C&C3 "could not find game version 1.0"

Hmmm ok i could fix it...i just uninstalled the game, rebooted system, reinstalled it again (loading 13,5 gb really takes a long long time), got another error, slept one night, tried it again (uninstall, reboot, reinstall) and it worked...yeah! 😕mileyvery-happy:

Still unsure why i got this error but maybe it was because i had some registry things from my last installation of C&C3 (some years ago).

New computer...and after 2 years still the same error after installing C&C3 and still no answer at ANSWER(!!!) HQ. So even at my new computer i can't start C&C3 or the Addon. Would anyone from EA please be so kind to care about the problems of their customers (really i had problems with Origings and nearly every EA game i bought).

Problem still there and still no reaction from EA. 😠

@Sugandhalaya

Hey, two years ago, you said you fixed it. Do you really expect people to try to help you solve your problem if you said you already solved it?

Also, this board isn't "EA"; most people here, including me, are volunteers. Just players helping other players. If you want actual EA help, go to the actual EA tech support.

2 years ago i didn't fix it, it just resolved from itself. But that can't be the solution to this problem. And as u see above, i'm not the only one with this problem.

 And german EA support wants me to post my problems here.

I just tried to contact the EA support in germany. Only 2 options were available: call bakc in 46 minutes or Answer HQ, so i switched to american support and now i'm waiting to get connected to a Game Advisor via Chat. German EA support really sucks. 😠

I hope american support can help me ;-)

Hey,

I know this thread is 5 years old but it is *still* one of the main/top results for the error.

This is due to the fact that this error ONLY applies to non-english versions of the game. Or even only to the german version.

It's caused by the fact that your game has not the english language files or at least all files. While setting up / installing the game, Windows is adding Registry (a register with paths and notes for windows to know where to f fiis find stuff) entries for C&C 3.

The game does this at 2 locations. "Current User" (you installing) and "Local Machine" (everyone using the PC) and adds entries for the language. In "Local Machine" the entries are made correctly for german (german16 is the code. Maybe country nr. 16? Who knows..) while in some circumstances for the LOCAL user the key is set wrong as "english".

When you try to start the game, the game tries to load english language files for version 1.0. Which don't exist and that's why it crashed.

How to fix?

Very, very easy (FOLLOW THIS STEPS EXACTLY BECAUSE CHANGING REGISTRY CAN CREATE BAD RESULTS IF YOU EDIT AT THE WRONG LOCATION!)

You press CTRL (STRG) + R and get a windows dialoge called "run" (ausführen). Type in (without " ") "regedit.exe". Now you maybe need to say "run as administrator" and you get a huge obscure looking tree structure. Close every(!) tree by clicking the " - " next to it until you only see 4-5 trees / folders.

Now open the tree "KHEY_CURRENT_USER" (User! NOT machine!) by double clicking. Scroll down to "Software" (open it). Scroll down to "Electronic Arts" (open it..) and to it's subfolder "Electronic Arts" (yeah.. twice). Now you have 2 folders called "Command and Conquer 3" and "Command and Conquer 3 Kanes Wrath".

You can not open these but you can click them. If done, on the right side you can see a category / key named "language". Click it double. And edit the value in the new window to your language. If you are german, the key is german16. To find out the right value, go to where you installed the game (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command and Conquer 3\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars) and look for a folder called "Lang-[your language code]" in germany the folder is called "Lang-german16". That is your language code.

Repeat this for the entry on Kane's Wrath. Save. Close the registry editor. Start game.