After Update in Feb the Game crashed!

[Shakalakas]

I've been enjoying playing this game solo, but after a recent Steam update, I encountered some issues. The game would crash after about 5-8 minutes of playtime. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, but now when I click the "Begin" button, the game stops immediately.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

[Best Pureeyaa]

Create a new game profile

[Shakalakas]

Originally posted by Best Pureeyaa:

Create a new game profile

it does not work. i just did :(

[peeka]

Skirmish mode doesn't work for me, after this update. I've tried everything I could think of.

[Shakalakas]

Originally posted by peeka:

Skirmish mode doesn't work for me, after this update. I've tried everything I could think of.

same issue!

[PapaTango]

Been playing this game solo myself in many, many years, the skirmish mode. I had a backup since I knew an update would eventually break the game, and in my case, it's because it's modded already. If you have put some mods, this might explain the crashes.

If not, remove the game completely, make sure ..\Documents\Red Alert 3\ is also cleaned up (there are your profile, mods and replays), do the same for ..\AppData\Roaming\Red Alert 3 under your profile. Then install again.

If you wish to roll back, see this article (concept is the same for almost any games on Steam)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3023295121
It's not rocket science, but needs some work.

This seems a well done video as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjg722smfNA

Game Steam ID is 17480

Good luck folks.

[Shakalakas]

Originally posted by PapaTango:

Been playing this game solo myself in many, many years, the skirmish mode. I had a backup since I knew an update would eventually break the game, and in my case, it's because it's modded already. If you have put some mods, this might explain the crashes.

If not, remove the game completely, make sure ..\Documents\Red Alert 3\ is also cleaned up (there are your profile, mods and replays), do the same for ..\AppData\Roaming\Red Alert 3 under your profile. Then install again.

If you wish to roll back, see this article (concept is the same for almost any games on Steam)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3023295121
It's not rocket science, but needs some work.

This seems a well done video as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjg722smfNA

Game Steam ID is 17480

Good luck folks.

Thx for your replay, I followed your instructions and deleted everything, but Skirmish mode still doesn't work. I've wasted a lot of time trying everything, except for rolling back, which seems like too much effort. I couldn't play this game online before, and now Skirmish mode isn't working either. It's very frustrating.

[PapaTango]

This skirmish bug is actually a real pain, I never had it, and I thought it could be a network setting...and no, it's so basic, it doesn't interfere at all, I cannot reproduce the issue.

But I stumbled on this:https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/ucx3gj/need_help_cant_play_skirmish/

All seems to indicate you have had, or always have a mod, either way, check mhbigboss solution, it helped few folks. Easy operation, by simply removing skirmish.ini (I would suggest to simply rename the file, such as skirmish.bak)

Next answer from DarkKnightofOne is explaining how to recreate a profile, and I know, you have tried it, I saw your post, this is also quite basic, but see if you have done it the same way.

From these 2 answers, I might suggest you create a new profile again, then renaming the skirmish.ini file from it.

For the fact you already created a new profile, chances this might work are slim, but still worth a try.

No rush Shakalaka, these bugs are annoying and yes, infuriating. When you will feel more disposed, might give a try to the roolback to a previous version with SteamDB.

[Shakalakas]

Originally posted by PapaTango:

This skirmish bug is actually a real pain, I never had it, and I thought it could be a network setting...and no, it's so basic, it doesn't interfere at all, I cannot reproduce the issue.

But I stumbled on this:https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/ucx3gj/need_help_cant_play_skirmish/

All seems to indicate you have had, or always have a mod, either way, check mhbigboss solution, it helped few folks. Easy operation, by simply removing skirmish.ini (I would suggest to simply rename the file, such as skirmish.bak)

Next answer from DarkKnightofOne is explaining how to recreate a profile, and I know, you have tried it, I saw your post, this is also quite basic, but see if you have done it the same way.

From these 2 answers, I might suggest you create a new profile again, then renaming the skirmish.ini file from it.

For the fact you already created a new profile, chances this might work are slim, but still worth a try.

No rush Shakalaka, these bugs are annoying and yes, infuriating. When you will feel more disposed, might give a try to the roolback to a previous version with SteamDB.

Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, the suggested solution did not work. I tried deleting the 'skirmish.ini' file and everything, even though I knew it wasn't related to the error. This file simply saves settings for the skirmish mode, such as which map you want to use and against which opponent.

I've now uninstalled the game for the third time, but I'm still experiencing the same problem.

the ironic part is that i googled about the error and I've read comments from as far back as 2009 where people were complaining about the same issue. What's interesting is that I remember playing the game back then without any problems on Windows Millennium.

anyhow thanks again.

[Shakalakas]

it worked again. here is the solution if you have problem running in skirmish!

https://steamcommunity.com/app/17480/discussions/0/596268022048555838/