hi there i think i might have a little something for you my friend! better late than never! just stumbled across this page and registered to help!
 
 
go to this website and download the free trial software version on http://www.taltech.com/products/tcpcom.html
 
 
its a program that makes your computer think your tcp/t1 line is a serial line.
 
so you can have a lan game but i think only two computers but thats better than nothing!
 
the only other major draw back is that the trial version only works for 1 hour then you have to load it up again. so basically restart the program and c&C everygame but an hour is enough for a good game!
 
 
ill stop blabbbing.....basically download the v2 program on that website...install and then run the program.
 
heres another link to the page on how to set it up. really easy!
 
http://www.planetcnc.com/features/techtroopers/tibdawnOverTCP/
 
just need your ip, select a com port (3 is best) and chose which computer the host! set the baud rate as the highest
 
 
SO HERES THE BASIC THEN IM OFF
 
INSTALL YOUR GAME USING ALL THE COMPATABILITY OPTIONS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DURING THE INSTALLATION AND ON THE LAUNCH .EXE
 
THEN DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE TCPCOM PROGRAM ON BOTH COMPUTERS
 
REBOOT
 
RUN THE TCPCOM PROGRAM AND PUT SETTINGS AS
 
USE THIS COMPUTER AS HOST
COM PORT 3
BAUD *HIGHEST*
AND ACCEPT
 
SET THE OTHER COMPUTERS AS THE CLIENT OBVIOUSLY
 
 
THEN WHEN YOU RUN THE GAME CHOOSE THE MULTIPLAYER AND MODEM/SERIAL AND CHOOSE SAME COMPORTS AND HIGHEST BAUD THATS ALL YOU NEED THEN CHOOSE SERIAL GAME
 
AND AWAY YOU GO! check out the second web adress i gave for the more in depth instructions if your unsuccessful
 
all my luck with you! it took 8 years for me to get this game running again! how sad! spread the word! IT WORKS!
any other questions email me at glen.brooks1@btinternet.com
 
 
 
 
 
 

Originally posted by JP-:

Quote:No no no, its very simple. 
Simply install the game, download and install the patch and then run the game. If it still returns the error run RA95.exe in 95 Compatibility mode.
 
ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/ccgold/CCGOLDXPPATCH.ZIP
 
I have yet to find a C&C game that wont work on 2000/xp Even red alert 1 will work using the original cds.
 
Originally posted by Alec§taar:

Quote:Originally posted by shassouneh:Quote:Hi All, I've just set up Command And Conquer (the VERY FIRST ONE) under Windows XP. Yes I know its an oooooooold game, but its also a classic and I miss playing it! every time I try to run the game I get the following error: 
C&C95.EXE - Entry Point Not Found
- The Procedure entry point SMapsLS_IP_EBP_12 could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.DLL
 
Anybody have a clue why it does this?
 
Because of the function call it is looking for in that KERNEL32.DLL file is not there, or returning a value that it just does not understand... so, it's throwing an "exception" & abending/crashing out on you.
 
Originally posted by shassouneh:
Quote:I have tried both Win95 and WinNT compatibility modes and they didn't do anything. If you know how to get around this, please do help me and others. 
Sometimes, those "compatibility modes" won't work, period!
 
There are some pretty "radical" differences in 9x based Os' & NT-based ones @ the Win32 API level (and most definitely bigger ones underneath that as in the case of the device driver models as well as NT having an underlying native API beneath Win32 itself).
 
I've run into this on & off programming myself, & it is a BUMMER trying to work around what used to work on 9x, but fails on NT-based Operating Systems.
 
(Which if I were to guess what 'compatibility mode' does is probably simply "fake" the environment for games that actually do checking on the Windows version in memory. That will work if say, a game was designed before there WAS a Windows XP or 2003 etc. because the game's code only detects as high as say, Windows 2000 or NT.)
 
* The function it's looking for? Just not there most likely in this build of KERNEL32.DLL in more modern Operating Systems than what this game was designed for...
 
APK

 
I did all that JP said to do and still got the same "kernel" message. Is Alec§taar right in that it just won't work? I don't understand. Someone please help. Thanks a lot.
 
Patrick

If you've put the new thipx32.dll into your C&C folder over the top of the old one, and you're running C&C95.exe (or whatever it's called) in Windows 95 compatibility mode, it should work perfectly.
 
I can't think of anything else that could be going wrong...
 
I can get it working two players (although the occasional crash or going out of sync has wrecked a couple of games).
 
My question is, can it be played with more than two players somehow?
 
Originally posted by Gingerbreadman:

Quote:SET THE OTHER COMPUTERS AS THE CLIENT OBVIOUSLY
 
You're implying here that you can have more than two players?
 
