I don′t have any screen issues requiring additional tools (ddwrapper) either. I can get it to work without putting it into 95/XP mode. exe files from the multiplayer version that you modify the compatibility options for. mix files to the multiplayer version and make sure it′s the. Refers to the Multiplayer version you installed NOT the ISO version from this site.Īgain, when you mount the image files from the ISO version, copy the. Using a text editor, edit aqrit.cfg so that ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1' 'Within the zip file, copy the two files aqrit.cfg and ddraw.dll into the directory where you installed Red Alert 2 You only need to download the ISO files from this site in order to obtain the. LOL! To clarify the steps above the Multiplayer files are the files you will use to play the game. I even uninstall it sometimes, and install it again. Note: I managed to play this game just fine. Go to the unzipped file, find Ra2 Allied.img and Ra2 Soviet.img. Download the RA2 ISO file from this page first (about 1.4GB). I do not seem to have any IMG files, namely the soviet and allied files so I cannot mount them and am stuck. I have followed Andy′s steps perfectly, as far as I can tell, up to step five. Also, do the the image files in yuri′s revenge need mounted the same way the files in red alert 2 needed to be, or are there additional steps I need to follow before the game works? Please answer if you can and thank you a lot. However can someone please answer a question I have? How should I go about installing yuri′s revenge now that I have red alert 2 installed? Specifically, I want to know if all of the files for yuri′s revenge should be placed into the folder I have red alert in. Adding this to RA2.ini stopped the game from even launching.I followed the steps given and they did work perfectly for me.

Added 'VideoBackBuffer' to no underneath '' in the RA2.ini and RA2MD.ini (was already in the RA2MD.ini).

Set 'SingleProcAffinity' to 1 in 'aqrit.cfg'.

I have also tried running in 'Compatibility Mode' for Windows XP Service Pack 3, as suggested in another post.

The fix for Yuri's Revenge when the above didn't work and ran the game in 'Compatibility mode' (for Windows 7), along with 'Reduced Color Mode' and all other settings as shown in the post.

Made sure 'ForceDirectDrawEmulation' was set to 1 in 'aqrit.cfg'.

Putting ' ts-ddraw' or ' DDrawCompat' or ' ddwrapper' into my Red Alert 2 directory.

I followed the guide on under 'I have the Origin version from The Ultimate Collection' as well as the 'Handling Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge on Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10'.

Downloading and installing the CnCNet YR client.

I've been having this issue for years now. I can't complete any missions because the game either freezes or crashes midway.

I've tried an entire list of 'fixes' so far and nothing has solved the issue for me.

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