#RA2/YR won't launch

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placid pumice
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Having to repost this because the problem still persists.

After resetting my laptop, I reinstalled RA2 & YR (First Decade edition) together with CnCNet. However, when I try to boot up the campaigns, the game just takes me back to the desktop but it's still running in the background. Clicking it will still force me back to desktop.

I didn't have this issue before, and if I did, a restart usually helps. I generally use CnC-DDraw with no problems, but for some reason, it ain't working anymore. Skirmish via CnCNet works fine, but not the main game. Can't even launch Campaign mouse from the client.

I grabbed the newest version of CnC-DDraw and configured it to run the games Borderless. It helped get the games to run, but other problems now present themselves, such as the score screen not displaying anything, not even the Exit button.

I've already followed the CNCNZ support instructions to the letter, but nothing's working. Please assist.

cold stag
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it's in #❓╏ra2-faq

placid pumice
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Where's the faq?

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Ah, I didn't get the role. I'll try that, but mine's from The First Decade

cold stag
placid pumice
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Before I reset my laptop, I ran with TFD and never had problems

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So I'm confused

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I was on Win 10 as well

cold stag
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I see. well you could try the CnCNet fix and see if that helps.

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you'll have to install cncnet from #🔔┃ra2-useful-links #3

placid pumice
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I've actually been trying from yesterday, so no worries, I do have the installer

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@cold stag Compat settings are the usual, right?

Win XP SP3
Run as admin
High DPI override by application

cold stag
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the cncnet fix doesn't require you to run on compatibility settings

placid pumice
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Cool

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TS DDraw works for RA2, but not YR

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@cold stag

cold stag
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you could potentially try other renderers see which works best. if needed, swap the renderers around when you want to play which game

placid pumice
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It's just weird

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CnC-DDraw was what I always used

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I just tested CnC-DDraw again, and RA2 works

cold stag
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it's a 20+ year old game, there's lots of things weird with it lul

as long as it works

placid pumice
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But again, not YR

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Yeah, sorcery

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Might I need the CnC Graphics Patch?

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TS-DDraw (GDI) doesn't work for YR either

cold stag
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i've never heard of the graphics patch

placid pumice
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DxWnd also doesn't work, this time both

cold stag
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as long as you have renderers that work for each game, you're good to go thumbsup

placid pumice
placid pumice
cold stag
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ah okay. i misread

placid pumice
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DDrawCompat also doesn't work for both

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So now I am very confused

cold stag
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just read the link. you could try it, but be sure to be able to undo any changes you make, in case one messes up the other

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just to double check, you're running

gamemd.exe for yr
game.exe for ra2

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running as admin

placid pumice
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Yeah

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Ah

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No

cold stag
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and running cncnet as admin as well whenever you're changing stuff

placid pumice
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But RA2 is fine even without running as admin

placid pumice
cold stag
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you're overthinking it my friend, if it works, it works 😄

placid pumice
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Do game.exe and gamemd.exe also need to be admin?

cold stag
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yup

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it's not a necessity, but some players find that running w admin fixes their issue

placid pumice
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YR still refuses to launch

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I'm gonna restart later and see if that helps

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It used to be that, if this problem happens, a restart fixes it

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But yesterday, I did four restarts and the issue persisted

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both games, too

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Now it's just RA2 not working

cold stag
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hmmmmmmmmmm

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interesting

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but alas! we found a way to make them both work lul

placid pumice
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One restart later, YR still won't work

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What is the meaning of this madness

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I wish I could see the funny side of this, but I'm really frustrated atm

cold stag
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yeah. as much as it's a mystery if it works or not, the only alternative is finding out what method works, rather than understanding how

placid pumice
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Before the reset, I had them all set with compatibility settings

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No issues

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I'm gonna try another restart

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Because sorcery

cold stag
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yup. & i feel ya. but there's really not much we can do, the game is super old and has been no updates. best to work w what we have

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you could try w the compat settings too. maybe that'll help. it's all trial and error, but it looks like the CnCNet fix is reliable for your case

placid pumice
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Still no luck with another restart

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So why does RA2 work?

