

exe in your Red Alert 2 directory (and Yuri's Revenge if applicable) to run in compatibility mode and select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)", then tick the run as administrator box and apply. Next repeat what you've already done: change each and every. The more tech-savvy might be able to explain what that means and that reinstalling may not be necessary, but it might be easiest just to start afresh in case you accidentally edited something important. I will explain which solutions worked for me and hopefully they will help you too:įirstly, in regards to "FATAL String Manager failed to initialize properly", I would reinstall the game.


I've pursued multiple solutions on the Internet, however none of them helped: After hovering for about 5 seconds in this mode, it gets back to desktop.

I can see a fraction of my desktop, a cursor, indicating the game's default 640x480 resolution and I have to change it, but unfortunately I don't get to menu or opening movie. Unfortunately this is where my issues with it started becoming real too:īasically, the game crashes as I start it. Then I decided it's time to get on YR, as this is where the things get real, besides great campaign, lots of mods, multiplayer etc. I've managed, oddly, to start off original RA2 without any issues or tinkering on my part, works fine and dandy with high resolution with no FPS lagging. Having been reminded of this old gem I've played with my father back in the day, due to Youtube videos, I decided to dust off my TFD copy and install RA2+YR to bring back memories.
