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    free CnC games won't work

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by melthd, Feb 21, 2010.

  1. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    recently, it was posted here that EA now offered some classic CnC games for free. I've been always craving for Tiberian Sun, but it is extremely rare to find in my country. So anyways, i downloaded it, but i get some dll error and it says install again. somehow it can't work. anybody have the same problem?
     
    melthd, Feb 21, 2010
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    Tinderbox (UK), Feb 21, 2010
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  3. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    ah never mind. solved it myself. simple really. RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR...lol

    compatibility and dx9 not needed.
     
    melthd, Feb 21, 2010
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    You can modify the ini to run at high res, but it runs choppy for me under Win7 no matter the res, once I've built more than 5 buildings. How is performance for you?
     
    JohnnyFlash, Feb 21, 2010
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  5. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    smooth as silk. maybe its your drivers.
     
    melthd, Feb 21, 2010
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you could always just ask for your money back ;)
     
    masterchef341, Feb 21, 2010
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  7. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    fyi, its free Mastercook :) you can download it if you want
     
    melthd, Feb 21, 2010
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    ^ is that sarcasm to his sarcasm or what? ;)
     
    NBRUser0159099, Feb 21, 2010
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    haha... nice call
     
    Rotz, Feb 22, 2010
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    Blue color nice, yes?
     
    LisuPoland, Feb 22, 2010
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  11. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    nah, wasn't sarcasm. just my random nature to associate things. and what about blue color?
     
    melthd, Feb 22, 2010
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    Same on my M4400 configured as below... any ideas?
     
    2k5.lexi, Feb 22, 2010
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  13. melthd

    melthd Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm i'll try and build 20+ buildings and see what happens..

    Update: no problem with many buildings...

    Edit: very likely its something to do with Nvidia drivers or cards, since thats the only similarity i can find with both systems. nothing much i can do about it, since i've only ever used ATI and Intel graphics.
     
    melthd, Feb 22, 2010
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    Where exactly do you go to download these games? EA.com or commandandconquer.com? cant seem to find the link
     
    mooler, Feb 22, 2010
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  15. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    SoundOf1HandClapping, Feb 23, 2010
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    Awesome cheers for the link. Remember playing the original Command and Conquer demo years back but never played it properly. Looking forward to giving it a spin.
     
    King of Interns, Feb 24, 2010
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  17. 2k5.lexi

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    Updated GPU driver this morning... my M4400 is still on strike with Tiberian sun :mad:
     
    2k5.lexi, Feb 26, 2010
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