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[Lan_EX]

First of all, you work is really amazing. Giving the opportunity to old-school RTS players enjoy their relics again. Thank you.

a friend of mine is already enjoying it, so that's why I'm giving it a try.

 

Ok, I'm a Win 7 x64 user, owner of an Origin version of C&C3 (and others, but I prefer this game better)

 

So, I create an account, set up the IDs, download the launcher, hooked the game and try it and got stuck

 

At first I've got the "CA public key patching routine failed" so I tried Win XP SP3 and SP2 compatibility mode and admin mode, it didn't worked.

 

I got this error message

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: "CNC3.exe "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

Found game.dat process. PID 5180

*** Starting CA public key patching routine ***

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: CA public key differs from expected value. Not patching.

ERROR: CA public key patching routine failed.

 

 

Then I pushed the game client to get in (with the game hooked and unhooked), only to found a "can't connect to backend server" which at this point maybe is not a surprise, yet I tried a piece of advice with the SecurityKISS program and also fidling with the firewall I found in other thread. One thing I noticed is that the game only launches correctly when unhooked, otherwise, it doesn't start with the cnconline launcher

 

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: "CNC3.exe "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

Found game.dat process. PID 3100

*** Starting CA public key patching routine ***

CA public key is expected value.

Successfully patched CA public key.

*** Starting hostname hooking routine ***

Injecting DLL into game.dat process...

Result of injection: Code -1073741582

 

 

Maybe it is worth pointing out that after this happened, I tried without Origin Client active, however, I did disable its in-game functionality and got the same error messages. So I pulled the error log, and then I got lost with this.

 

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: "CNC3.exe "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

Found game.dat process. PID 1516

ERROR: game.dat process not found.

 

 

Anyway, I appreciate any help on the matter regardless 

Edited by Lan_EX, 03 January 2017 - 04:40 PM.

[Crabclaw]

I am at the same stage and will follow the progress

[Claymore92]

When you got the "CA public key patching routine failed" error, were you trying to start the game through its own shortcut or did you run it through C&C Online? It may sound a bit strange but at least when it comes to the Steam versions of the game, they need to be hooked to work properly but when you want to start the game you need to click on its own shortcut and then on C&C 3 when C&C Online opens.

[ToxicShock]

I think hooking may help in this case too. See Common Issues & Solutions under "Launcher Issues".

[Lan_EX]

Well, thank you for your ideas, here goes what I've applied so far.

 

btw, I'm trying with the launcher hooked, in-game origin overlay disabled, launcher and game shortcut set with admin privileges

I tried launching the game by clicking the game shortcut first, then cnc launcher and finally origin client

I clicked on the game shortcut, the launcher opened so I clicked on launch, which somehow opened another launcher that finally led me to the game.

Game ran, yet online resulted in the backend server pop-up error

 

 

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: ""D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\RetailExe\1.9\..\..\CNC3.exe" -config "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\CNC3_english_1.9.SkuDef"  -ead_gl_nogenerate "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

ERROR: game.dat process not found.

 

Well, at least there is no CA public key error this time. (I noticed it only happens when I click on the cnc launcher before the game shortcut.

Edit: For some reason now appears the ca public key error.

 

                                                                                                             *** Starting CA public key patching routine ***

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: CA public key differs from expected value. Not patching.

ERROR: CA public key patching routine failed.

 

 

I wonder why the launcher gets opened twice before running the actual game.

 

Anyway, I'll keep an eye on any other comments on this. Thank you

Edited by Lan_EX, 07 January 2017 - 03:12 AM.

[ViperMkVII]

 

Well, thank you for your ideas, here goes what I've applied so far.

 

btw, I'm trying with the launcher hooked, in-game origin overlay disabled, launcher and game shortcut set with admin privileges

I tried launching the game by clicking the game shortcut first, then cnc launcher and finally origin client

I clicked on the game shortcut, the launcher opened so I clicked on launch, which somehow opened another launcher that finally led me to the game.

Game ran, yet online resulted in the backend server pop-up error

 

 

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: ""D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\RetailExe\1.9\..\..\CNC3.exe" -config "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\CNC3_english_1.9.SkuDef"  -ead_gl_nogenerate "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

ERROR: game.dat process not found.

 

Well, at least there is no CA public key error this time. (I noticed it only happens when I click on the cnc launcher before the game shortcut.

Edit: For some reason now appears the ca public key error.

 

                                                                                                             *** Starting CA public key patching routine ***

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: CA public key differs from expected value. Not patching.

ERROR: CA public key patching routine failed.

 

 

I wonder why the launcher gets opened twice before running the actual game.

