^^^^^ This solved the problem for me on a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine ^^^^^
There were 2x copies "dbghelp.dll" in my Zero Hour folder, nuking both fixed it.
God help anyone that uses EA chat help....
Hi, sorry to drag up an old thread, but i have been trying to sort this out for the past 24 hours, i have the same DX8.1 error, so far i have uninstalled reinstalled the game, changed from AVG to another provider due to another error coming up due to AVG, i have done the trick of changing the resolution on the options.ini as well as deleting/ making new ones when they weren't there before. I have reinstalled microsoft c++ 2015/2017 as another web site said this has been a fix for some. and am still at a dead end currently? running on windows 10, ryzen 5 1600x and amd rx580. any help would be great i used to love this game so want to get back into it. This happens for me for both Generals and Zero Hour
@paulanator7Next time please read the whole topic you're posting in. Almost all solutions are already in this topic haha. Well, see here for the possible solutions: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Generals#DirectX_8.1_error_.28Windows.29 Did it work?
