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Anonymous
13 years ago

Not all games working on Windows 7 as stated by Origin

Purchased the ultimate collection tonight....and the only reason I did was because Origin says that it added support for windows 7. However after installing original C&C, it just shows black screen and plays sound. Also can't close app once in game, have to use task manager to shutdown process.  What is the fix for this? Why would they say it has windows 7 support but not work?

Also I like how I wasted my money on this collection when you have to do all the work of EA Programmers to get these games to work....I might as well have kept my First Decade installation and did all this work.

Thanks for charging people to do your jobs....WAY TO GO EA!!!! TOP NOTCH COMPANY!!!!

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I'm on windows 8.1 with the same issues.  Some of my games work, others don't.  Tiberian Sun loads to the main menu and when you choose to load a campaign it just sits there and does nothing.  Have to use task manager to exit the game.  Why isn't there any feedback on these issues I wonder?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Got the solution:

    Just create a .reg file, say RA95.reg (with something like notepad or "crimson editor")

    Add the following:  (for 32 and 64 bit windows)

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\RA95]
    "Name"="RA95.exe"
    "Flags"=hex:00,08,00,00
    "ID"=dword:34159303

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\RA95]
    "Name"="RA95.exe"
    "Flags"=hex:00,08,00,00
    "ID"=dword:34159303

    Now, before executing the reg file, start the Red Alert game, then exit again as normal.

    Then type regedit in the RUN command, and search in the registry for the following:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectDraw\MostRecentApplication

     

    The Name tag should be RA95.exe

    Now copy the data value from the ID tag  (example 34159303) - yours might be different

    and paste it to your reg file (as mentioned above)

     

    Save then double click to import these to the registry.

    Then try the ORIGIN RA game again.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    i managed to get it all working! every single game and i had a problem with them all, i managed to tweek the INI files in all of them,

    heres an example one for  red alert 2,

    go to notepad and copy this into the file:

    [MultiPlayer]
    PreferredGameTypeID=1
    PreferredScenarioIndex=0
    Locale=0
    StoreNick=yes
    PhoneIndex=-1
    WOLLimitResolution=no
    LastNickSlot=-1
    Handle=5b,4e,65,77,20,50,6c,61,79,65,72,5d,
    Color=2
    ColorEx=-1
    Side=Americans
    SideEx=-1
    GameMode=1

    [Multiplayer]
    GameMode=1

    [Options]
    GameSpeed=1
    Difficulty=0
    ScrollMethod=0
    ScrollRate=3
    AutoScroll=yes
    DetailLevel=2
    SidebarCameoText=yes
    UnitActionLines=yes
    ShowHidden=no
    ToolTips=yes

    [Video]
    AllowHiResModes=yes
    AllowVRAMSidebar=yes
    VideoBackBuffer=no
    ScreenWidth=1768
    ScreenHeight=992
    StretchMovies=yes

    [Audio]
    SoundVolume=0.700000
    VoiceVolume=0.700000
    ScoreVolume=0.300000
    IsScoreRepeat=no
    IsScoreShuffle=no
    SoundLatency=9
    InGameMusic=yes

    [Network]
    Socket=65535
    NetCard=0
    NetID=ffcf,ffdf,ffcf,

    [Skirmish]
    GameMode=1
    ScenIndex=0
    GameSpeed=1
    Credits=10000
    UnitCount=10
    ShortGame=yes
    SuperWeaponsAllowed=yes
    BuildOffAlly=yes
    MCVRepacks=yes
    CratesAppear=yes
    Slot01=6,3,1
    Slot02=1,-2,-2
    Slot03=1,-2,-2
    Slot04=1,-2,-2
    Slot05=1,-2,-2
    Slot06=1,-2,-2
    Slot07=1,-2,-2

    [LAN]
    GameMode=1
    ScenIndex=0
    GameSpeed=1
    Credits=10000
    UnitCount=10
    ShortGame=yes
    SuperWeaponsAllowed=yes
    BuildOffAlly=yes
    MCVRepacks=yes
    CratesAppear=yes
    Slot01=2,-2,-2
    Slot02=2,-2,-2
    Slot03=2,-2,-2
    Slot04=2,-2,-2
    Slot05=2,-2,-2
    Slot06=2,-2,-2
    Slot07=2,-2,-2

    [WonlinePref]
    GameMode=1
    ScenIndex=0
    GameSpeed=0
    Credits=10000
    UnitCount=10
    ShortGame=yes
    SuperWeaponsAllowed=yes
    BuildOffAlly=yes
    MCVRepacks=yes
    CratesAppear=yes
    Slot01=2,-2,-2
    Slot02=2,-2,-2
    Slot03=2,-2,-2
    Slot04=2,-2,-2
    Slot05=2,-2,-2
    Slot06=2,-2,-2
    Slot07=2,-2,-2

    [Intro]
    Play=no

    [SerialDefaults]
    CallWaitStringIndex=3
    InitStringIndex=-1
    DialMethod=T
    Baud=-1
    IRQ=-1
    Port=0h
    Compression=0
    ErrorCorrection=0

    WHERE IT SAYS :

    ScreenWidth=1768
    ScreenHeight=992

    CHANGE THIS TO YOUR SCREEN WIDTH AND HEIGHT BY RIGHT CLICKING YOUR DESKTOP AND CHECKING YOUR SCREEN RESOLUTION.

    THEN SAVE THE FILE AS RA2.ini

    paste this into the origin games folder in the C😛rogramfiles origingames command and conquer red alert II root folder and double check it as normal and it should boot 🙂

    i have it all working on windows 7 x64

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I did everything you said. And it still didnt work :/

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    OK so i checked again and now red alert 2 is working. Not yuris revenge or anyothers. Could you possibly send me the rest of the files like that one but for the other games? Perhaps in an Email?

  • Well Ea thank you for f**king this up 29 bucks windows 8 doesnt work windows 7 doesnt work vista mabye i dont know DO I NEED TO GET XP FOR 2 I want to play comand and counqer 2 tibren sun i bought it because disc doesnt work so wasted money if i got xp it would work so i need old stuff EA YOU SUCK so lets all **bleep** on them and they wont listen

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    im assuming you have all tried to find help in support, but there is always the live chat with an EA member yay!

    Too bad when I tried that I had to wait for 2 hours...........and he was a jerk who said, "ive done all I can (nothing) have a good day" and signed off.

    Maybe you will getter a better employee than I did

    Have a nice day,

    ~Shadow~

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I tried it as administrator and still no fix

  • If this can be stickied and emailed to all users who ave purchased the C&C content.

    I had issues with all 17 games bar one.

    I disabled Origin in game by;

    Clicking Origin Menu

    Application Settings

    Origin In Game

    ..and then uncheck Origin in-game.

    Do the usual, restart your system and the games should function.  The exception  is Tiberian Sub on Laptop where the game doesnt recognise a touch pad. I've yet to try a USB mouse.

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