Pre-order bonuses included?

[EightDeer]

Are the various pre-order maps and such included in this collection?

[Nyerguds · Accepted solution]

@EightDeer

Don't think so; if you buy a collection pack, that's kind of the opposite of preordering a game, no? 

I think most such bonuses can be found online on fan sites though. In fact, if I remember correctly the C&C3 Kane Edition extras (the special unit skins, anyway) are always included in the game, but just need to be activated in some file or registry entry to be used by the game.

So yea, I'd say, google around a bit on the specific games to see what you can find/enable/add.

[Nyerguds · Accepted solution]

@EightDeer

Don't think so; if you buy a collection pack, that's kind of the opposite of preordering a game, no? 

I think most such bonuses can be found online on fan sites though. In fact, if I remember correctly the C&C3 Kane Edition extras (the special unit skins, anyway) are always included in the game, but just need to be activated in some file or registry entry to be used by the game.

So yea, I'd say, google around a bit on the specific games to see what you can find/enable/add.

[Nyerguds]

@EightDeer

Note that the community patches for the older Westwood generation of C&C games include bonus content of a different kind; content originally exclusive to the console versions of the games. C&C1 has bonus missions from the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions, and the Red Alert expansion missions have briefing videos from the Playstation version.

The unofficial patches for Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun fix a lot of the games' bugs and compatibility problems. For Red Alert 2 there's a more general patch that solves a lot of its graphics problems. You can find them here:

Command & Conquer 1:

• Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)

Red Alert 1:

• Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer (the thread has more extras, like the aforementioned Playstation videos pack)
• Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)

Tiberian Sun:

• Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

Red Alert 2:

• The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve a multitude of graphics problems, including the "black screen" issue.
  Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and try running the game again.