- #OPTIONS.INI COMMAND CONQUER GENERALS HOW TO#
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- #OPTIONS.INI COMMAND CONQUER GENERALS REGISTRATION#
- #OPTIONS.INI COMMAND CONQUER GENERALS WINDOWS#
I've also noticed that although it will change my display resolution when it starts, it won't restore it when I exit. Insert cd 1 and mount it then run the "generals.exe" with wine from the general's program files folder.Īs a side note after I got it running, I modified the options file's Resolution setting to "1920 1080". I also had to copy this file into general's program files folder. Inserted cd1 and ran the directx8.1 "setup.exe" with wine.Ĭreated a options.ini file with these settings:Ĭopied that file to the "Command and Conquer Generals Data" folder inside wine's "My Documents". Hit retry and it should install, I didn't register it. Insert disc2 wait for the system to detect it then mount again like you did with disc1.
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It came up as an error box with a retry button, looking different from the windows version. Insert cd 1 and mount it (I used Thunar File Manager to make mounting easy)īrowse to cd folder and run setup.exe with wine
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Installed wine with a clean install and all suggested plugins mono, etc. Below is the steps I had to take to get it working.
#OPTIONS.INI COMMAND CONQUER GENERALS HOW TO#
It took me ages to work out how to use the wine eject command as no guides come up when you web search and it doesn't seem to be in the faq. I have the original retail boxed version and installed off the discs. I am using manjaro linux on a new mid range gaming rig bought in 2019. I am writing this since it took me ages to get this working, hopefully this will help someone. Start the game by running "/generals -quickstart" (quickstart will bypass the problem with sound blocking the second movie)
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Run winecfg and in the Audio tab, select OSS, and in "Hardware Acceleration", select "Emulation" Create the file "~/Command and Conquer Generals Data/options.ini"Īnd put the following inside (adjust the resolution) (this bypassed the Install the game using the loki installer ( - Modify the "generals" script so it will only call wine Copy msvcirt.dll to "~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32" I was able to bypass this bug by installing the game using the loki My options.ini file to "~/Command and Conquer Generals Data". I also experienced the bug where the game failed to start after putting Wine generals.exe -xres $resx -yres $resy -quickstart "$OLDPWD" Layout=$(setxkbmap -query -v 6 | awk '/^layout/ ') # while "q" selects all unit with a QWERTY layout "q" becomes "a" and shadows # For instance, in the French version with an AZERTY layout "a" builds a tank # Some in-game shortcuts are bound to the key symbol while others are bound to the key code. Gamelang "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software$regnode32\\Electronic Arts\\EA Games\\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour" Gameserial "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software$regnode32\\Electronic Arts\\EA Games\\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour\\ergc" "$serial_list_zerohour" Gamepath "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software$regnode32\\Electronic Arts\\EA Games\\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour" Gamelang "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software$regnode32\\Electronic Arts\\EA Games\\Generals" Gameserial "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software$regnode32\\Electronic Arts\\EA Games\\Generals\\ergc" "$serial_list_generals" Gamepath "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software$regnode32\\Electronic Arts\\EA Games\\Generals" If you encounter problems, install d3dx9 (winetricks d3dx9). No winetricks needed, runs out of the box. (the value of the virtual desktop if you use it). Go to the "Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data" (by default in your homeĭirectory), edit the Options.ini and set the Resolution to the desired value To make the changes permanent after the game has been start once, You can change the game resolution to an arbirary value via the command line Graphics: sidescreen scrolling does not work in windowed mode. Neidhardt) if you have any issue running it.
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You can also preset keys within the script to make it easy to deploy for LAN parties.Ĭontact me (P. It will ask you for the installation path, the language and the keys. Save it locally, make it executable and start it from a shell.
#OPTIONS.INI COMMAND CONQUER GENERALS REGISTRATION#
The following note is a script that automated the registration of the game. Mandatory entries include the game path, the language and the key. If you already have a locally installed version of the game,īe aware that General won't start without some specific registry entries. The game should mostly run out of the box if you install it from the CDs.