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But not YR?

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My head hurts

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YR in the client works, but the campaigns don't

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Ugh

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I'm gonna call it a night for now, this is extremely infuriating

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@cold stag if you happen to know someone else who might've experienced this before, please do lmk. Thank you kindly

mint marlin
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You said your case was with a TFD installation? there is one potential additional hindrance.
kindly check %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore on your device and see if there's any red alert 2 related folders. if there are, try removing them.

Last I've installed from one, I have found .ini files that were overriding the ones the client adjusts since it's been a discontinued redundancy, sadly still prioritized by the system. something that was addressed in later versions with The Ultimate Collection, directly on the game folder instead)

placid pumice
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Thanks, but I didn't see any files in that folder 🙃 it was empty

queen root
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Any compat settings save for run as admin might cause issues if you use a renderer like TS DDraw or CnC-DDRAW

placid pumice
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I turned em off and on, but it still didn't work. Only RA2 doesn't have issues

queen root
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hmm don't quite remember the exe names, try making a copy of YURI.exe and GAMEMD.exe (if I remember their names correctly) and try running the copy.

cold stag
queen root
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Not game.exe (and RA2.exe?) those are for vanilla RA2.

placid pumice
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Do I need to rename the copies?

queen root
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call them whatever you like

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Just not the same as the originals

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They also need to be in the same folder as the originals.

tepid vector
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Are you using the gamemd.exe file that came with your The First Decade installation?

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That no longer works on the latest versions of Windows because the DRM solution that EA used for the original games, including The First Decade, was disabled by Microsoft because the DRM was deemed to be a security risk

placid pumice
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With the odd occasion of not working because sorcery, but a restart usually fixes it

placid pumice
queen root
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Sure

placid pumice
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I'll give it a go later

placid pumice
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I finally got around to testing this, but now I'm getting a new problem

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I did as Tore suggested, creating a copy and try running the copy
Either I get this or it doesn't launch

placid pumice
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Cuz previously, I ran Win 10 and YR had no issues launching

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I also played a YR 2v2 skirmish via the client, using cnc-ddraw, but for some reason, the game lagged a lot

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Never happened before. Previous 1v1 skirmishes didn't seem to have a problem

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I'm so confused wake

placid pumice
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So we can ignore that problem

placid pumice
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Now gamemd.exe won't run at all wake

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OK, so... for some reason, YR is able to run on windowed mode. I quickly hit Alt-Enter before the game booted me to desktop, and it... works

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The game automatically expands to fullscreen when I start a mission

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Leaving the mission brings the menu back to windowed

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I would hardly call this resolved, though

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gamemd.exe still isn't working, though, I have no idea why

placid pumice
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If anyone can advise on what else I could try, I'd be grateful wake

cold stag
placid pumice
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That exe issue's been resolved

placid pumice
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But YR not working in fullscreen still persists

cold stag
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yeah. this is why we mentioned that CnCNet works best w the copy of RA2YR from Origin/EA App

placid pumice
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Sadge

neon kindle
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Hey, i'm getting the error

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what can i do

tepid vector
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Do you have multiple people playing from the same household?

neon kindle
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yeah

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correct

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what can we do about it

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he had a server himself and i went into another server, after the game ended we both disconnected and got this error

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we usually play together in 1 server, this is the first time i went into another one and this popped on

queen root
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Maybe @pure vale can help? I see a G-line there too. This might be an issue from GS' side.

pure vale
neon kindle
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0 G-line found for your host.

mint marlin
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if your region has dynamic IP, may be worth trying to restart your router.
at any rate, since this it looks like the YR client, you should have been given a link which you have concealed on the screenshot above.

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hm... "excessive connections from a single host" and a similar report mentioning playing with a brother simultaneously... you wouldn't happen to be filing the same report as @placid pumice in #💬┃general just now, yes?

neon kindle
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ok well, we just started up cncnet and just now everything works again and i'm able to play

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same goes for my household

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thanks everyone for helping and the fast support! we'll be playing in the same server mainly , this problem never occured in years doing that