quickQuestion Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) hi. im sorry if this has been covered a lot of times, but my case might be a little different at least. i have the all in one pack the first decade. i appear to have red alert 2 working, although i have played very little of it as i really want to play yuris revenge which is just not working. i install it and then when i click on it it i get the loading screen and then nothing. i am a total computer noob so the few fixes i have tried never seem to work. my question is, for a noob like me would actually buying original westwood studios copies of red alert 2 and yuris revenge be an easier way of getting the 2 games working, as it seems to me it is a more straightforward procedure by the looks of things compared to getting the multipack to work. anyway, any help is appreciated. cheers. Edited May 13, 2018 by quickQuestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyFr3sh Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 So the game is starting and going fullscreen? (Is that what you mean with the loading screen?) Sorry, I never had the first decade so I don't know how it looks there. If the game is starting then TS-DDraw might help, just download ddraw.dll from github and place it inside of your game folder: https://forums.cncnet.org/topic/8350-new-ts-ddraw-release-tiberian-sun-red-alert-2-yuris-revenge/ The original westwood studios copies of red alert 2 and yuris revenge are not working too well anymore, you won't even be able to install them! It's because microsoft dropped support for some features used by the games (Safedisc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) thanks for getting back to me, i tried the experimental pre release, put it in my main red alert 2 folder, unfortunately no luck. do you ythink its worth trying the 1.1.3.0 one? i also tried running as administrator and i tried it in compatibility mode with wind 98 and xp Edited May 16, 2018 by quickQuestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyFr3sh Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, quickQuestion said: thanks for getting back to me, i tried the experimental pre release, put it in my main red alert 2 folder, unfortunately no luck. do you ythink its worth trying the 1.1.3.0 one? i also tried running as administrator and i tried it in compatibility mode with wind 98 and xp No, you don't need to try that one. Could you make a screenshot and show where it stops? compatibility modes should be all disabled, otherwise it might not work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 alright. i tried again with compatibility modes off and still had no luck. first i click yuris revenge then i get the yuris revenge loading screen thing. then it goes blank and then it goes back to picture 1 the game selection screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyFr3sh Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Ok, what you see there is not the game, it's a special TFD launcher I guess. Did you already try to start the game without the launcher (not sure if that work with TFD) Look for RA2MD.exe and gamemd.exe in the game folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 i think i know what you are talking about. i have tried the application file that is in the RA2 folder ( see screenshot) and it succeeds in loading up RA2. unfortunately the yuris revenge application file further down is the same old failure. to be honest the only reason i want to play yuris revenge is for skirmishes, for the ability to play as yuri and be able to make ai teams, which you dont seem to be able to do in vanilla red alert 2. the main campaign doesnt really interest me. is there a way to just steal those two things and put them in the normal red alert 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[CC] RaVaGe Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Donate something or got some good talented career sepcialist contacts to connect me to and I'll set it up for your over teamviwer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, FReQuEnZy said: Donate something or got some good talented career sepcialist contacts to connect me to and I'll set it up for your over teamviwer. ahhhhh temptiung offer, but im far too scaredy cat to let a total stranger tinker with my computer, i also have no money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[CC] RaVaGe Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Ask the community I've set up 10+ installations for people before any official patches came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyFr3sh Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Why don't you just tell him how to fix the bug? He seems to know how to use the file explorer and how to find the game folder, so he will probably be able to get it done without teamviewer. I guess a no-cd patch might even help him, this way he could bypass the TFD launcher and start gamemd.exe directly without it forwarding him to the launcher. Should be legit since he owns the game. But finding a legit no-cd patch might be difficult though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 ah go on, someone tell me. im itching to have a go on this badboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkeeton Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 23 hours ago, quickQuestion said: i think i know what you are talking about. i have tried the application file that is in the RA2 folder ( see screenshot) and it succeeds in loading up RA2. unfortunately the yuris revenge application file further down is the same old failure. to be honest the only reason i want to play yuris revenge is for skirmishes, for the ability to play as yuri and be able to make ai teams, which you dont seem to be able to do in vanilla red alert 2. the main campaign doesnt really interest me. is there a way to just steal those two things and put them in the normal red alert 2? Sounds like you only need to install cncnet in your RA2 folder. https://cncnet.org/yuris-revenge#download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, dkeeton said: Sounds like you only need to install cncnet in your RA2 folder. https://cncnet.org/yuris-revenge#download it says yuris revenge must be installed. i mean technically i have installed it. it just isnt working. il try it tomorrow. Edited May 17, 2018 by quickQuestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickQuestion Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 bloody hell it actually works. ahhjh thanks everyone. thanks very much dkeeton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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