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@PabloEsss You are talking about a pack of games developed over a period of 17 years, the oldest of which is about 22 years old now. They were all developed for completely different computers, and thus they all have very different problems. In other words, I'm going to need more details. Which games exactly have you tried, which ones didn't work, and what problems/errors did you encounter with each one?
Though, before that, you might want to get some preliminary patching done. Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. For Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics problems. You can find them here:
Command & Conquer 1:
- Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
Red Alert 1:
- Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer
- Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
Tiberian Sun:
Red Alert 2:
- The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue.
Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should work.
- mrtnptrs6 years agoSeasoned Ace@robbiemoyer100 Please don't use a almost 4-years old topic to say things like this next time.... I also agree that EA could apply some fixes to it, but I just don't expect them ever doing it. Although they are releasing some remasters now... 🙂
- 6 years ago
Sorry, however, it is a 4 year topic but is still current. I down loaded 5 command and conquer games on my new computer with windows 10 and none would play without DirectX9. I could not download DirectX9 on my windows 10. To state I am frustrated would be mild.
- mrtnptrs6 years agoSeasoned Ace@robbiemoyer100 Please try these solutions: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Generals#DirectX_8.1_error_.28Windows.29 Try them even if you think you've already done so and follow the instructions to the letter. Also, I saw a recent uprising of that DX9 issue. Me and @Nyerguds suspect it might have something to do with a recent update of Windows 10 or a recent graphics driver update... What type and brand of GPU are you using?
- Nyerguds6 years agoHero+
Well, the first three games are freeware, so they're honestly not really "sold" in the pack... more of an "included for the sake of completeness", really.