Command & Conquer Gold - Full hard disk install

Nyerguds · 23-11-09, 21:36

The Gold Edition (basically, hi-res Windows port) of Command & Conquer 1 was released as freeware by Electronic Arts, to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Command & Conquer franchise.

This installer gives you the full game, with all game music, playable without CDs, and upgraded with the fan-made 1.06b patch. The new features added by this patch give you:

Tons of bug fixes in the game engine, graphics and missions
An added 1024x768 resolution
The Covert Operations expansion pack
All of the exclusive missions made for the console versions of C&C
About a dozen remixed music tracks which were disabled in the original game
All 3 original languages in which the game was released on PC (English, German and French), plus an added Spanish translation

The added videos pack completes the game, giving you more than 60 minutes of live-action video briefings and 3D-rendered battle cutscenes

This installer also solves the fact that the CD installer of C&C95 is a 16-bit program, which doesn't run on 64-bit Windows systems.

Download: Complete No-CD game installation pack (v1.06b revision 2, no videos, all music included): 98.8 MB
Download: Videos Addon(original English videos): 467.6 MB

Just un-rar the video addon to your install folder and you can now play through the campaign complete with all the cut scenes.

Some important notes on the hi-res:

The first campaign missions for each side will be smaller than the screen resolution, which gives some odd graphical bugs. Most of these are fixed by just touching the edge of the screen with your cursor (to scroll) and then opening and closing the main menu. Since C&C missions get bigger as you progress through the campaign, these problems will be completely gone after mission #3.
High resolution savegames can't be loaded in low resolution, and vice versa.
The videos / score screens / map choice screens aren't in high resolution. They are just shown in the upper left corner.
There's a small bug in hi-res mode which prevents you from placing buildings with a height of one cell on the lowest row of cells on the map. This rarely gives any real problems though.
If you don't want to play in hi-res, simply open CCSetup.exe and change back to 640x400 or 640x480.

That's all, I guess. Have fun

thek · 04-12-09, 09:02

Hi,

Seems there be a problem with installer, when it reaches the scores.mix file, installer stop with this error message: Source file is altered if i choose ignore next files will send this message again.

Tested on Win7 32b and WinXP 32b same problem.

InsaneNutter · 04-12-09, 09:18

Could be a corrupt download?

I have downloaded this and can confirm it works perfectly.

Nyerguds · 04-12-09, 11:47

Scores.mix IS the biggest file in there (it's the game music), so I guess if the download goes wrong, that's usually the first affected file.

Anyway, thek, try re-downloading, and if it doesn't work from the local link, try the one on my site (the link to the fan patch project in the topic post).

thek · 04-12-09, 13:49

Hi

Downloaded from 2 different locations at work and now i've got the same problem at home with another ISP

Here is the MD5 Hash when downloaded, multiple download and same MD5 result: EBCF88F64D531A3BC7C60EC300F1A975
Is there a zip/rar of your pack available ?

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So, nice work dude, keep on working on TD best game ever

Nyerguds · 06-12-09, 13:45

Crap, you're right. I checked my own version. The MD5 should be bb6b895a5954583b0ca2a3bf1d7b757b
Something must've gone wrong when I uploaded it to my site. I'll re-upload it right away.

Oh, and it can't really be distributed in a simple archive... the installer also does a bit of registry stuff, and edits the game's config file to set up the game to your selected preferences.

Besides, it won't change the file size, so to me, uploading a rar of it or the actual installer wouldn't make any difference...
I'll download & do an MD5 check again after the upload to make sure it's okay now. Thanks for reporting this, and for your patience

[edit]

Upload on my site succeeded. The MD5 checks out now. Nutter, can you transfer it to digiex?

thek · 06-12-09, 16:38

nice, it's ok now

Nyerguds · 20-12-09, 16:46

Nutter, can you transfer the fixed version to digiex?

InsaneNutter · 20-12-09, 17:40

The updated version is now on Digiex.

tulwinn · 22-12-09, 16:08

Hi, thanks to Nyerguds for making this game playable for me on Windows 7 64 bit, it works great except for two things. Theres colour issues on the movies which I can live with, but a killer is it wont let me drag to select units so I have to shift click them all and group them. I havent found anyone with this issue, has anyone any idea what it might be?

