Origin Client - Command and Conquer - launch issue
Hi All,
I bought the collection for Command and Conquer on Origin, and was working perfectly except Red Alert 2 and Yuri’s revenge - worked but cannot play it as it is so slow inside the game play. this is my first question, if one of these games works very slow (supper slow) in the game play and ok in the menu, is there a way to fix it?
anyway,
after a long while, on the same PC, i tried to launch one of those amazing games, and for example, Zero Hour starting, menu is ok, then automatically sending me out of the game, then i still see it in the windows tool bar, i go again on it, and after 20 seconds again sent me out of the game and etc. basically cannot play any of those games as they all have the same issue now.
can anyone advise of what to do>? and why this happened? as i used the same PC previously and were working fine (except the Red Alert 2).
Thanks in advance.
best regards.
A lot of the games have been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. You can find them here:
Command & Conquer 1:
- Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
Note that this patch fixes two quite common and completely fatal game crashes (top-of-map reconnaissance crash, stealth crash), so installing it is strongly advised. - HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.
Red Alert 1:
- Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer (The thread also has briefing videos for the expansion missions, converted from the Playstation version of the game)
- Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
- HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.
Tiberian Sun:
Red Alert 2:
- I advise installing the CnCNet online play installer for RA2/YR. Even if you're not interested in online play, it comes with a bunch of automatic fixes. It should automatically take care of the "black screen" issue, and has a configuration tool that allows further tweaking of the game's settings.
Generals:
- GenTool seems to be the main patch for Generals these days. The website is kind of vague on what it does besides restoring multiplayer and adding anti-cheat, but I heard it does a lot to make it work better on modern OSes too.
- If you have issues with DirectX errors popping up, find and delete the file "dbghelp.dll" in the game's install folder.
Renegade:
- The Tiberian Technologies patch fixes loads of issues on Renegade.
- Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