 

Anyway, I'll keep an eye on any other comments on this. Thank you

 

Can you try to run Origin first, then start the (hooked) game (and the launcher) from shortcut?

[Lan_EX]

Can you try to run Origin first, then start the (hooked) game (and the launcher) from shortcut?

 

 

Ok It looks similar to what I usually do though

Origin started, clicked on game shortcut, launcher appeared, ignore it and clicked on the launcher shortcut.

it opened the launcher window, clicked on C&C3, it opened another launcher window and the game splash screen

 

As the game failed to launch, I click on the second launcher window button, resulted in backend server error

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: ""D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\RetailExe\1.9\..\..\CNC3.exe" -config "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\CNC3_english_1.9.SkuDef"  -ead_gl_nogenerate "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

ERROR: game.dat process not found.

njection: Code -1073741582

 

 

I re-tried and the CA patching started to pop up :/

Anyway, thanks

[ViperMkVII]

Origin started, clicked on game shortcut, launcher appeared, ignore it and clicked on the launcher shortcut.
it opened the launcher window, clicked on C&C3, it opened another launcher window and the game splash screen

I think you need to do this:
Origin started, clicked on game shortcut, launcher appeared, click the game button on the C&C:Online Launcher to start the game(instead of ignoring it)

[Lan_EX]

Yup, thought so too, Viper. And ended up getting the CA patching error

Plus, it keeps opening the launcher window and the splash window instead of launching the game :/

 

*** Starting CA public key patching routine ***

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.

 

 

ERROR: CA public key differs from expected value. Not patching.

ERROR: CA public key patching routine failed.

[ViperMkVII]

Yup, thought so too, Viper. And ended up getting the CA patching error
Plus, it keeps opening the launcher window and the splash window instead of launching the game :/
 
*** Starting CA public key patching routine ***
ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.
 
 
ERROR: Reading process memory failed. Error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed.
 
 
ERROR: CA public key differs from expected value. Not patching.
ERROR: CA public key patching routine failed.

Maybe you can try to start the game from Origin? (and you should see a C&C:Online launcher, then you start the game from C&C:Online Launcher)
Because I've googled a bit, oftenly "Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed" happens because when a program is reading memory of another program, the another program exits before the Read/WriteProcessMemory is complete.

About Origin (at least for Origin Red Alert 3, since I'm using it), I know when you start the game, the game will launch Origin first (if it's not started yet), then exit, then Origin will start the game again. Maybe it has something to do with this mechanism....

[Lan_EX]

 

 

About Origin (at least for Origin Red Alert 3, since I'm using it), I know when you start the game, the game will launch Origin first (if it's not started yet), then exit, then Origin will start the game again. Maybe it has something to do with this mechanism....

 

 

Thank you, Viper, I think it may be related to that. Funny thing is the "play" button in origin greyed out, and the CNC launcher started, yet it lauched another window and ended up with the same issue. I'm curious about the "ERROR: game.dat process not found." As you might have noticed, game is installed in a folder different from default. And I can tell you it was a really pain to get the game running because of Origin outdated authentication.

 

Anyway, I really appreciate you keep an eye on this issue, guys

[ViperMkVII]

So... I've come up with another idea, unhook the launcher
Then, start your game normally with Origin,
then Alt+Tab to Desktop, without existing the game
Open your C&C:Online Launcher, preferably with administrator privileges, then click the game button inside the launcher.
This won't start another instance of game, instead it should make your already running game capable of log in & play online.

I've just tested it with my Red Alert 3 from The Ultimate Collection on Origin, with fixed game launchers installed.

[Lan_EX]

Well, it was worth the try I must say, yet I'm afraid something else is missing. I've got this error

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: "CNC3.exe "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

Found game.dat process. PID 6836

ERROR: game.dat process not found.

 

I retried with with the game hooked and the result was similar :(

 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----

Game: C&C3

C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\

Started game with: "CNC3.exe "

Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...

Found game.dat process. PID 4724

ERROR: game.dat process not found.

 

 

Thank you Viper

[ViperMkVII]

Well, it was worth the try I must say, yet I'm afraid something else is missing. I've got this error
 
----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----
Game: C&C3
C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\
Started game with: "CNC3.exe "
Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...
Found game.dat process. PID 6836
ERROR: game.dat process not found.
 
I retried with with the game hooked and the result was similar :(
 

----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----
Game: C&C3
C&C3 Install Path: D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Command Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\
Started game with: "CNC3.exe "
Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from C&C3. Detaching...
Found game.dat process. PID 4724
ERROR: game.dat process not found.
 
 
Thank you Viper

Just to be sure, is your C&C3 from the Ultimate Collection Bundle?

[Lan_EX]

It's not, it's the original version, Viper