Thanks

23-11-09, 21:36	#1
Nyerguds Trainee Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Command & Conquer Gold - Full hard disk install The Gold Edition (basically, hi-res Windows port) of Command & Conquer 1 was released as freeware by Electronic Arts, to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Command & Conquer franchise. This installer gives you the full game, with all game music, playable without CDs, and upgraded with the fan-made 1.06b patch. The new features added by this patch give you: Tons of bug fixes in the game engine, graphics and missions An added 1024x768 resolution The Covert Operations expansion pack All of the exclusive missions made for the console versions of C&C About a dozen remixed music tracks which were disabled in the original game All 3 original languages in which the game was released on PC (English, German and French), plus an added Spanish translation The added videos pack completes the game, giving you more than 60 minutes of live-action video briefings and 3D-rendered battle cutscenes This installer also solves the fact that the CD installer of C&C95 is a 16-bit program, which doesn't run on 64-bit Windows systems. Download: Complete No-CD game installation pack (v1.06b revision 2, no videos, all music included): 98.8 MB Download: Videos Addon(original English videos): 467.6 MB Just un-rar the video addon to your install folder and you can now play through the campaign complete with all the cut scenes. Some important notes on the hi-res: The first campaign missions for each side will be smaller than the screen resolution, which gives some odd graphical bugs. Most of these are fixed by just touching the edge of the screen with your cursor (to scroll) and then opening and closing the main menu. Since C&C missions get bigger as you progress through the campaign, these problems will be completely gone after mission #3. High resolution savegames can't be loaded in low resolution, and vice versa. The videos / score screens / map choice screens aren't in high resolution. They are just shown in the upper left corner. There's a small bug in hi-res mode which prevents you from placing buildings with a height of one cell on the lowest row of cells on the map. This rarely gives any real problems though. If you don't want to play in hi-res, simply open CCSetup.exe and change back to 640x400 or 640x480. That's all, I guess. Have fun Last edited by Nyerguds; 22-01-10 at 21:27.

06-12-09, 13:45	#6
Nyerguds Trainee Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Crap, you're right. I checked my own version. The MD5 should be bb6b895a5954583b0ca2a3bf1d7b757b Something must've gone wrong when I uploaded it to my site. I'll re-upload it right away. Oh, and it can't really be distributed in a simple archive... the installer also does a bit of registry stuff, and edits the game's config file to set up the game to your selected preferences. Besides, it won't change the file size, so to me, uploading a rar of it or the actual installer wouldn't make any difference... I'll download & do an MD5 check again after the upload to make sure it's okay now. Thanks for reporting this, and for your patience [edit] Upload on my site succeeded. The MD5 checks out now. Nutter, can you transfer it to digiex? Last edited by Nyerguds; 26-12-09 at 10:50.

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04-12-09, 09:02	#2
thek Stayed to Post Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, Seems there be a problem with installer, when it reaches the scores.mix file, installer stop with this error message: Source file is altered if i choose ignore next files will send this message again. Tested on Win7 32b and WinXP 32b same problem.

04-12-09, 09:18	#3
InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England, UK Posts: 3,662 Thanks: 382 Thanked 436 Times in 231 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Could be a corrupt download? I have downloaded this and can confirm it works perfectly.

04-12-09, 11:47	#4
Nyerguds Trainee Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Scores.mix IS the biggest file in there (it's the game music), so I guess if the download goes wrong, that's usually the first affected file. Anyway, thek, try re-downloading, and if it doesn't work from the local link, try the one on my site (the link to the fan patch project in the topic post).

04-12-09, 13:49	#5
thek Stayed to Post Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi Downloaded from 2 different locations at work and now i've got the same problem at home with another ISP Here is the MD5 Hash when downloaded, multiple download and same MD5 result: EBCF88F64D531A3BC7C60EC300F1A975 Is there a zip/rar of your pack available ? ---------------------------------------- So, nice work dude, keep on working on TD best game ever

06-12-09, 16:38	#7
thek Stayed to Post Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	nice, it's ok now

20-12-09, 16:46	#8
Nyerguds Trainee Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 5 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Nutter, can you transfer the fixed version to digiex?

20-12-09, 17:40	#9
InsaneNutter Resident Nutter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England, UK Posts: 3,662 Thanks: 382 Thanked 436 Times in 231 Posts Blog Entries: 8	The updated version is now on Digiex.

22-12-09, 16:08	#10
tulwinn Stayed to Post Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, thanks to Nyerguds for making this game playable for me on Windows 7 64 bit, it works great except for two things. Theres colour issues on the movies which I can live with, but a killer is it wont let me drag to select units so I have to shift click them all and group them. I havent found anyone with this issue, has anyone any idea what it might be? Thanks