Kane 39;s Wrath Patch
Sanny Olafeso
Ok so after having problems with the steam version of C&C3 and Kane's wrath i decided to buy the Ultimate collector's edition of Command and conquer games. I installed all of the games and then downloaded the launcher mod and Tiberium essence for C&C3 and gave it a spin. It works well on Ultra settings and at Full FPS. But then comes Kane's wrath. I start playing the first mission at same Settings as C&C3. The Game is slow it moves at a snail pace. I tried one of the skirmish maps and it was also painfully slow. What is going on?
OK yeah my Compatibility goes with at the lowest to Windows 95 so anyway the game works thorugh origin is do i only make the Compatibility changes on the C&C3 launcher that you can use to start up both or do you I have to change the KW launcher's compatibility.
Actually it was something i found from steam but it could be applied for the origin files too. You see I have an Nvidia Geforce GTX 860M as a graphics card and the executable that runs the KW is a ".dat" extension and Uprising has ".game" file extension. The GTX 860M needs an ".exe" file extension otherwise it can't recognize the executable that runs the game even if the LAUNCHER is an ".exe". This means that when the game runs it uses the graphics card integrated into the processor which is an inferior compared to the 860M.
Next R-click your desktop and choose NVIDIA control panel from the menu, then click "Manage 3d settings", click the "program settings" tab in the right field and click "Add" to the right in the first field. The game is not in the list here so you'll have to browse our way to it, in other words, click "browse" and find the file we just made (ra3ep1_1.0), the location should be the same. Double click it!
First: Find the cnc3ep1.dat file. R-click the game in steam>properties>Local files tab>browse local files open "RetailExe" folder>open 1.12 folder> there is the cnc3ep1.dat file which is the real executable for the game, the other file is just a launcher.Second:Make a text document file and rename it to "cnc3ep1.dat.exe" in the 1.12 folder.Third:R-click your desktop and choose NVIDIA control panel from the menu, thenclick "Manage 3d settings", click the "program settings" tab in the right fieldand click "Add" to the right in the first field. The game is not in the list here so we'll have to browse our way to it, in other words, click "browse" and find the file we just made (cnc3ep1.dat.exe), the default location is:C:\Program Files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Command and Conquer 3 -Kane's Wrath\RetailExe\1.12\(cnc3ep1.dat.exe)Double click it!!Fourth:Back in the NVIDIA control panel at point 2, we need to choose the GPU we want to use. From the menu choose "High-performance NVIDIA processor".Then click Apply to the lower right... (almost there :)) Finally:Go back to where we made the file and delete the file we made, yes delete it!You can now start the game and enjoy the full power of your fancy Nvidia GPU.PS:This will also work for any Red alert 3 (ra3_1.12.game ) and RA3 - Uprising (ra3ep1_1.0.game), just apply the same concept as mentioned in this post.
With the new EA games app platform update from old origin, i can't launch my favorite game anymore wich is Kane's wrath, i can launch normal C&C Tiberium wars but not the Kane's wrath expension anymore, making it into effect i cannot play a game anymore i paid for & love.
I have the option to type in the search bar kane's wrath and then it opens the so called ''addon'' Kane's wrath (I have a picture attached with this message of this also), BUT! ,
When i press play on on the kane's wrath addon, it launches the base game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium wars, and NOT Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath.
Again no option ingame to switch to KW when launching TB.
Yea i have it all, and still can't play it, i'm so done with EA, de-installed the abomination that is this new platform, bought it on steam where i can atleast play it (they don't deserve the extra money but meh) they forced me since they broke my fav game. anyway origin was okay but only reason i had it was cuz i had kane's wrath on there. don't need it anymore now byeeeee EA :D