games not installing/not running correctly

[Radgo5]

I am having issues installing some command and conquer games.  Specifically tiberian sun, but I have had issues with all the games running.  Is there some technical support that is in use for these, or are these just left in the wind and I cannot play them?

[cappy1776]

i am having problems with red alert 2 yuri revenge game crashes and makes me main home screen smaller and bad resolution i had to reset manufacturer settings on my brand new lap top twice trying to play this 

[Nyerguds]

@Radgo5 

@cappy1776 

A lot of the games have been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility 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)
  Note that this patch fixes two quite common and completely fatal game crashes (top-of-map reconnaissance crash, stealth crash), so installing it is strongly advised.
• HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.

Red Alert 1:

• Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer (The thread also has briefing videos for the expansion missions, converted from the Playstation version of the game)
• 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.)
• HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.

Tiberian Sun:

• Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

Red Alert 2:

• I advise installing the CnCNet online play installer for RA2/YR. Even if you're not interested in online play, it comes with a bunch of automatic fixes. It should automatically take care of the "black screen" issue, and has a configuration tool that allows further tweaking of the game's settings.

Generals:

• GenTool seems to be the main patch for Generals these days. The website is kind of vague on what it does besides restoring multiplayer and adding anti-cheat, but I heard it does a lot to make it work better on modern OSes too.

Renegade:

• The Tiberian Technologies patch fixes loads of issues on Renegade.

[Radgo5]

I will try some of these, but what I am getting from this is that they have basically abandoned these games in terms of tech support.  Meaning they no longer monitor and/or try to fix issues.  That is really annoying.

[Nyerguds]

@Radgo5 

Well, yes. Which is why community patchers like me took over.

As long as you get it working in the end, I don't see the issue. The original teams that made these games are long gone anyway, so it's not like people at EA would do a particularly better job at fixing them than anyone in the C&C community would.

[Radgo5]

I understand that.  Thank you for your help, I was just venting my frustration at not being able to do the initial file download for the games, let alone patches.