I also observed something new: after completely uninstalling everything (with not a single file left) and reinstalling, merely copying and pasting the settings which dkeeton said does not produce black bars, does not remove the black bars when the game is run. I haven't downloaded the stuff that Cmdr suggested yet, will do soon, in the meantime I'll answer dkeeton first that yes, I've checked many times that compatibility is completely disabled for all 4 executables, game.exe and gamemd.exe included. Cmdr - I appreciate your encouragement too and it's surely my plan to smash RA2 once I get this damn problem sorted out heh. Thanks Cmdr and dkeeton for your suggestions and I'm really sorry this came late, I was out of town so I couldn't test it out.

Waiting for those dank speedruns my dude. Obviously you won't be able to run CNCNET using this method, maybe having the SP in a separate folder will do the trick? Unknown how Origin is enforced as copy protection. ini files for the correct modern screen size of your deepest desire. completely remove compatibility modes from both Ra2.exe and YURI.exe (right click, properties, compatibility, change settings for all users, untick, ok)Ħ. get the latest version of cnc-draw from GitHubĥ.

run and patch both RA2 and YR with CnCgraphicspatch (from the german stuff host site)ģ. fresh install of Origin RA2+YR (completely shift+delete the game folder)Ģ. accidents I don't know if I can link yet so just follow the brackets):ġ. I see lots of RA2 and RA2YR speedruns in my future - love your content.ĭoesn't look like CNCNET runs SP, at least I couldn't figure it out.

Red alert 2 black screen with sound