Zero Hour on Windows 7...

Xieneus · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 11 May 2010

A bit stressful trying to fix this. The funny thing is that Generals classic works like a charm. ZH did work for awhile. But then it decided to die. I've tried over 50 options.ini techniques to fix it. No dice. Patched to highest level.

Any magic fix for this?

Heres the ini, IP was included multiple times. No fixing what so ever

AntiAliasing = 2
BuildingOcclusion = yes
CampaignDifficulty = 0
DrawScrollAnchor = yes
DynamicLOD = no
ExtraAnimations = yes
GameSpyIPAddress = 0.0.0.0
Gamma = 50
HeatEffects = yes
IPAddress = 0.0.0.0
IdealStaticGameLOD = Low
LanguageFilter = false
MaxParticleCount = 5000
MoveScrollAnchor =
MusicVolume = 50
Resolution = 1440 900
Retaliation = yes
SFX3DVolume = 72
SFXVolume = 64
ScrollFactor = 145
SendDelay = no
ShowSof****erEdge = yes
ShowTrees = yes
StaticGameLOD = Custom
TextureReduction = 0
UseAlternateMouse = yes
UseCloudMap = yes
UseDoubleClickAttackMove = no
UseLightMap = yes
UseShadowDecals = yes
UseShadowVolumes = yes
VoiceVolume = 78

Dutchygamer · Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject:

What exactly is wrong? You get an error message or something?

Xieneus · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 11 May 2010

Dutchygamer wrote:

What exactly is wrong? You get an error message or something?

It gives me the splash screen. Then says "Serious Error..." etc etc

AltomareXD · General **Joined**: 22 May 2008

Xieneus wrote:

It gives me the splash screen. Then says "Serious Error..." etc etc

Sounds like really serious. Compatibility issues?

Revolutionary · Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 6:02 pm Post subject:

"Serious Error" is just the games way of saying on start up its had a look and doesnt like something

Yea, Any Mods installed?, Can your Computer run the game(specs)?, does it not like one of the ini entries?, compatability?

(your basic pc specs would be helpful)

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Tore · Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:23 pm Post subject:

Try running ZH in Windows XP compatibility mode. I use Windows 7 64-bit and I have zero issues with Zero Hour.

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Xieneus · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 11 May 2010

Tore wrote:

Try running ZH in Windows XP compatibility mode. I use Windows 7 64-bit and I have zero issues with Zero Hour.

Already do that, again Zero Hour did work. Then it died. The funny thing is, it started working again when I installed C&C All Stars. Then I reinstalled the game and it didnt work anymore.

Orac · Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject:

What is the "Serious Error"? When I get a "Serious Error" message, it tends to tell me exactly what it was which ZH couldn't find (ROTRfinal.bmp, SkirmishScripts, etc)

Dutchygamer · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 11:06 am Post subject:

Every time the game gives an Serious Error, it creates a file named 'ReleaseCrashInfo' in your Documents -> Zero Hour Data folder. Most of the times it gives a useful pointer to what may went wrong. Try and take a look there. If you can't figure it out, post it here.

Xieneus · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 11 May 2010

I checked the folder of where the error was. It was empty. I didnt see any GDI Commando O_o

Release Crash at Sat May 15 08:55:16 2010
; Reason Error parsing INI file 'Data\INI\Object\infantry\gdi_commando.ini' (Line: 'Object GDI_Commando ')

Last error:

Current stack:

Ju-Jin · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject:

Check your mod big files for it.

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Xieneus · Vehicle Driver **Joined**: 11 May 2010

Ju-Jin wrote:

Check your mod big files for it.

notta

Tore · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:00 pm Post subject:

You got mod files left in your ZH directory, uninstalling the game only removes the files from ZH itself and not the files left there by mods.

Try to do this:

1. Uninstall Generals Zero Hour
2. Delete the Zero Hour folder (C:\Program Files\EA Games\Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour)
3. Reinstall ZH
4. Patch it (1.04)
5. Play!

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Shakar · Cyborg Cannon **Joined**: 04 Jan 2008 **Location**: Places

What about for those that have a problem with ZH in which the main menu screen that has the battle is just a still picture? When I used Vista I had the battle going on but when I installed it on my Windows 7 I just get a still screen of a battle from the Generals main menu.

Tore · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 11:30 pm Post subject:

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What about for those that have a problem with ZH in which the main menu screen that has the battle is just a still picture? When I used Vista I had the battle going on but when I installed it on my Windows 7 I just get a still screen of a battle from the Generals main menu.

Running ZH in Windows XP Compatibility mode fixed that for me.

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Shakar · Cyborg Cannon **Joined**: 04 Jan 2008 **Location**: Places

Hey, that fixed it for me, thanks ^_^