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Anonymous
10 years ago

Generals ZH not working with new GPU?

So a few years back, I got a new GPU (Nvidia GT630 I believe.) Do my disappointment, none of my older games work anymore, including C&C Gen/ZH. When I try to launch it (through the First Decade collection -Old, I know-) I get a notice saying I need DirectX 8.1 or higher (I have DX12) and a GPU the matches minimum requirements (I could run ZH no problem with my old GPU, but for some reason not the newer one.) I've been going through withdrawals recently, and wanted to see if there was any fix for this. 

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  • @fimeilleur

    This could be because you're missing older directX components, actually. I know the latest stuff doesn't always include the older parts these games need.

    • Download the DirectX Redistributables package from June 2010. Be sure to uncheck any other junk they want to add to it. It should be a file called "directx_Jun2010_redist.exe".
    • Run the downloaded file. It'll ask for a folder to unpack in. Make a new folder somewhere on your disk and unpack it there. It doesn't matter where you unpack it; it can be deleted afterwards anyway.
    • Go to the folder where you told it to extract.
    • Find "DXSETUP.exe", and run that to install the missing components.
    • After the installation finished, delete the folder you unpacked everything in.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I followed all your steps, but I'm still getting the same warning message. I then tried with the 2006 version (I'm running on First Decade, not the Ultimate Collection) but am still having no luck

  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    @fimeilleur Did you try fiddling with the compatibility mode on the game's exe file? That could help, too.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    @Nyerguds Tried that, also found a version of DirectX in the game's files, says that version (didn't say which) was not compatible with Windows 10

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