Game crashes when changing resolution C&C 3/4

I could not find others with this exact same issue and if there is a thread for this already sorry.

But when ever I tried changing resolutions for C&C 4 or C&C  3 Tiberium Wars the game would try and then crash. I tried making sure everything was running in compatability mode and what not and it did not work.

For this fix you will have to atleast been able to load the game and create a profile.

After searching and htting my head on a wall I found the following solution that worked for me. You can manually change the resolution for the game in in the Options.ini file.

You can find this in the following setting for Win 7/8

C:\Users\[User Name]AppData\Roaming\Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\Profiles\[Profile Name]\Options.ini

C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Command and Conquer 4\Profiles\[Profile Name]\Options.ini

Once you have found it open it up in Notepad.

• Find where it say "Resolution = 800 600"

• Change it to your desired resolution (Example: Resolution = 1600 900) Note that you need to keep the formatting of the numbers with a space, do not add a charater in between the numbers or it will mess it up.

Save your change and load the game up. It should now be running at the desired resolution.

Note:

You can also change the other graphics settings in the same way.

! Please note this may make the game not work if set incorrectly. Always make backups of your config/options file before tweeking!

They can be set to the following,

Low

Medium

High

Ultrahigh

C&C 3

AnimationLOD = UltraHigh  <----
AntiAliasingLOD = 8 
AudioQualitySetting = High
Brightness = 50
DecalLOD = High    <----
EffectsLOD = UltraHigh    <----
HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
IdealStaticGameLOD = VeryLow
ModelLOD = High
Resolution = 1600 900
ShaderLOD = UltraHigh    <----
ShadowLOD = UltraHigh    <----
StaticGameLOD = Custom   <----
TerrainLOD = UltraHigh    <----
TextureQualityLOD = High   <----
WaterLOD = UltraHigh   <----

:Note:

Set StaticGameLOD = Custom to be on the same side so the game does not try to load a different preset for gfx settings if you change them.

C & C 4

They can be set to the following,

Low

Medium

High

Ultrahigh

AlternateMouseSetup = 0
AmbientVolume = 90.000000
AudioQualitySetting = High
CampaignDifficulty = 0
CurrentCampaign = 0
CurrentCampaignLastMission = 0
HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
IdealStaticGameLOD = High  <----
MovieVolume = 90.000000
MusicVolume = 90.000000
PlayerFaction = 0
Resolution = 1600 900
SFXVolume = 90.000000
SendDelay = 0
ShowSubtitles = 0
StaticGameLOD = High   <----
Telemetry = 1
ToolTipDelay = 0
VoiceVolume = 90.000000