Windows 8 command and conquer ultimate collection
Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
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Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
I want to play the older games such as Generals and C&C 3. Can I play it on Windows 8?
Re: Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
Generals needs some tweaking, while C&C3 works fine. The most problematic are the older games, which need quite a bit of work to function properly on Windows 7+
You can find a lot of solutions and tweaks on the C&C boards
I do not work for EA and i am not associated with the company in any way. I am a player just like you, trying to help wherever i can.I will not answer to any unsolicited PM.
Re: Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
Generals needs some tweaking, while C&C3 works fine. The most problematic are the older games, which need quite a bit of work to function properly on Windows 7+
You can find a lot of solutions and tweaks on the C&C boards
I do not work for EA and i am not associated with the company in any way. I am a player just like you, trying to help wherever i can.I will not answer to any unsolicited PM.
Re: Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
Let us know, should you have any troubles, launching those games. C&C one of the best, if not THE best strategy games series out there. Would love to see them re-released in HD someday.
Re: Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
I realise this original post is a few years old but I’m trying to find out the same thing.
I am considering buying the C&C bundle because I would like to play the older games, specifically Generals and Red Alert 2.
1) What kind of tweaking is needed to play C&C Generals on windows 8.1 exactly?
2) Will I be able to run Red Alert 2 without too much trouble on Windows 8.1?
Re: Does command and conquer ultimate edition work in Windows 8?
I can’t say for windows 8. I got windows 10 & just bought the collection recently. So I’ll post my experience so far for others lurking.
All this is dealing with single player. Not diving into multiplayer.
Generals works fine for me so far. Can’t full-screen and stuff tho. Expected
I believe I needed to use a patch for RA2 to get it to work but I honestly haven’t played it much yet & not aware if there are other issues yet.
I needed to patch first one and it still seems wonky so I don’t play it.
Tiberium wars works fine so far. It’s probably the most stable one so far on my end.
I haven’t tried c&c 4 yet.
Red alert 3: Haven’t played too much of it so idk about late game performance. I can’t alt tab. The game will crash and I can’t close out of it. Sometimes have to restart pc. You may experience sound issues & other quirks. Actually can’t find solutions for ra3 and I’ve stumbled across many threads with people having issues with it. Sad cause I was really interested in this one.
Look elsewhere is my advice unless someone wants to step in with detailed solutions. I’ve had to tweak most of it to get to work & some aren’t stable enough to play. I’m just disappointed with the purchase so far. They’re great games but origin needs to look into this collection IMO to get things to properly work. I believe some of these solutions online are further complicated to do because of the origin launcher.
Command & Conquer™ The Ultimate Collection – с возвращением, коммандер!
Сегодня (2 октября) состоялся релиз коллекционного сборника, включающего все 17 игр и дополнений известной в прошлом стратегической серии Cоmmand & Cоnquer. Будучи давним поклонником базостроительных стратегий, я не мог пройти мимо этого события, сделав предварительный заказ в Origin, как только он стал доступен.
Чем же интересно это издание? Во-первых, заявленной оптимизацией под современные ОС, в том числе Windows 7. Во-вторых, поддержкой облачного хранилища и удобной установкой. В-третьих, это уникальная возможность получить в коллекцию цифровые версии игр золотой эпохи RTS (The First Decade в «цифре» для нас недоступен). Давайте же разберемся, сдержали ли Electronic Arts свои обещания.
Если коротко, Cоmmand & Cоnquer™ The Ultimate Collection – это не целостное издание, как Cоmmand & Cоnquer™ The First Decade. В библиотеке Origin все игры будут отображаться раздельно. Не исчезла из списка и сама иконка предзаказа The Ultimate Collection: возможно, в будущем оттуда можно будет закачать обещанные бонусные материалы, но сейчас они неактивны.
При загрузке каждой из игр появляется окно выбора языка. Нам предлагают выбрать между английским и… всё! Возможно, это просто тест новой опции в клиенте, а может, остальные языки добавят позже. Не вижу причин, почему бы не добавить дополнительные локализации для поздних игр серии, изначально вышедших мультиязычными.
Поддержка облачного хранилища реализована частично. В классических играх серии её нет, но в Gеnеrals и более поздних играх мы всё же можем сохранять игровой прогресс прямо на серверах Origin. Полезное приобретение, учитывая, что ранее «облачность» была доступна только в оригинальном C&C3.
Теперь остановимся подробно на самих играх и оценим, насколько качественно Electronic Arts оптимизировали их под современные системы.
Предварительно отмечу, что все игры запускались на следующей конфигурации:
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1, AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor, 4,0GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Cоmmand & Cоnquer™
Cоmmand & Cоnquer™ The Covert Operations™
Откройте для себя игру, с которой все и начиналось, — мрачный высокотехнологичный мир, где широко применяются средства электронной разведки и скрытое наблюдение за противником. Вступите в ряды Глобального Совета Безопасности (ГСБ) или Братства Нод и захватите власть над всем миром.
Размер игры – 1.41Gb. Версия – 1.04а.
