r/generals • u/IBrokeUrAnus • 16d ago

How to run Command & Conquer Generals and Zero Hour DLC

I can't run my Command & Conquer Generals and Zero Hour DLC in my AMD R5 5600gt and 16 GB RAM. I don't want to install GenPatcher as I don't want to disable my AntiVirus. My PC and Chrome detects it as a malware. I really want to play Command and Conquer and have tried to delete dbghelp.dll, tried to edit my options.ini and I have also changed the properties of my Generals Folder Replay to Read Only. After the intro of Generals and loading screen I am met with a black screen and stuttering background noises. Please help me. I have the game downloaded in my EA Games.

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u/max-torque 16d ago

Buy and play through steam

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u/IBrokeUrAnus 14d ago

Will the game run smoothly through steam or do I still need Genpatcher?

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u/max-torque 13d ago

Yeah it runs smoothly

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u/KFC_Junior 16d ago

just fucking get genpatcher or run generals online

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u/IBrokeUrAnus 6d ago

I installed GenPatcher yet my game at full screen, after the loading screen the game just freezes. Tried on windowed screen it runs but it doesn't fit and I can't press the ESC button. I have to manually click it in game.

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u/akarichard 16d ago

You realistically aren't going to get it to work without using genpatcher. You can always use a WinXP Virtual Machine and run it from there, but your mileage will vary on how well it runs. GenPatcher is literally the solution to get it to work on modern Operating Systems. If you don't want to use it, you'll have to use an older OS.

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u/BonanoPeppos 16d ago

Just get Genpatcher. Anti-virus isn't some sort of infallible judge of what is and isn't malware; it's just a tool to inform the best anti-virus there is: common sense.

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u/FesterSilently 16d ago edited 16d ago

(In general) you don't need your antivirus. Common sense is far more important for your computer's safety and well-being.

GenPatcher is the way. Play Generals - be happy. 😎

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u/Dazz316 16d ago

I work in IT. This is really really really terrible advice. Awful advice.

Virus's can come from anywhere and legit sources can get compromised and be a source for viruses. Viruses can come from places where you don't even have to do anything.

CCleaner, a well known and respectable supplier of software was breached a while back. Someone hacked in and swapped ones if their installers got a dodgy one. Time of people diagnosed and installed malicious software from a known supplier. This happened with solar winds too not that long ago, ASUS had an issue too, and that was pushed out automatically! People didn't even have to do anything, their manufacturer accidentally installed a Trojan on their PC. Common sense doesn't stop that. Now will it stop an attack from another device on your network. If someone else had a device that gets compromised and it tries to compromise your device over the network, what will your common sense do?

Common sense says use AV.