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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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Anonymous
10 years ago

None of them are working...

There things verry wrong with the game.

Please fix it

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Anonymous
10 years ago

OK so i found a temporary solution. you can play this in windowed mode and it will work. right click on the icon and select the last option "Properties". Then go to "Compatibility" tab and on "Reduced color mode" select 16bit. Now go to "Shortcut" tab and, where it says Target, add:
-win
in the end. add it AFTER the quotation marks (these: " ") and a space before it, like this: http://i.imgur.com/N5js7Bz.png

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago
    I am running off origin, I couldn't right click the icon. I found the folder in programs 86 though, opened the properties but I don't have the options you've listed. Further more I can't change the compatibility mode.
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      10 years ago
      OK, I got the compatibility to change but it changed absolutely nothing
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    @KaptinSponges @puftos @ASDDIB @farez101

    The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve some graphics issues on RA2. You could try that.

    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.

    Alternatively, you could try downloading CnCNet online which also fixes the compatibility problems. 

    • ASDDIB's avatar
      ASDDIB
      9 years ago

      @neogrant

      Thanks a lot, the DDWrapper didn't work, but the CnCNet fixed my problem, and it's really nice to play online!

    • Riddari82's avatar
      Riddari82
      7 years ago

      Tank you so much

    • Preacher327's avatar
      Preacher327
      6 years ago

      Thanks @neogrant , had an issue with it when trying to play through Origin, but downloading the CnCNet worked flawless for Win 10

  • plokite95's avatar
    plokite95
    8 years ago

    There are two possible "permanent" solutions to the black screen issue for RA2/YR.

    OPTION 1

    From an installation of Tiberian Sun that's updated with the patch from CnCNet, move ts-ddraw.dll to your RA2 directory and name it "ddraw.dll".

    OPTION 2

    Apply the fixes for RA2 and YR from XWIS, and follow the instructions in the linked threads carefully. This will work for campaigns and skirmish, but may cause incompatibilities in multiplayer on CnCNet and doesn't work with Ares-powered mods like Mental Omega.

    EDIT: Thought I was replying to someone else, these forums apparently don't lead to the last page immediately. These suggestions still stay, though.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Thanks for this instruction its help now I can play Red aLERT AGAIN HAHAHA 🙂 THANK YOU!!

  • AfatsomEgenerbl's avatar
    AfatsomEgenerbl
    5 years ago

    Man there is nothing called "Reduced color mode" in my "Compatibility" tab

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