Help with Gnerals: Zero Hour

[WoOoOoO]

I recenyly bought the deluxe edition of the game ( Generals + Zero Hour ), when I finished installing it. It asked me for the correct CD. I heard this problem can be solved with the No Cd crack, so I tried it and it worked.
The problem now is when I play the ground in-game keeps going black while everything else (vehicles, soldiers, buildings) stay normal

http://www.w6w.com/w6w.php?pic=461340

and the other problem is that the game is too slow !.

PC information:
Windows XP pro
P4. 2.4 GH.
512 RAM
80 GB HardDisk

Can anybody help??

[Goins001]

Well if you got a bad CD key your best bet is to call the companies Tech support or look at their web site. However i'm gonna assume that you did actually buy this game and didn't just come up with a way to trick us into helping you with a illegally downloaded game. You might have to reinstall the game and try a different CD patch. If I remember right, find your save game files and move them to a different location, then erase it, reinstall it, get a different CD patch, and try that. If it works then copy your saved games back to where you got them from and load it up.

[WoOoOoO]

I didn't have a chance to play anything so there arent any saved games. I dont think the problem is with the CD Key cuz its the key with the cd's I bought ...

[Goins001]

ahh ok, sorry i miss read your post. I'd still get on the phone with tech support and let them know about the problem. They MIGHT send you a replacement.

[WoOoOoO]

Thank you very much

[Goins001]

no problem, actually where did you buy it from? A lot of places will exchange open software for the same title. You could just return it

[WoOoOoO]

I bought it from a games store but I don't think the problem is with the CD's

[WoOoOoO]

Could the problem be with the Graphic card or the Video RAM ??

[Goins001]

Well if it's asking for the correct CD, no. Thats the problem you need to fix.

[DigitsPro]

hey guys..
I have the same problem..
I could run the CDs and open the game, but the game runs too slow then. But I'm quite sure that the problem is because of the V-RAM.. I guess that It's under the limit. But I didn't upgrade it yet..
So.. what do you think guys? I think that the V- RAM thing is very reasonable to get the game works good or slow.
SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH

[farroos3]

well i have a solution for you mate you have to add a command line to the games shortcut on your desktop, To do so, right-click on the “Command & Conquer” icon on your Windows Desktop, choose “Properties”, and add –noshaders to the end of the path in the “Target” field. If you installed the game to the default directory, the command line should like this: "C:\Program Files\EA Games\Command & Conquer Generals\generals.exe” -noshaders ((HOPE IT WORKS))

[WoOoOoO]

Thanx but it didnt work

There are two problems
1) It's too dam'n slow
2) the ground in-game keeps going black while everything else (vehicles, soldiers, buildings) stay normal
Like this:
http://www.w6w.com/w6w.php?pic=461340

any solution?

[NorthViking]

Update all your drivers.

Graphic, DirectX etc.

[WoOoOoO]

how do I know wut kind of graphic card or drivers do I have?
And I have DirectX 9.0c

[Random]

There are a few ways to find out what your gfx card is. Here's the simplest way.

1. Click on the start menu.
2. Click on 'run'.
3. Type in 'dxdiag' (without quotation marks).
4. Click on the 'Display' tab.

It should tell you the make of your gfx card in the 'Name' box. Tell me exsactally what it says and i'll point you in the right direction of drivers.

Another thing have you tried patching the game yet?

[WoOoOoO]

Device:
Name: S3 Graphics ProSavage 8A25 (Microsoft

and no I didnt try patching the game

[Random]

Well thats why your game is running slow, your graphics card is not very good. Go here (http://support.octek.com.au/Downloads/htm/Download_021.htm) for the latest drivers.
I also suggest patching the game go here (http://www.download-courier.com/download.php?file=generalszh-103-english.exe) for the patch.

Your doing all this at your own risk, I won't be held responsibe if anything goes wrong.

[WoOoOoO]

Wut can the driver or the patch do?

[Random]

The driver will (possibly) fix the ground glitch, and same goes for the patch. I think the patch is more likely to fix it, and if that doesn't work try the drivers. Another way of getting the patch more easily is to launch ZH and go on multiplayer if your game isn't the latest version then it will automatically update.

[NorthViking]

It's always recommended to get latest game patch and have latest graphic drivers installed.

Due to bugs, improvements etc.

[dante32]

hey guys..
I have the same problem..
I could run the CDs and open the game, but the game runs too slow then. But I'm quite sure that the problem is because of the V-RAM.. I guess that It's under the limit. But I didn't upgrade it yet..
So.. what do you think guys? I think that the V- RAM thing is very reasonable to get the game works good or slow.

your comp specs ?

[dante32]

I recenyly bought the deluxe edition of the game ( Generals + Zero Hour ), when I finished installing it. It asked me for the correct CD. I heard this problem can be solved with the No Cd crack, so I tried it and it worked.
The problem now is when I play the ground in-game keeps going black while everything else (vehicles, soldiers, buildings) stay normal

http://www.w6w.com/w6w.php?pic=461340

and the other problem is that the game is too slow !.

PC information:
Windows XP pro
P4. 2.4 GH.
512 RAM
80 GB HardDisk

Can anybody help??

probably because you have the pirated version.just buy an original version because these kinds of problems are always in the pirated versions.