tiberian sun doesn't run on windows 10

Hi, I bought the complete C&C collection from Origin Access and Tiberian Sun just doesn't run on Windows 10. IS there a patch or will you refund some of the cost to me?

I know you probably don't like people saying this but, if I pay for it, I want it to work or my money back.

Nyerguds
9 years ago
@mstrtb

Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. For Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics 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.

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.)

Tiberian Sun:

Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

Red Alert 2:

The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve a multitude of graphics problems, including the "black screen" issue.
Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and try running the game again.

If you still have problems with RA2 even after this, I advise installing the CnCNet installer for RA2/YR. It comes with a bunch of automatic fixes, and has a configuration tool which offers more choices in graphics fixes than just DDWrapper, so if one doesn't work you can just try if some of the other options do the trick.

I hope that'll help fix your problems. If not, the people on the forum of cncnet.org can probably help you further.

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Nyerguds
Hero+
9 years ago
@mstrtb

Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. For Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics 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.

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.)

Tiberian Sun:

Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

Red Alert 2:

The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve a multitude of graphics problems, including the "black screen" issue.
Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and try running the game again.

If you still have problems with RA2 even after this, I advise installing the CnCNet installer for RA2/YR. It comes with a bunch of automatic fixes, and has a configuration tool which offers more choices in graphics fixes than just DDWrapper, so if one doesn't work you can just try if some of the other options do the trick.

I hope that'll help fix your problems. If not, the people on the forum of cncnet.org can probably help you further.
KenBlock43Ro
7 years ago
Ok. But before patch, i can't run the Game installer because of 2 problems.
1st- Could not find VBRUN60.EXE
2nd- DirectX Error (Action not supported)
Nyerguds
Hero+
7 years ago
@KenBlock43Ro

First of all, none of these issues are related to this thread. You should make your own thread to ask new questions.

And secondly, you never even specify which game you are talking about. This collection contains quite a bunch of them, and each of them can have pretty different issues.
Drysyn
7 years ago
yes he does say which game he is talking about read the first line...
Nyerguds
Hero+
7 years ago
@Drysyn

What first line? He just said "the game", and that's not the person who made the original topic. You assume he's talking about TS just because he posted in a TS thread. I've learned that that's a dangerous assumption. People post irrelevant stuff anywhere if they think someone will read it 😞
Anonymous
7 years ago
Unless you are referring to something we are not seeing, he specifically says "Tiberium Sun." I too purchased the same collection of Command and Conquer that he is referring to, and so far all the games I have tried are working except for Tiberium Sun. The game will boot up, but if I select any option in the main menu the game just freezes. Oddly enough, I had a similar problem when I bought a similar collection about 10 years ago when my PC at the time ran Vista. Every game worked except for Renegade and the expansion to Tiberium Sun, and even in the main game I was unable to save- but that aside. Sorry if you are referring to something else, but the man seems to have very clearly stated his issues are with "Tiberium Sun" specifically.
Nyerguds
Hero+
7 years ago
@tblackmon4

@tblackmon4 wrote:

Unless you are referring to something we are not seeing, he specifically says "Tiberium Sun."

Again, the person I replied to there is not the person who made this thread. mstrtb mentioned Tiberian Sun, and I answered him by giving a list of patches. KenBlock43Ro did no such thing, and none of the things he said were relevant to this thread, so I answered him by saying exactly that.

As for your problem, the inability to save usually means the game is installed in a location where it's not allowed to write, like inside the Program Files folder. The sanest solution is to change your Origin settings to put the folder in which your Origin games will be installed to a different location, so problems like that no longer occur with older games. Alternately, you can edit the properties of the sun.exe file in the TS game folder to make sure it always runs in Administrator mode.

@tblackmon4 wrote:

the man seems to have very clearly stated his issues are with "Tiberium Sun" specifically.

Since you keep on stressing that, I can't help but point out... no, he didn't. The game is called "Tiberian Sun".
Balkons13
6 years ago
Thank god for community, cause EA doesnt give a flying f*** about their old games and franchises they literally killed off. This is disgusting.
abc288627014
6 years ago
Thank you very much Nyerguds for the Patch list. I appreciate!
n8ter21
6 years ago
I'm having same issue on tiberian sun, loads and then freezes after I make any selection from the menu. I installed off origin collection running on windows 10...also not tech savvy so please keep in mind when responding. Thanks
I see your patch download on the forum do I just save it and try and run the game or do I have to save it to a specific area...I'm sorry PC's are not my thing. I generally stick to all things gun related but trying something new here.