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[Su8perkillr]

:/ i ment the map CNC generals zero hour were the mods go into

[Su8perkillr]

do you know the .exe file with what you launch zero hour manually? it is in the zero hour file on your main drive. if you get tehre, you should rightclick on this file. then select properties. in this you should see something like compatibility or something that has to do with compatibility. after you found that tab or button (i dont use windows 7, XP for me ) you should be able to select that you want to open it with compatibility on. if that is possible, you should see a drop down menu in wich you can select different installations of windows. you should select windows XP or vista. those work the best. then you should try to open the file, if it doesnt work, sad. nothing changed. if it doesnt work, but the situation changed, post the change here. if it works, be happy

[Su8perkillr]

Hm. I dont know any other solution then. Sorry.

[Casojin]

Check troubleshooting page on Contra website please. Solutions are all in there. If you can't find one or the one there doesn't work, then ask here.

[Casojin]

Of course I checked all the solutions on the Troubleshooting page. And because there is no solution to my problem, I am posting here.

There is the same question in this topic too if you look thoroughly.

Thank you again.

I did everything you wrote to the letter. I changed compatibility mode to XP (I had Vista until then). The situation did not change.

I got over the splash screen, then it displayed the message: You have encountered a serious error... bla bla... So in fact, nothing changed for me.

When I am trying to play game WITHOUT contra007, it works pretty nice.

So the situation stays the same... Any ideas?

The serious error could be caused by mod error. Possible solutions are....
- Uninstalling the mod and reinstalling it again.
- Check BIG files in ZH folder and check whether there is other mod in there or not.
- Customized Data folder inside ZH folder could cause error too.
- Installing it manually might work as well.

[Su8perkillr]

well, im glad for you. problem solved

[Pepzi]

I have a music problem. The Ra and TD music packs doesn't work. I've had them placed on the ZH directory on each turn, that is when the Ra music didn't work I just removed it and placed the TD there instead, so as to not make the game confused of which one to use. So far, only the Funker Vogt pack worked, but only as game menu music.

[Creator]

It can be scripts problem. Check your "Zero Hour / Data / Scripts /" folder. It must not be SkirmishScripts.scb file there. Also check that you don't have any other mods installed. Their remainings can stay in Zero Hour folder or in "My Documents / Generals Zero Hour Data / ".

If it does not help, uninstall the game and delete both Zero Hour and "My Documents / Generals Zero Hour Data / " folders manualy. Install the game and install Contra then.

Edited by Creator, 28 December 2009 - 11:46 AM.

[Creator]

I use TFD too and it does not crash. Read my previous message. This solution can help you too.

Edited by Creator, 13 January 2010 - 06:41 AM.

[Su8perkillr]

you pick up all files inside what you downloaded, and dump it into the file where CNC ZH is installed. that is:

file:///C:/Program%20Files/EA%20Games/Command%20&%20Conquer%20The%20First%20Decade/Command%20&%20Conquer%28tm%29%20Generals%20Zero%20Hour

if you dumped all files, and removed the scripts, it should work.

[Casojin]

You might try to reinstall direct-x 9c.

[dcesarec]

every time i try and play it i get a message saying i need directx 8.1 or higher and an up to date video card i have both and i dont get wots goin on someone please help

My gf has the same problem when i play on hers pc zero hour. Its a video card bug. You need to enable full hardware acceleration and you need to set AGP speed at 0X, currently should be 8X if you use agp card. But after a half hour or hour of playing you will have graphic problems and you wont be able to play until pc recovers (which means relax, cools out).

Best solution is to buy new video card, i guess you use ATI RADEON.