That should cut out all the other issues which on 6/7/8xxM GPUs arise from other settings, whilst allowing you to play in glorious 640x480 (Even on 4k laptop screens. Graphics card: Ati Radeon x1950 Pro (This very same. The game performed perfectly with Windows 7. Voices of the game are still working so I think that this is just some kind of graphical issue. Good news is by cutting out most steps, you get a quicker, easier, more stable fix!Ĥ) Change 'ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 0' to 'ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1'ĥ) Load Red Alert/Yuri's Revenge. The game works otherwise well for me, but when I minimize it and then restore it back, the screen stays black and nothing but the cursor is visible. The older games, including C&C, Tiberian Sun, and Red Alert, are all free downloads and. I was getting the game loading with sound and all, but just a black screen. Whilst a fix has been posted and sidebar'd, it's convoluted and those with M-series NVidia GPU's (Though not sure about the 9xx series) might notice they get a different issue from other elements of the 'fix' which still renders their game unplayable (Examples: Block 'artifacts' which are actually undrawn squares on 6xxM, colour issues when forcing 16-bit on 8xxM GPU's alongside certain Intel graphics). Install it The last Command & Conquer games, including the fantastic Command & Conquer 3 are on Steam. Any idea on how to fix the same issue with Red Alert 2. Having downloaded RA2 yesterday, I noticed that it was black screening instantly.