![]() ![]() To get full-screen: go to full-screen mode, use the resolution in XP the same you have on Win8 (host). If you have VT-x on processor then you'll get better performance (is default set to ON in the acceleration tab if available). You can choose to disable full-screen toolbar (optional) as well: The VirtualBox install is even faster than on Win7 (when making random maps is almost instant) This one requires specific settings, but I can assure you I got it working. If you know VMware or VirtualBox: I suggest you run the installer in a XP virtual machine and then, after all works well zip or copy the whole game folder back to win8 and only then apply the compatibility fix I've mentioned (or you can even use the virtualized version in XP but I don't recommend this if you're a starter with VM's). ![]() Maybe that's why it worked from the start. After that it was successfully unzipped and used on Vista, 7 and now 8. Then I zipped it with all my extra maps, map editor and patches (in one folder). I only installed the game a couple of years back in XP LOL. Some slowdowns (slow explosions) on newer pc's, staring from dual cores get fixed by npatch (and there is that videobackbuffer you mentioned for video fixes as well.). One of the features I like is that it makes better random maps + desert random maps and archipelago (each player his own island - map). Good for modders and extends the game's engine capabilities. I can prove with screenshots that it works here! Is there any error showing or just exists? So if Microsoft decide not to sort these problems out, then gamers like me who like the old classics will not be 'upgrading' anytime soon. But why should I? I still enjoy it, and having around 1000 extra multiplayer/skirmish maps, it has a lot more life in it yet.Ĭonsidering Windows 8 supposed to be built upon Windows 7, seems odd that this game no longer works as it did?Īll this might seem trivial, maybe even to Microsoft, but this may well be a deal-breaker with many more Red Alert 2 gamers out there. Now I know that people will say "hey that game is 12 years old now, just let it go.". I have also just tried out a supposed 'solution' by adding 'VideoBackBuffer=no' to the ini files, but that didn't help either! Yes I do admittedly change the game's res to 1920 x 1080 (via the ini files) but this works perfectly okay in Windows 7. ![]() But of course then the screen scrolls sooooo slowly etc that it's just unplayable. The best I have done with this game is to install it, actually get into the game and start a skirmish. Well, after several attempts at trying to run this game (Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge) on Windows 8 I have given up on the idea of 'upgrading' to Windows 8. ![]()
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