Failing that, I would point you all towards FreeCNC.
Don't worry, it's not piracy, it requires either C&C Gold or the old DOS version in order to run). FreeCNC isn't finished yet, but I'll be keeping an eye on it, it looks promising!
FreeCNC homepage is http://freecnc-sf.holarse.net/
 
 

hello there every1 i'm new to the site and i've just bought C&C tiberian dawn and i'm trying to run it on Win XP but when i try to open the setup file the screen goes blank briefly then returns to the desktop i've done all the compatibility stuff but it still does the same thing can anyone help me?

What if you copy the "autoexec.nt" and "config.nt" files from "c:\windows\repair" folder to "c:\windows\system32" folder?
(Replace the "c:\windows" to your windows folder.)
 

thanks for the tip but still no luck with it unless i did something wrong i'm not entirely sure what you meant by Replace the "c:\windows" to your windows folder. Thanks

Originally posted by raven1988:

Quote:thanks for the tip but still no luck with it unless i did something wrong i'm not entirely sure what you meant by Replace the "c:\windows" to your windows folder. Thanks 
I meant that if your Windows XP installation folder is different than c:\windows, for example c:\winnt, then you'll need to use it.
 
I do not have C&C any more, so I can not help much...
 
But does the Installation CD have two installation applications?
e.g. Setup.exe, Install.exe.
 
I am asking this because, I have C&C RA (1) and to install it, I have to use DOS version of the installer. The Windows installer did not work in my system, not even in compatibility mode.
 
And download Windows XP patch for tiberian dawn, from: http://www.cncnz.com/files/tibdawn/patches.shtml
 

yeh it does have both of those files but it does just the same thing for both files.
1 other thing i have noticed is that after opening the installer files if i hit alt+ctrl+del and go to the processes tab setup.exe or install.exe (which ever 1 i opened) are in there but i cant access them in any way
[Edited by raven1988 on 2005-03-15 02:08:26]
 

Originally posted by shassouneh:

Quote:C&C95.EXE - Entry Point Not Found - The Procedure entry point SMapsLS_IP_EBP_12 could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.DLL
 
Anybody have a clue why it does this? I have tried both Win95 and WinNT compatibility modes and they didn't do anything. If you know how to get around this, please do help me and others.

 
:x the ftp.westwood.com site refused to have anything to do with me computer! EXPIRED?
So if u need the patch CCGOLDXPPATCH.ZIP i found another site that provided it, in france i'll think?
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/doctornono/RedAlert/Autres/CCGOLDXPPATCH.ZIP
 
Må Bra /Fell Good
BILL n'd BULL
 

Hi
 
I installed the TCP-com server.
status: TCP/IP status:listening
 
If I click null modem with the server's pc nothing happens if I click null modem with the other pc on this netwerk it says:
'Not a null modem cable attached! It is a modem or a loopback cable'
 
I use normal UTP cables for this network. So what's the porblem, what do I do to make the lan plan work?
 
Greetings Floris

As it says: "Not a null modem cable attached!"

Quote:"A specially designed cable that allows a user to connect two computers directly to each other via their communications ports (RS-232 ports)."

 
You can create this cable.
Like: http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/info/RS-232_null_modem.html
 
Or Google for "create null modem cable".

I don't understand do I have to buy such cable or is it a digital one?

Well, i have a Problem with the TCP-Com....
 
RUN THE TCPCOM PROGRAM AND PUT SETTINGS AS
 
USE THIS COMPUTER AS HOST
COM PORT 3
BAUD *HIGHEST*
AND ACCEPT
 
 
i maked this and started C&C.. then go to settings and Accept Com3 but i get a message "Invalid in use or Port in use"..
Wtf... thx for help

Right i know this might be off topic a bit i dont know because i only read the first page but i want to install the classic command and conquer 1 onto XP ive just found it in my loft fully boxed with everything in it even registration card after like 9-10 years
 
well i want to install it but i have no idea how to wen i go to install it i av to explore the CD and then click the .exe but it says not enough disk space or please install outside of windows (which i have no idea what that means)
 
if some one can please help me that would be great ive got all the other C&C's and got rather bored of them
 
thanks
 
VANS aka nick

I have a problem with the very first Command & Conquer I have read all of these posts and none of them tells if you cant install your game. I got a 95 Windows command & conquer version. Every time i try to install it it gets black and then goes back. WHAT CAN I DOOO!!!? help!

Hey, I'm still getting the - an privileged instruction executed address 004dd5b4 everytime I try running C&C95... I've tried hitting the spacebar twice but windows just freezes... I'm using Windows XP... does anyone have any ideas?