So there you have it, a stunning computer game all round.

As with the 3D Action genre, multiplayer really did bring C&C into a class of its own. What made it all even more fun, is you have a choice to play the good guys or the bad guys, with each path offering different and reasonably varied missions.Īnd finally, launching the game into what can only be deemed 'classic beyond debate', it came equipped with a multiplayer option that has had players fighting for supremacy over modems, networks, and even the Internet (although the game's design doesn't cope too well with slow transfers and lost packets). To top the brilliant gameplay, C&C also had a terrific storyline, set in the future, depicting a battle of two strong factions (through the use of good quality FMV), one fighting for world domination, the other determined to stop them. This is real-time, you have to think fast, build your defenses, form your assault parties, and you better do it quick because the enemy could be coming for you any second. No hit-points and moves-per-square nonsense. No more weakling 'take-your-turn' rubbish. This truly marvelous game introduced us to fighting strategic battles with many varied troops and vehicles all in real-time. exe) worked.Unless you're relatively new to the PC gaming world, you will have heard of Command & Conquer from Westwood Studios. Then, open the configuration file 'aqrit.cfg' in Notepad, change the 'ForceDirectDrawEmulation' option to 1, save the file, and launch the game.Īpparently, to fix the menus problem, these options in the dwrapper config file (aqrit.cfg) should help:Īfter that make sure to set game.exe to run as Windows XP and probably also to run as admin (not sure if necessary). It may help with that one, too.ĭownload the zip file and extract 'ddraw.dll' and 'aqrit.cfg' into your game folder. The graphics system patch DDWrapper () is known to solve graphics issues for many people. That will probably save a few people some time.Ĭopy paste from that forum, so all thanks should go to that guy for the solution: Rob I got it working in Windows 10, there is a very useful post on the EA support form.

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