It would be helpful if you told us which problems you specifically have with which games; these games span a time of roughly 15 years, you know, and in that time they went through at least four significantly different game engines. The older ones have vastly different issues than the newer ones.
@JAGrossman wrote:
even though I have put them all in Windows 7 compatibility mode.
Too new. Try WinXP SP3 instead.
Ok let's just talk about the Command and Conquer with the Tiberian Sun extension. I have just tried putting it in XP SP3 mode but I'm doing this from the desktop. I noticed that you had an answer for someone that involved opening the folder and changing the compatibility from there but I can only find the game folder and not the other one. Is this where I need to actually change the compatibility mode? As for what the game is doing it is taking several clicks in the main menu to respond then it immediately opens into a game I am unfamiliar with, the screen movement controls are sluggish and as soon as I click the options tab it freezes. Is there anything else you need to know?
Ok let's just talk about the Command and Conquer with the Tiberian Sun extension.
That's not an "extension", that's just the game's name.
@JAGrossman wrote:
I have just tried putting it in XP SP3 mode but I'm doing this from the desktop. I noticed that you had an answer for someone that involved opening the folder and changing the compatibility from there but I can only find the game folder and not the other one.
You mean you made the installer create desktop shortcuts? Unfortunately that's something you can only do when installing a game (unlike in Steam), meaning that, since not all people will have done that, I can't use that as basis for tech support. I don't have a clue what you mean with "I can only find the game folder and not the other one", since the only folder I ever talked about is the game folder.
@JAGrossman wrote:
As for what the game is doing it is taking several clicks in the main menu to respond then it immediately opens into a game I am unfamiliar with, the screen movement controls are sluggish and as soon as I click the options tab it freezes. Is there anything else you need to know?
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. You can find them here:
Command & Conquer 1:
Red Alert 1:
Tiberian Sun:
So, I suggest you start by installing those on their respective games.
OK, sorry about the confusion. You obviously have no clue as to the post I was talking about but it was a "games" and "gamesmd" folders you were talking about in your other post. Also my collection was installed shortcuts and all by EA Games so it confuses me that you wouldn't have shortcuts for your games, if you have them. As for the fix, it requires an unadulterated version of the game to use it and since the games have probably been modified by EA Games to play on a Windows 7 platform in the first place, it may do more harm than good. At this point I am considering getting another hard drive and creating a dual boot system so that I can play some of my other Windows 7 games as well without having to do IT patches that I am not exactly qualified to do. Unless you want to give me step by step instructions on verifying the game version and installing the patches.
