Command & Conquer 3: Playing Old Versions
I'll be short and sweet. I don't play multiplayer on RTS games. Largely because I'm literally physically and mentally incapable of rushes. I turtle and steamroll. But,that's not the point. The point is that I wish to play version 1.0 of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars,as that is the version of the game that the campaign is balanced for. The updates to the game have more-or-less broken the balance in the campaign,from removing multiple defence structure queues,to turning the Mammoth Tank into a Predator Tank with a different coat of paint. I've tried using the -runver 1.0 method,but it doesn't work. Alexandria is much more difficult than it should be,thanks to the Mammoth Tank nerfs,and Sarajevo for the GDI is a mindbending nightmare,as it seems every single patch nerfed the GDI,and buffed Nod.
I will reiterate; I want to play the old version because I only play the campaign,and so it would be the best course of action,for my gaming enjoyment,to play version 1.0 of the game. As it is for playing the campaign,it will also be impossible for me to disrupt someone else's game. I've tried searching for ways to roll back my game,and found none. This is the last step.
I've gotten this question a couple of times before, more specifically concerning the fact the multiplayer balance changes pretty much ruin the campaign at some points, and I did some research into this.
While the retail version retains all of its older versions, it seems that, sadly, the Origin version of C&C3 only contains the very last version's executable, meaning it is impossible to launch the older versions of the game even through that command line parameter; the program to launch simply isn't there.
I've looked into adding the data and game executables of the older versions into the Origin version's folder (with no-dvd patches applies, obviously; no way it could possibly work otherwise), but so far I've had no luck getting it working right. Maybe the Origin version has some stuff organized differently, I dunno.
Do note that, to make the game even read these command line parameter, you'll most probably need Bibber's fixed launchers.
