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Anonymous
12 years ago

C&C 3 and Red Alert 3 won't launch.

(This is an issue my friend is having, not me. Still, I can get any information you guys need from him.)

I got the Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection for both me and my friend for Christmas. We wanted to play some Red Alert 3 and when he tries to launch it, the splash screen comes up, stays for its duration, then it closes and nothing happens; the game never launches.

The same thing happens when he tries to run Tiberium Wars, it never launches.

Red Alert 2 and Generals both work fine for him however, and ALL the games launch fine for me.

He tried a Steam demo of Red Alert 3 just to see, and that launched and played just fine. Something must be gunked up with Origin.

Here are things I've had him try, none of which have helped:

  • Run launcher and game EXEs as administrator.
  • Disable all antivirus.
  • Disable all firewalls.
  • Check for updates for the affected games.
  • Delete and install fresh copies of the affected games.
  • Restart the computer (and Origin).
  • Set the game EXEs to run in compatibility mode for Vista SP2.
  • (For Red Alert 3) Move the Videos folder elsewhere.

There's not much I can think to say that's "out of the ordinary" about his system. It's a modern computer running Windows 7. The only "odd" thing is that his hard drive is letter E instead of the typical C, but I don't see how that would affect anything since Red Alert 3 and Tiberium Wars both run in the same engine as Generals, and that game works just fine for him.

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  • I feel your pain. Many solutions presented here actually did not work for me as well. It's kinda random and sometimes it just starts working after Origin update. So you can try to uninstall the game and install it again when Origin update. If you have two drives, you can try installing it on the other one, see if that helps. There is also a recommendation to add the exe files and the launcher to the Windows firewall, try that too. Try also suggestions here (espescially the last page):

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-The-Ultimate-Collection/Red-Alert-3-Will-not-launch/td-p/992422/page/2

  • bzz1986's avatar
    bzz1986
    5 years ago

    Thanks mate, I just tried it. I still can only get into launcher, select Red Alert 3 or Red Alert 3 Uprising and then logo of whichever one I choose.... That is it... Then it closes and back to Origin ; /

    DAMN YOU ORIGIN !

  • Imuniser's avatar
    Imuniser
    3 years ago

    I've had problems with launching the game as well. What worked for me is:

    1. Lower your monitor or laptop resolution to 800x600 and start the game

    2. Create a profile then exit the game

    3. Go to

    %appdata%/Red Alert 3\Profiles\ 

    and enter the folder having the profile name you've just created

    4. Edit Options.ini with any text editor

    5. Change:

    Resolution = 800 600

    to

    Resolution = [your_resolution]

    e.g. Resolution = 2560 1440

    6. Save the file and start the game again

    I hope it helps.

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