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Posted by: SatchTFF 10 Feb 2018, 6:39

Hey guys, been installing this game last night and I don't have sleep yet as of this moment. (I'll sleep after I post this.)

So the problem is the I installed ROTR in the TFD version of zero hour with the 1.04 update, The ROTR version was 1.85 then updated it to 1.86 without opening the game.

What I have before installation:
Destructive Forces (only linked via shortcut like this:

Installation I have done:

Please take note that I run this under the Administrator Privilages so I won't get any problems...

So I open it and it says I installed it in a frong (wrong) folder... I can't seem to find any reliable solutions after I tried all those I searched up.

The Destructive Force mod was only a single file and I can remove it any time by just moving it out of the folder. The Scripts Folder in Data Folder is now also revert to its original state before I insert the Destructive Forces so I'm so lost. Please help, I really wanted to play this mod.

Posted by: RedDeadSmeg 10 Feb 2018, 12:55

Have you tried opening Zero Hour on it's own? I know my copy of TDF won't launch Generals or Zero Hour for some reason.

Posted by: Zeke 10 Feb 2018, 14:51

Make sure your UAC is turned off, or install TFD outside the Program Files folder. Sometimes running as admin doesn't work, this happened to me once before.

Posted by: SatchTFF 10 Feb 2018, 22:41

I'll try doing this now. Thanks.

I'll update as soon as I finish it.

Posted by: SatchTFF 11 Feb 2018, 5:20

So I've done it under C:\Games folder I just made but to no luck, it's the same error. I'm using Windows 10 btw if it is necessary.. and is 64-bit...

Posted by: Zeke 11 Feb 2018, 6:11

Try doing some of the steps from here that you haven't tried yet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cqTHHvD6etsP1Q1tBLEFvTC5kdHQAwe7mhvxwLqcPio/edit?usp=sharing

Posted by: SatchTFF 11 Feb 2018, 16:37

I have follow it correctly and step by step either... I'm using TFD with 1.03 Rev 4 Patch and is cracked. I installed it again in C:\Games so that nothing would be blocked.. I made a copy incase of any emergency so I won't need to do a clean re-install...

So after installing the TFD with Patch 1.03 Rev 4 and opened it to test it off, I installed the ROTR 1.85 on the C:\Games\Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour path then installed all the maps and SWR.NET. I then updated it immediately to 1.86 but to no avail.. it still says I installed it on the frong (wrong) folder.

Welp, I wanna play this mod so bad.

Posted by: SatchTFF 11 Feb 2018, 17:11

I was looking for other solutions in youtube but it seems everyone with TFD has the same problem as mine.. other says that ROTR is not compatible with Win 10. :/
Is these claims true that ROTR is for Windows 7 below and have you gone checking if it really do work for TFD Patch 1.03 Rev 4?

Posted by: SatchTFF 14 Feb 2018, 8:46

Hello? Are there still anyone checking this article?

Posted by: Skitt 14 Feb 2018, 11:03

did you change the path for rotr exactly to the first decade one?
by default rotr trys to install into the original stand alone zh path, u need to change it to the tfd zh path
c://programfiles/ea games/generals for default
c://programfiles/ea games/ the firstdecade /generals for tfd.

you have to compensate for the extra folder tfd creates.

Posted by: SatchTFF 14 Feb 2018, 11:31

Yes, I do. To be precise, I did a clean re-install of TFD C&C:ZH at the C:\Games then install the ROTR at the "C:\Games\Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour".

I'm using Windows 10 64-bit though. I install it with administrative privileges either.

Posted by: Skitt 14 Feb 2018, 13:05

have you tried it without patching tfd?

Posted by: SatchTFF 14 Feb 2018, 15:51

Not yet though but if I did, it'll leave me needing the disk all the time just to open up the TFD.

Posted by: Skitt 14 Feb 2018, 21:09

still crack it ofc, i meen just running tfd from its base version and nt patching it to the 1.03 the patch isnt needed at all realy.
i doubt its the patch doing it but covering all bases and whatnot.

just thought and should of asked sooner does zero hour run?

Posted by: SatchTFF 14 Feb 2018, 21:23

Yep, Zero hour do run just fine.

Regarding on the base version, what version was that?

Posted by: Zeke 15 Feb 2018, 1:51

By default, the Zero Hour in TFD comes patched to v1.04, which is the version you need for most mods.

I've never heard of this 1.03 patch you keep referring to, IIRC TFD doesn't require any additional patches.

Posted by: Skitt 15 Feb 2018, 1:58

it doesnt, tfd will work right out the bat on the version its got no need to patch it to a different version.

Posted by: SatchTFF 15 Feb 2018, 15:48

I see... Ok, I'll do that now and see if it would work. I'll get back here as soon as I finish it.

Posted by: SatchTFF 15 Feb 2018, 17:01

Ok... so I have done another clean re-install of the TFD without any patches and it says I need to insert the CD-ROM but I don't have it. I'm using a crack that I bought in a mall stand near our school. Also, the patch I kept talking about was that of the unofficial patch made by the CNCNZ Community. https://cncnz.com/hosted-projects/command-patch/the-first-decade-unofficial-patch/

I can see the splash image run now so it may have been that but I found an article about installing ROTR and there's a link for TFD Patch and that link brings you to that Unofficial Patch... Need help now on how to run this without that CD-ROM... please. Perhaps it's the 1.02 Patch?

Posted by: Skitt 15 Feb 2018, 18:33

get a GOOD crack for tfd, cant link one in here due to rules.