How To Install & Play Command & Conquer: Generals on Windows 11

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Published on October 23, 2021 1:07:48 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-iU1rf43mw

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Command & Conquer: Generals (2003)

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In this video I cover a method of installing and playing Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour on Windows 11 and Linux by fixing the resolution and camera zoom issues.

Step 1. Download & Install Origin & The Game.

https://www.cdkeys.com/command-and-conquer-the-ultimate-edition-pc

There is only one place where you can still buy a digital copy of this game as part of the Ultimate Collection found on Origin.

I personally bought my copy from CD Keys, which was significantly cheaper than purchasing from Origin direct.

Next, download the Origin client.

For Windows, download and install the Origin client.

https://www.origin.com/gbr/en-us/store/download

Alternatively for Linux, download and install Origin client with Lutris.

https://lutris.net/games/origin/

Once Origin is installed, sign in, activate the CD key, and download the game.

Once installed, launch and within the game’s graphic settings, set to high and then exit the game.

Step 2. Resolution Fix.

By default, the in-game settings will not allow you to set a resolution of 1080p or higher.

Instead, you will need to make this change manually in the options.ini file.

You will find this inside your “Documents/Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data” folder.

Open the ini file with a text editor and set the Resolution line to match your monitor’s native resolution.

Once done, save the file.

The game will now play at your native resolution, but the game’s camera will be too zoomed in.

Step 3. Camera Zoom Fix.

https://www.moddb.com/games/cc-generals-zero-hour/downloads/modified-min-and-max-zoom-for-cc-general-zh

By default, the game's camera will be zoomed in too close.

To fix this, download this file from the Moddb website.

Extract the archive and paste the ini.file into the following directory.

Program Files (x86)/Origin Games/Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour/Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour/Data/INI

Repeat the same process for Linux.

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