Hey, I am having the same problem. I am not able to connect to other players. I finally figured it out and I was able to get online only to not be able to connect to other players. I have the latest gentool and my firewall is off when I play the game. I have the game through origin.
HI, trying to play cnc zero hour. when i click on online a window pops and says checking for updates and locks up the system. Please if anyone has a fix or can directing to play online I would much appreciated.
Generals, Zero Hour, C&C3, Kane's Wrath and Red Alert 3 all used the Gamespy system for their online play, but the whole system has been shut down in July 2014. Not really EA's fault; they're just one of the many companies whose slightly older games lost online support because of it.
However, community servers have already been set up, so it should be possible to play online that way. More information on that can be found at -online.net/.
That really helped me. I kept trying to get online through the game... I thought I missed a step. Interesting how the older games are played.. I can do this for both CNBC generals zero hour and age of empires 3.
I use the correct email, username and password. If I change the username I just get "Invalid username and password", however if I use the correct details that I use on this site I get the above mentioned error.
When I try the new updated username and password I get an error "Could not connect to command and conquer online", but when I give it an incorrect password I get "Invalid username or password" so it does try to authenticate, but when the details are correct I get that the service is offline.