Crimsonum Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hey guys. I recently purchased a PC that came with W7 (my laptop retired, so this kind of replaces it. Besides, it was really cheap compared to all that came with it). It's better than Vista for sure, but I have some problems with the C&C games and utilities. I already fixed the inverted colours -error with TD and RA, but CnCNet won't run at all (shuts down as I run the program, even with different compatibility settings and running as admin) and neither will TS (says there are DLLs missing) or RA2 (I get a *fatal* string initialize error). Any help with these? Thanks in advance, and if you need more info of specs or anything, just ask. EDIT: I tested Generals and ZH and they work fine other than that the main menu won't show the battle in background (just a still image) and there plays no music. EDIT2: Nvm about TS and RA2. I got them working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irony Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 try uninstalling CnCNet and then reinstalling it from http://cncnet.cnc-comm.com/downloads/CnCNetSetup.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tore Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 The old version of CnCNet doesn't update properly and therefor crashes. As for your Generals problems. Run the game in WinXP compatibility mode and the shell-map returns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonum Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 Ah yes, both work now. Thanks! Btw I forgot to mention that C&C1 and RA both seem to lag a bit, it's no big deal and doesn't really affect gameplay, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tore Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 C&C and RA lag when backbuffer in video memory is enabled. If it isn't that then I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfb Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 B/c I do not want to post another thread about the same problem this person has (and clutter up the forum in the process), I simply wish to state that I encountered the same problem with RA2--that fatal "string" error. I tried the cncsetup idea but that didn't work--now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 ... the strings error on RA2 is solved by both installing AND running the program as administrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfb Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Sorry; should've clarified. I am having the string error when I attempt to run "Yuri's Revenge"--and yes, I am running it as administrator. EDIT: I have gotten a new computer recently--Win. 7 Home Premium. It had given me that string error message; I resized the screen to 16 bit but kept my original screen res. Oddly enough...the string error message disappeared and from then on, the game worked. (Don't know how THAT happened but it did). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyerguds Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Well my question was rather, did you install it as administrator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tore Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Installation programs mostly trigger UAC so most likely he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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