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Tigerpaw28

Member Since 04 Jul 2018
Offline Last Active Feb 06 2022 01:29 AM

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Red Alert 3 (Steam) crashes during start up when hooked

03 January 2022 - 10:02 PM

I am unable to get my Steam copy of Red Alert 3 to launch when hooked. If I try to load it from C&C Online the splash screen will show briefly and then RA3 crashes. If I launch from Steam, the Play button changes to Stop briefly and then goes back to Play, no splash screen, and C&C Online does not open. Launching from the desktop shortcut there's no visible indication that anything is running. Launching the executable directly will get C&C Online to run but there's no splash screen. My anti virus is disabled.

 

If I unhook it, it runs fine. Error log shows the following:


----- C&C:Online Launcher Start -----
Game: Red Alert 3
Red Alert 3 Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Command and Conquer Red Alert 3\
Started game with: "RA3.exe "
Caught CREATE_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT from Red Alert 3. Detaching...
Found game.dat process. PID 40448
ERROR: game.dat process not found.

C&C Online is running as an administrator as is RA3.I've tried running it with and without XP compatibility and other than resolving the initial patching error, there's no difference. I do not get a prompt to confirm the hook, which seems like an issue based on the guides, but nothing seems to get that prompt to show.