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Nyerguds
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10 years ago

Re: Mods with The Ultimate Collection

@Raven19884

There's a readme.txt included in the mod's rar archive that explains the process, actually... but I'll just expand on that:

How to start a C&C3 mod if you got The Ultimate Collection

1. Get to the mod browser

-Install Bibber's Fixed Launchers for TUC.
-In Origin, go to [Origin] -> [Application Settings] -> [Advanced]. You will see a section at the top that says "Your games will be installed to the following location". Select and copy that location.
-Open a Windows file browser window, paste the copied location in the address bar, and press [Enter] to go there.
-Go into the "Command and Conquer 3 TW and KW\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars" folder.
-Drag "CNC3.exe" to your desktop, and hold down both [Ctrl] and [Alt] before releasing it, to create a shortcut.
-Rename the shortcut to "C&C3 Control Panel"
-Open the shortcut's properties, and behind everything on the "Target" line (including quotes), add a space and then "-ui" (without the quotes)

Now you can open the C&C3 control panel, click "Game Browser", and open its Mods tab.


2. Adding mods to C&C3's mods tab

-Open a Windows file browser window, type (or paste) "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" in the address bar (again, without the quotes), and press [Enter] to go there. This should go to your Documents folder (In Windows 7, anyway).
-If there is no folder called "Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars" in there, create it.
-Inside that folder, make sure you have a folder called "Mods"
-Inside that folder, create a folder for the mod, and put the mod's files inside it. Make sure the .skudef file is inside that mod folder, and not deeper down the tree.

(Re)open the Game Browser on the C&C3 control panel, and the mod should show up in there.

Extra: how to make a shortcut straight to a mod

It is possible to launch C&C3 mods without using the C&C3 Control Panel, though the instructions for this are largely the same as to get the C&C3 control panel link.

-Create a shortcut to CNC3.exe as described in the first section.

-Open the shortcut's properties, and behind everything on the "Target" line (including quotes), add a space, then "-modconfig" (without the quotes), then another space, and then the full path of the control file of the mod (surrounded by quotes). It's the file with the .skudef extension.

So if your C&C3 is in "C:\Games\Origin Games\Command and Conquer 3 TW and KW\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars" and your mod is in "C:\Games\mods\Tiberian Dawn", that target line will end up looking like this:

"C:\Games\Origin Games\Command and Conquer 3 TW and KW\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\CNC3.exe" -modconfig "C:\Games\mods\Tiberian Dawn\TiberianDawn_0.2.SkuDef"

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  • ImmortalJoker66's avatar
    ImmortalJoker66
    Seasoned Scout
    8 years ago

    Can't seem to get any of this to work and Bibber's website is down for "maintenance" is there any other way to get this work?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    So on bibber's website for the ultimate edition launcher, it says this "Due to an Origin update the launchers are no longer functional." 

    Does anyone know if there is still a way to get these mods working for Ultimate edition C&C games?

  • BriggenKane's avatar
    BriggenKane
    6 years ago

    bibbers version appearently being blocked somehow i use bibbers exe and it shows origin and but the game whont even start so now that isnt even helping anymore
    and the odd thing is origin says the game is active but it isnt when i try to shutt off origin

  • mrtnptrs's avatar
    mrtnptrs
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @BriggenKane Bibber doesn't support his launchers anymore, so it is likely that a future Origin-update will break or already broke support for these launchers. But it is more likely that you suffer from a known issue that has been around for 2 months, caused by a Origin-update. This causes the games not to start anymore, see here for a workaround: https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-The-Ultimate-Collection/Can-t-launch-C-amp-C-The-Ultimate-Collection-games-after-24-01/m-p/8716040#M17504 Did the workaround fix your problems? 🙂
  • BriggenKane's avatar
    BriggenKane
    6 years ago

    i get that however origin and tuc edition of C&C doesnt matter iff you add start options they are ignored somehow like the -ui
    and still then somehow the game canot find the mod folder even though its in the same place as always

  • mrtnptrs's avatar
    mrtnptrs
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @BriggenKane Did the workaround not work for you? Did you try it?

    Without Bibber's launchers, mod-support and command-line arguments won't work.... Also, can you better explain your last message and make correct sentences please as this way your messages are hard to read and understand... 🙂
  • BriggenKane's avatar
    BriggenKane
    6 years ago

    i whant to play whit mods thats the point off this bibbers whould have helped he isnt updating anymore so that's a shame i hate what EA LA is doing ruining our playstyle

  • mrtnptrs's avatar
    mrtnptrs
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    @BriggenKane EA LA doesn't exist anymore btw.... That studio changed its name to Danger Close Games and then got dissolved and turned into DICE LA. But that has nothing to do with the CNC-franchise anymore... Bibber's launchers probably should still work.

    But for the third time: did my suggested workaround work for you? Did you follow those steps? I can't help you if you don't answer my simple questions... 🙂 And again: please make proper sentences with capitals etc....

  • ERG_Cawfee's avatar
    ERG_Cawfee
    5 years ago

    Thank you for uploading a back up. I think I remember complaining about this 2 years ago about why we can't use mods anymore and since bibber's website is gone and he is no longer maintaining the application we also can't download it from that site anymore. I've been looking for that launcher ever since and finally someone uploaded a back-up. I can finally play shockwave again. Thank you so much.

  • BriggenKane's avatar
    BriggenKane
    4 years ago

    @mrtnptrsok after long trying i have bibbers and i got the -ui menu working
    however it canot find the mods anywere on the pc where the mods folder is or could be

    all the places where on the Cdisk wether its just documents or users documents or users savedgames or in roaming folder
    they all have the mods folder but the launcher canot find the mods from Moddb and its in a named folder aswhel in the mods folder

  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @BriggenKane Make sure the folder under your documents is actually exactly called "Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars". I heard there are sometimes issues with certain installations having them misnamed with an "&" symbol instead of the "and".

  • ElvenNinja's avatar
    ElvenNinja
    2 years ago

    Guys I had C&C Red Alert 3 on origin. Then forced to go to EA app and the game does not exist in this app nor in my library. Support is just not able to help and keep going over refreshing cache and what not which is never going to help.

  • ponic3's avatar
    ponic3
    2 years ago
    @ElvenNinja same happened to me. There is no fix, they stole your games and your money. They said they'll "update it in the future." This is co-orporate talk for illegal activity

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