- #Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 install#
- #Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 zip file#
- #Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 update#
- #Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 driver#
Aside from this being an official EA forum, most sites that allow you to download such patches are riddled with fake download links, and potential malware etc. For obvious reasons i didn't post a link to the no-cd patch. It is possible that Microsoft has chosen to drop support for it.
#Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 update#
So, if you can live with that solution, then that might be the only way until a Windows Update comes out that restores this copy protection method. See this Microsoft forum message for more information: As another user has already mentioned, you can get past the SafeDisc check with no-cd patches, and this is actually why that works. Microsoft has not yet come out with an official statement on the matter that I know of, so there is not an official way to fix this. There are many Event Viewer logs that show this.
#Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 driver#
It is trying to make this check and the driver is not being loaded on the system. Could you provide the link to the no-cd patch you used? The issue is that Windows 10 (not sure about Windows 8.1) no longer has support for the SafeDisc copy protection mechanism. Game works! Let me know if this works (or doesn't) for anyone else, or if you have other solutions.Used no-cd patch to bypass the secdrv driver error.
#Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 install#
Clean install of C&C Generals (non-origin install, original CD).The no-cd patch is not something i would normally use, but in this case it seems like it is the only way to make the game work. After playing around with the driver, and it signature, enabling / disabling signature enforcement, i had the thought that the secdrv driver is actually related to the secure rom which is used to validate the disk and lock the game down (don't know how accurate that statement is.) Anyway, it occured to me that if that was the case, the game might work with a no-cd patch, and indeed it does.Īnd it plays very well. Wrote: After spending 2 - 3 days on and off (and most of today) i got the game running on Windows 10 圆4. Downloads » C&C Generals » Patches (Generals and Zero Hour). The official 1.08 patch for Command and Conquer Generals. Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour shell map Common Questions and Answers. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should work.The v1.02 patch for Zero Hour fixes an issue with particle effects.
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#Command and conquer generals no cd patch 1.08 zip file#
It is unrelated to the disc itself.ĭownload the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. and the reason it no longer works is because Microsoft released a patch that disables SafeDisc/SecuROM, the DRM system used by TFD. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should The First Decade is not one game.
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Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
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Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder.Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer.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).Though many of its patches have been rendered obsolete by newer unofficial patches: The Unofficial 1.03 patch for TFD already removed all requirements for the DVD anyway.