FIx the Game !!!

[[ORDER] KNT]

You Released this on Steam again with zero fix for modern hardware. Not everyone like using some third party software to make the game playable. The publisher should fix the game and at least give us a steam online multiplayer feature.

[♪♫_©he$ter_♫♪]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Cat:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von hagag:

no multiplayer ?! can someone please fix this

Multiplayer support got shut down years ago. The only way to play multiplayer online is through a third party like cnc-online.net .

:summercat2023:

He's not the only one. You can also play through Radmin, much easier than CC Online.

[♪♫_©he$ter_♫♪]

The most playable way to play generals is through Radmin.
Of course, it would be easier through Steam, but as I understand it, Steam is not an option.

[Gwynbleiddd]

it took them 12 years to add this to steam. don't have any hope.

[Liam Kaine]

Use the Refound Option. Ppl only understand things when you touch in money

[ShrapmaElite]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Raptor:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von GuSP:

You had only 1 Job, Steam!
Why do you sell a game that can't even load?

Maybe it's your computer?
I bought the game, and it loads perfectly. No patches, no 3rd party software, just install, and play the game.

The fix is simple. It's body likely missing framework software or a simple needed tweak.

[Roland]

The funny thing is that when I played this game on Origin, it worked just fine.

[SHOTTY-0311]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ShrapmaElite:

I'm not sure about Windows 11 (although you are still able to set compatibility in W11) but GenLauncher from ModDB works great. And/or you could download the ini folder and fix settings there. If you can't run this game in 2024, you would have just as much trouble running it in 2003. EA released The First Decade identical to the copy on disc, bugs and all...

lol wrong. Complete pain in the ass with any modern antivirus. when the game was originally released via disk there were no issues getting up and running in an MP match minus the NORMAL bugs associated with any game at that time, but this is not normal. Simply not the case now as its re-release didn't address any issue that was certainly known prior to release involving compatibility and coding to allow play.

Using Genlauncher etc isn't a big deal and most would be fine doing so except it still is quite the undertaking for anyone, let alone someone who may not have the knowledge or comfort in doing a ton of things to make a purchased game simply work
I've been a pc gamer for 30+ years and i'm still finding it quite cumbersome to make this work

[last light of the library]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von SHOTTY-0311:

lol wrong. Complete pain in the ass with any modern antivirus. when the game was originally released via disk there were no issues getting up and running in an MP match minus the NORMAL bugs associated with any game at that time, but this is not normal. Simply not the case now as its re-release didn't address any issue that was certainly known prior to release involving compatibility and coding to allow play.

Using Genlauncher etc isn't a big deal and most would be fine doing so except it still is quite the undertaking for anyone, let alone someone who may not have the knowledge or comfort in doing a ton of things to make a purchased game simply work
I've been a pc gamer for 30+ years and i'm still finding it quite cumbersome to make this work

1. only an issue if your AV is crap.
2. yes there was issues with the disk release as there was a limited number of serial keys produced with the disk versions running into player not being able to join the same lobby's unless someone changed it in the registry.
3. running genlauncher is beyond simple, it's literally drop in the folder and run then select what mod you want to install.

the game hasn't worked correctly since windows vista and as iv stated in a few other discussions its not EA's fault that it doesn't.
the issues with this game and why it has problems running are all on Microsoft.
1. Dx11 and 12 removed the binary's for dx8 resulting in the dx8 error.
2. Several dll's were removed from the os and future vc++ packages after windows xp which resulted in older games not running well or at all, msvc100.dll for example.
3. a no cd is needed (inc in steam and origin versions) due to Microsoft blocking the disk protection which older games inc generals uses.
4. the options.ini issue causing the game to not even launch is due to modern os' vista and up requiring elevated permissions to make changes to the documents folder which wasnt required for xp/me/98.

all in all, these issues with a 21 year old game are not up to EA to fix, they are up to Microsoft to fix and provide better support for older software.

[SHOTTY-0311]

i preface this with i'm not trying to argue as I am just frustrated and want to play this game i love lol and i see what youre saying for sure. But to say gen launcher is a no brainer is incorrect. It absolutely does not work with some anti-virus. While i do agree about some of the issues you stated about the game previously, none of that applies to my point. My point being these were all correctable before releasing a game for purchase by the general public. i'm a huge fan as I'm sure you are but this was rolled out in a very poor way. For many its a complete waste of money as they expected to have a playable game out of the box.

it's not up to the user to just figure it out.... and yes EA is responsible if theyre allowing a game to be sold that doesnt work without jumping through a lot of hoops Generally most all re-release games arent just dumped out with no effort. They tend to at least made some effort to make sure the majority of people will no problems playing it or at the very least minimal problems.

I should not have to completely uninstall and scrub the existence of my Anti-virus to install a game (which looks to be my solution but if you know a better way i'm down lol)

[SHOTTY-0311]

and i hope my av isnt crap and this clunky i9 and 4090 can handle it lol

[SHOTTY-0311]

oh and i will say i'm wrong in the sense that i'm referring to MP but still, seems like after putting a man on the moon (allegedly) that they could have gotten this right :P

[SHOTTY-0311]

actually i see steam is selling as an SP experience only so I'm 100 percent wrong in the thread by complaining.... but your honor i refuse to withdraw my testimony

[Kampfkater]

Can not change the resolution, but I do not want to play with 800 x 600.

[mazepa]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Kampfkater:

Can not change the resolution, but I do not want to play with 800 x 600.

Install GenTool.

[Nyerguds]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von mik:

Like I said, it's not a mod. It's the official ini file, that you yourself talked about, but extracted from the .big format. The game accepts these ini files to be overwritten, as the ini file goes in a folder called "INI".

Ehh. Extracting internal files from the game archives and changing them is modding