I got really excited, and downloaded all three classic Command and Conquer games (http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic). Now none of them work. I have Windows Vista. Am I out of luck?
Nope I've got a vista machine and at the very least command & conquer: Tiberium dawn works. I did have to use a patch but it tells you where to get them from a link on the page where you can download them.
My friend bought the C&C trilogy pack, and no one worked on his vista ;D
Because of this and many other points, i love my XP!!!
Have you followed the directions ;D
http://www.cncworld.org/?page=features/tutorials/rafree_vista (http://www.cncworld.org/?page=features/tutorials/rafree_vista)
I have yet to have a single problem with something not running in vista. All C&C games have booted and played without any issues.
That's just because you mistake your XP for vista foo
Edit: I've found pacthes for both C&C 1 and Red Alert. I still can't get C&C 2 to work though. Anybody know about a patch for it?
I have C&C: First Decade (all C&C/Red Alert games to Generals: Zero Hour) and every single game works on Windows 7... I guess older releases are incompatible.
Check official website(s) maybe?
Point of my post is -- the must be patches for every game.
Have you tried running them in compatibility mode?
I've installed Red Alert on my netbook, applied the patch and it still refused to work until I put it in compatibility mode for Win 95.
Now it works like a charm!
Quote from: Al_Ninio on Tue 02/03/2010 09:40:34
Have you tried running them in compatibility mode?
I've installed Red Alert on my netbook, applied the patch and it still refused to work until I put it in compatibility mode for Win 95.
Now it works like a charm!
I have put compatibility modes on all three games, none of which helped until I loaded the patches. I just don't have a patch for Tiberian Sun. It's supposed to run right out of the RAR, but when I try to play it, it says that there are one or more DLLs missing or corrupted.
dont run it out of rar put it in a folder on your desktop :)
Quote from: Sinsin on Tue 02/03/2010 17:47:05
dont run it out of rar put it in a folder on your desktop :)
Okay, sorry, but I just have to comment here: just how stupid do you think I am? :-\ First off, I did unload it; can you even run programs from their compressed files? Second, I'm not gonna put it on my desktop: my computer boots up too slow already. Don't need a 2 gig game slowing it down even more.
;D Okay, I'm good now. :'( now will some please get me a Vista patch? I like CnC (especailly free).
Quote from: Guyserman82 on Tue 02/03/2010 19:26:47
Quote from: Sinsin on Tue 02/03/2010 17:47:05
dont run it out of rar put it in a folder on your desktop :)
Okay, sorry, but I just have to comment here: just how stupid do you think I am? :-\ First off, I did unload it; can you even run programs from their compressed files? Second, I'm not gonna put it on my desktop: my computer boots up too slow already. Don't need a 2 gig game slowing it down even more.
;D Okay, I'm good now. :'( now will some please get me a Vista patch? I like CnC (especailly free).
HAHAHAHAHA
No, srsly,
* you CAN run things things from archive. It automatically extracts them to temporary directory and runs
* Computer speed is not related to what's on your desktop
* Game size is not related to boot speed
* Vista patches you can a) google and find this question asked (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_a_patch_for_Windows_Vista_that_will_allow_you_to_run_Command_and_Conquer) b) check official website (http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_li=&p_sid=Ax_Y5XVj&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD00NCw0NCZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1wYXRjaHBhZ2U*&p_faqid=0&p_iid=0&p_created=&p_prod=&p_cat=&p_cv=&p_pv=&p_prods=&p_cats=&prod_lvl1=&prod_lvl2=&prod_lvl3=&cat_lvl1=&cat_lvl2=&cat_lvl3=&p_hidden_prods=&p_search_text=&p_new_search=&p_accessibility=&p_page=&p_lva=&nextlink=)