I installed Generals and Zero Hour to my new Windows 8.1 x64 machine, and while the game runs fine in Singleplayer/Solo mode, when I join or create a Multiplayer match all the trees are swaying insanely fast(as if the animation is playing too fast) and my keyboard map controls are insanely fast, if I tap the arrow key in any particular direction the camera travels way too quickly. Same goes if I try to move the camera with the mouse. I only ever play Generals/Zero Hour over my Local Network with my housemate so right now it's unplayable for me. It looks to me that for some reason the Multiplayer Component of the Game is being run too fast. Machine Specs:Core i7 4770Gigabyte G1 Sniper B5 MotherboardEVGA GTX660Ti 2gb6144mb Kingston HyperX DDR3 Ram @ 1333Crucial 512gb SSDThe game ran fine under Windows 7, but I've recently upgraded my Motherboard and CPU, so that may also be an issue. Please help?

I'VE FIXED IT! It's related to the FPS of the game. In single player mode this is capped to 30 FPS. In multiplayer, the cap is removed. With modern PC's the FPS flies out of control and takes the animations of the trees, waves, game speed with it. The fix is quite simple. Download NVIDIA Profile Inspector Launch the tool, and click teh little nvidia icon on the right hand side next to "driver verson" Under "Sync and Refresh" change Frame Rate Limiter to 60 fps Hit Apply Changes Start the game and go for it! There's a way you can set this up to ONLY affect generals, rather than your whole system. Watch this video to see how that is done:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9D__g1yqs

Here is a video of it in action:http://youtu.be/GEgNAYSYEhAAlso I cannot change compatibility settings? What the hell ☹️http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/jazznaz89/generalsnocompatoptions_zps8fef82c3.jpg

I have the same exact problem, when i run it on my laptop it runs perfectly fine and smooth, same with my other brother's laptops, but when my older brother runs it on his high perfoming pc (Cooling Master), it has the same issue as you do when me and him try to play together. Sorry i don't have the solution as i also have the same problem and i want it fixed.

Hi, that's odd alright, it looks like the game is running as fast as possible. Perhaps this is related to the hardware change that was made. If you haven't done so already, please reinstall the game, hopefully this will help the frame limiter to kick in.

Doesn't work.. i have the same problem.. Offline games runs good.. Online games run at 10084059723908473289071298 fps :PFix Please!

Strange Multiplayer issue in Zero Hour

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ZyamLegend
7 years ago
When my Dad plays it on our old HP PC, it runs perfectly fine. But when I play multiplayer on our new HP Pavillion, (which is meant for gaming) it has this issue. I think the computer just runs too fast???
ShannonDC_95
6 years ago
Thanks TommGunn! It worked just fine using NVIDIA Profile Inspector!
mrtnptrs
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It is even more efficient to use the Framerate-limiter in Gentool. This way you limit the Framerate and thus prevent this issue from occuring. Set the FPS at 30 for normal game speed. Gentool can be downloaded from here: https://www.gentool.net/
Edit: oops, see @Grefranger already proposed this solution too. It is btw a much better solution as this FPS limit will stay even if you completely reinstall the graphics driver.
TommGunn
6 years ago
Ok so I wanted to get back into this, so I decided to give GenTool a go. I like what they've done, but the fact the tool stops the camera height fixes from working in a multiplayer game makes it absolutely useless. The game is totally unplayable when you can see a total of 2 buildings on screen. I wasted a few hours on this thinking I was doing something wrong but I final found out it seems to be by design.. I'm guessing they did it to force an even playing field in multiplayer matches? Happy to be told I'm missing something here..but if I'm right - it's utterly useless.

I'm going to stick with my way for now. For anyone reading this - this is what I've done:

1. Install Zero hour from Origin (C&C Ultimate Collection)
2. Google for GameData.ini with the camera height fix and add it to install directory "\Data\INI"
3. Edit resolution in "\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data\Options.ini" I've set mine to "Resolution = 1920 1200"
4. I found a "lag fix" which involves copying a custom "INIZH.big" into the install directory. Not sure if it helps but we'll see.
5. Finally to stop the frame rate issue, i found the Nvidia tool didn't seem to be working so I've installed something else to limit the frame rate to 30FPS (RivaTunder Statistics Server)
https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/limit-fps-for-a-game-on-windows-10/

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