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Revision as of 22:51, 5 January 2014

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Command & Conquer: Generals
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Developers
EA Los Angeles
Publishers
Electronic Arts
OS X MacSoft
Engines
SAGE
Release dates
Windows February 10, 2003
macOS (OS X) February 10, 2003
Command & Conquer: Generals on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
⤏ Go to series page
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Key points

Small but dedicated community

General information

EA's Official Command & Conquer site
Command & Conquer Wiki - A wiki for everything Command & Conquer-related

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file location

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System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/row
System Location

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video settings

File:C&C Generals Options.png
In-game options screen.
File:C&C Generals Video Advanced.png
In-game advanced video settings.
File:C&C Generals ZH Options.png
In-game options screen for Zero Hour expansion.
File:C&C Generals ZH Video Advanced.png
In-game advanced video settings for Zero Hour expansion.

Template:Video settings

Higher resolution

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

"Technical Difficulties" error

This problem occurs on modern systems; one of the methods below should fix it.
File:CnCerror.png
Error message
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III/AMD Athlon 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.8 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA Geforce 2 or ATI Radeon 7500

References