Tylosis Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Hey all, I was sifting through my old games recently, and came across Red Alert 2. I have a very large monitor so the game running at 1024 x 768 looks like utter crap... Does anyone know if I can run the game in a window? If so, how? I've played other games where you can manually set it to windowed by adding -w to the command line for the shortcut, but for Red Alert 2 it didn't work... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercintn Posted August 12, 2006 Posted August 12, 2006 Your doing better than me, I can't get it to run period. Ever since I upgraded to this rig. Did you do anything or just not have any problems with the game? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylosis Posted August 12, 2006 Posted August 12, 2006 Yeah, I just installed it and ran it just fine totally unpatched. Just wish I could get it to run windowed :confused: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooler Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 I have a very large monitor so the game running at 1024 x 768 looks like utter crap... Does anyone know if I can run the game in a window? If so, how? Have you tried resolutions more suitable for you? I'm running it in somewhat weird resolution (actually 1152*864, but you can try whatever resolution is supported by your setup.), but then again... I don't have huge monitor. Edit your RA.INI (while game is not running) and put desired resolution there - See highlighted part: [Video] ScreenWidth=1152 ScreenHeight=864 StretchMovies=no Changing resolution settings in game will affect this, so editing .INI directly is only way to make game using resolutions not already available in game settings. I don't know if any direct way to run it in window even exist, but if you have enough horsepower to waste and nothing else works, you can run it in a sort of window... of virtual PC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooler Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Your doing better than me, I can't get it to run period. Ever since I upgraded to this rig. Did you do anything or just not have any problems with the game? Not working at all? Not even in compatibility mode? Weird. Happens to me too, if I try to run it while in dual monitor mode, but I can live witt it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylosis Posted August 16, 2006 Posted August 16, 2006 Have you tried resolutions more suitable for you?I'm running it in somewhat weird resolution (actually 1152*864, but you can try whatever resolution is supported by your setup.), but then again... I don't have huge monitor. Edit your RA.INI (while game is not running) and put desired resolution there - See highlighted part: [Video] ScreenWidth=1152 ScreenHeight=864 StretchMovies=no Changing resolution settings in game will affect this, so editing .INI directly is only way to make game using resolutions not already available in game settings. I don't know if any direct way to run it in window even exist, but if you have enough horsepower to waste and nothing else works, you can run it in a sort of window... of virtual PC. Well, thanks for that, didn't know about that .ini. Running it in 1600 x 1200 is good enough now, now to try virtual PC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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