, and has a configuration tool which offers more choices in graphics fixes than just DDWrapper, so if one doesn't work you can just try if some of the other options do the trick.

There are a few other things you can do to help RA2 to run better:

Shouladin's avatar
Shouladin
11 years ago

Well like I said, personally I have tried all those methods and none of them have worked.  I'm out of options at this point, have reinstalled the game(s) as well to no avail.

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    Shouladin
    11 years ago

    Shameless bump for more solutions!

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      11 years ago

      This problem usually happens if you have a custom install/mods or any of the original game files in the folder is missing/renamed (should not happen with the ultimate collection),  kinda strange it happens for you.

      Windows detects red alert 2 and applies compat settings automatically, that fails on custom installations. You could try to apply them on your own using the application compatibility toolkit from microsoft, here are the settings you need to apply (game.exe / gamemd.exe):

      EmulateSlowCPU

      DXPrimaryEmulation -DisableMaxWindowedMode

      8And16BitTimedPriSync

      Make sure you run the tool as admin, else it won't do anything at all

      -

      There is also a ddraw proxy dll which can fix some of the problems, but it is in beta stage and it might not be the best to use it atm

      • Shouladin's avatar
        Shouladin
        11 years ago

        Using that application did nothing at all sadly ☹️, and I have yet to run any mods on RA2/YR.  Why would my case scenario produce no fixes so far but most everyone else has it working?

        I'm losing my mind!

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