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. 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. Raw Blame RA2-on-Win11 Instruction on how to run the Origin version of Red Alert 2 on Windows 11 with full resolution patch Downloading your bought copy of RA2+YR from Origin: Download RA2+YR from within the Origin client. 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). Command & Conquer Graphics Patcher, fixes lag, unclickable menus and resolution issues, does not fix black screen after Alt + Tab: (credit u/mikeyd85, link to original comment) This is a rewrite of DirectDraw for Red Alert 2 and other C&C games. Having downloaded RA2 yesterday, I noticed that it was black screening instantly.