Some people have reported this tutorial fixing issues with the menus not appearing.Make sure to disable Origin In Game overlay in the Origin settings for the game.Tweaking certain compatibility modes can help a lot.There are a few other things you can do to help RA2 to run better:

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. This procedure will delete any corrupted files and restart your computer. If you still have problems with RA2 even after this, I advise installing the CnCNet installer for RA2/YR. If you're still getting a black screen when you try to play Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2, you should uninstall and then reinstall the game. Then, open the configuration file 'aqrit.cfg' in Notepad, change the 'ForceDirectDrawEmulation' option to 1, save the file, and the game should work. This tutorial will show you how to fix the black screen issue thats been plaguing players that play Red Alert 2 and similar old games in newer versions of Windows. Tried to fix it with Bibber's alternate start and downloading CnC.net but cannot get the actual game to work.

The screen goes black on starting up but the audio is coming through fine. The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the 'black screen' issue for many people.ĭownload the zip file and extract 'ddraw.dll' and 'aqrit.cfg' into your game folder. Purchased the C&C Ultimate Collection on Origin (mainly for RA2/YR) and noticed that Red Alert 2 does not start correctly.

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