Command and Conquer Ultimate Collection won't launch in Origin

[Barnabyj0nes1]

I just bought and downloaded the C&C Ultimate Collection and found that NONE of the games work. Some of them just don't load, whereas others load the choice screen for original/expansion and I can't click either. So far I have tried:

Restarting my machine, restarting Origin (inc. as Administrator), running the games in compatibility mode, running the games as administrator, applying Biddler's launcher update, and using the "repair game" tool.

I have trawled the Origin forums and found lots of people asking the same question with no answers or fixes other than the above, which haven't worked for me.

I am running on:

Acer X3475

AMD A10 5700

AMD Radeon HD 7670 2GB

16GB DDR3

Windows 8.1

I need an answer on this or I will be requesting a refund, very disappointed with EA.

[daz215 · Accepted solution]

This apples to all games:

1) Reboot your PC.

2) Right click Red Alert 2 in origin client.

3) Select "Game Properties"

4) In 'Command Line Arguments' type: "-w"

5) Tick "Disable Origin In Game For This Game"

6) Hit OK and enjoy!

[FunkyFr3shCnCNet]

Did they advertise with windows 8.1 support somewhere? I think they only advertised it like this "optimised for Windows 7"

Anyways, get the following patches for the first two games:

Tiberian Dawn: http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cnc95upd/cc95p106/

Red Alert 1: http://funkyfr3sh.cncnet.org/

I will release a patch for tiberian sun the next days, there are known problems with the menu drawing on windows 8

Red Alert 2 *should* work as long as you don't install any mods that rely on custom executable, but i will take a look into it the next days too

Did you already read the common problems thread regarding the problems with the newer games?

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Command-Conquer-The-Ultimate/Common-Problems-Read-This-Before-Posting/m-p/2...

[Barnabyj0nes1]

My main concern is with RA2 + YR, Generals + ZH, TW + KW and C&C 4. And none of those games are working.

I have tried the fixes outlined in that article, including applying biddler's patch, without success.

As Origin only gives you 7 days to request a refund I'm just going to go ahead with that, rather than wait around for a patch.

If the game doesn't work on Windows 8, I should have been told (in no less words than, "THIS GAME DOES NOT WORK ON WINDOWS 8") before I bought it.

Thank you for your help.

[Nyerguds]

Did you disable the Origin in-game overlay? It causes problems with many older games.

[daz215 · Accepted solution]

This apples to all games:

1) Reboot your PC.

2) Right click Red Alert 2 in origin client.

3) Select "Game Properties"

4) In 'Command Line Arguments' type: "-w"

5) Tick "Disable Origin In Game For This Game"

6) Hit OK and enjoy!

[Barnabyj0nes1]

That worked! Awesome. Thanks heaps mate.

[tarson12591]

This didnt work for Generals and ZH at all, in fact in Origin it doesn't show that play is an option.

[Brawla4165]

this was awesome and very helpful thanks heaps big fella

[Steeb]

I still can't get it to properly load on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I get to the intro picture and it just sits on "Loading..."

I was able to get it this far by adding the -w switch and checking the box.

Any other ideas?

[Nyerguds]

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@Steeb wrote:

I still can't get it to properly load on my Windows 8.1 laptop. I get to the intro picture and it just sits on "Loading..."

I was able to get it this far by adding the -w switch and checking the box.

Any other ideas?

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Specifically, which game(s)?