^^^^^ 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....
Received the same DirectX 8.1 error trying to play C&C Zero Hour using the Origin software on Win 10 x64.
None of the options.ini, resolution changes, .dll files deletion worked for me. Enabling GPU Scaling using my AMD video card software did the trick however.
Hopefully this helps someone out and gets them to playing the game faster 🙂
YES THIS WORKS WONDERS FOR ALL THE GOG AND OTHER OLD GAMES GOD DAMNNIT
ALL THOSE DELETING AND CHANGING OPTIONS.INI SUCKS
WORKS GRAND in NVDIA GAME CARDS ALSO. Just Change the resolution of your god darn screen works as well
JESUS CHRIST KNNCCB FREAKING WORKS.
@minabooeh? Changing options.ini work for many people as the installation sometimes has big problems with handeling this file correctly. Also these fixes don't work for all old and GOG-games.... Also, what is KNNCB? XD I don't really know what you mean with the rest, but please refrain from using Caps-lock while typing as this way you sound like you're aggressive towards somebody haha..... You just mean that my message above links to the solution that worked for you? 🙂
hey i tried the 2 fixes and it still dont work do you know anything?