Как и все игры в сборнике, устанавливается на жесткий диск в процессе загрузки, дополнительной распаковки не требуется. DRM нет, но для запуска нужен Origin, как и во всех новых играх от EA. Разрешение 640х480, комфортно растягивается на весь экран, в том числе ролики. Заметил высокую чувствительность мыши, что неприятно сказывается при навигации по карте. Fraps не отображает частоту кадров, но скриншоты делает. Некорректно работает Alt+Tab: при развертывании экран застилают графические артефакты (перепутаны цвета).
Sold: 184 last one 37 days ago
Refunds: 0
Seller
Product description
After payment you will immediately receive a license key to activate the game Command and Conquer The Ultimate Collection in the Origin system and the inclusion of all network functions in the game.
For an incredibly low price you get:
• 17 Command & Conquer series of games (digital download), compatible with the operating Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 systems.
In this fantastic collection includes 17 Command & Conquer series of games (digital download):
• Command & Conquer ™
• Command & Conquer ™ The Covert Operations ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Red Alert ™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ Counterstrike ™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ The Aftermath ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Tiberian Sun ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Tiberian Sun ™ Firestorm ™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ 2
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ Yuri´s Revenge ™
• Command & Conquer Renegade ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Generals
• Command & Conquer ™ Generals Zero Hour
• Command & Conquer ™ 3 Tiberium Wars ™
• Command & Conquer ™ 3. Kane´s Wrath
• Command & Conquer ™ Red Alert ™ 3
• Command & Conquer ™ Red Alert ™ 3 Uprising
• Command & Conquer ™ 4. Epilogue
As well as early access to later parts of the game.
Additional information
Instructions for activation key in Origin:
1. Log into Origin client or register a new account if you do not already have it. If the Origin client is not installed, download and install it.
2. In the main menu of Origin (in the form of gears button), select «Activate a product code.»
3. Enter the received activation key and complete the activation.
4. After that, the game will appear in the «My Games».
If you have additional questions, please contact your dealer in online chat or send an e-mail.
Sold: 184 last one 37 days ago
Refunds: 0
Seller
Product description
After payment you will immediately receive a license key to activate the game Command and Conquer The Ultimate Collection in the Origin system and the inclusion of all network functions in the game.
For an incredibly low price you get:
• 17 Command & Conquer series of games (digital download), compatible with the operating Windows Vista® and Windows® 7 systems.
In this fantastic collection includes 17 Command & Conquer series of games (digital download):
• Command & Conquer ™
• Command & Conquer ™ The Covert Operations ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Red Alert ™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ Counterstrike ™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ The Aftermath ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Tiberian Sun ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Tiberian Sun ™ Firestorm ™
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ 2
• Command & Conquer Red Alert ™ Yuri´s Revenge ™
• Command & Conquer Renegade ™
• Command & Conquer ™ Generals
• Command & Conquer ™ Generals Zero Hour
• Command & Conquer ™ 3 Tiberium Wars ™
• Command & Conquer ™ 3. Kane´s Wrath
• Command & Conquer ™ Red Alert ™ 3
• Command & Conquer ™ Red Alert ™ 3 Uprising
• Command & Conquer ™ 4. Epilogue
As well as early access to later parts of the game.
Additional information
Instructions for activation key in Origin:
1. Log into Origin client or register a new account if you do not already have it. If the Origin client is not installed, download and install it.
2. In the main menu of Origin (in the form of gears button), select «Activate a product code.»
3. Enter the received activation key and complete the activation.
4. After that, the game will appear in the «My Games».
If you have additional questions, please contact your dealer in online chat or send an e-mail.
C&C Ultimate Collection & Windows 10
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C&C Ultimate Collection & Windows 10
your kind advice is highly valued before i purchase C&C Ultimate Collection. i have two questions:
1. can i play it with Windows 10? as i have noticed alot of complains about this issue
2. can i play the old revisions of the game (command and conquer generals + command and conquer generals zero:hour)?
thank you in advance
Re: C&C Ultimate Collection & Windows 10
1. You have to realize this is a tech support forum; only people with problems come here, which might give a slightly skewed perspective. I rather suspect most people who buy the bundle don’t have too many problems. That said, the pinned threads on top of the forum here do have a bunch of general advice to make the older games run better on newer systems. For all of the games, it’s advised to disable the «Origin In Game» feature in the game’s settings in the Origin client program; the system simply doesn’t work with any of the C&C games, and destabilizes a lot of them. Besides that, you might need to find the game folders and tweak the compatibility modes on the games’ executable files a bit to get them all working right.
2. With «older revisions» do you mean the original CD/DVD versions, or just the older games? Because C&C Generals is still about ten years away from the actual oldest games in the series, y’know.
Generally, the games that will give the most problems are usually those in the middle of the series; those that start using Windows features that have changed since then. The very oldest games, namely 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, and Red Alert 2 uses more or less the same game engine as Tiberian Sun, so a lot of the tech support for that is similar to TS.
But besides those, there are a couple more fixes out there. Here are the patches I know of:
Command & Conquer 1:
Do note that the first three games are freeware; the pages I linked to for them should also have the full game download on them somewhere. For RA, it’s part of the same installer, but you have to make sure to check the boxes in the wizard to include both game discs. For TS, you just have to scroll down in the forum thread a bit to find it.