Hi everyone,
I recently downloaded C&C Gold 1.06 as I wanted to go through the game again on my MBP, running Win10 on Bootcamp. Then I ran into some issues that prevent me from playing the game:
1) Game area does not stretch the whole screen
If I run the game on full screen, with or without CnC DDraw, and on any standard resolution provided, the gameplay area (including the starting menu) never fits the whole screen. It is like part of the bottom right area is missing and I cannot see it or interact with it in any way. Attached screenshot of how it looks like.
The screen size works fine when running the game on windowed mode, however.
Note that my laptop also has Intel integrated graphics, which is somewhat limited in terms of how I can adjust the screen from the driver's side.
2) The mouse properties from CnC DDraw do not work
I also noticed that the mouse is acting in a very weird way with super high sensitivity if CnC DDraw's mouse hack is enabled. Adjusting the sensitivity scaling did not work so I had to disable the mouse hack altogether from ddraw.ini
Disabling the mouse hack DOES make the mouse work just fine when running full screen (but does not help when screen size is messed up). However, without the mouse hack in windowed mode, the mouse is somehow detached from the gameplay area. When moving the mouse, I can see the cursor inside the gameplay area but it is also moving simultaneously on my desktop with some sort of offset. The desktop, not the game itself, will then react to whatever mouse click I make.
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I wonder if anyone would know what could be causing these issues? To run the game, I would need to have either 1) full screen resolution work properly or 2) mouse work properly in windowed mode - whichever is feasible. At the moment it's not possible for me to play this game.
Thanks in advance