I am a C&C Generals Zero Hour player since 2007. I've just discovered something new. I would like to write something about the lag problem in Zero Hour that has caused many people to stop playing. Zero hour v1.0 doesn't have any lag issue. Even in the Twilight flame map, you can play against 7 hard ai without any lag. (As in base game Generals v1.08) Also, path finding is way better on v1.0. For example, cliffs on maps don't matter in v1.0. The CPU doesn't gather vehicles at the edges of the cliffs. The units follow the path as they should. But path finding bug exits in v1.01, v1.02 , v1.03 and v1.04 There is also a massive memory leak bug in v1.01, v1.02 , v1.03 and v1.04. The reason for these errors is the game.dat file. 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04 patches are official and released by EA. In short, although EA fixed a few bugs in Zero Hour with the patches, also these patches greatly damaged the game in terms of game performance and path finding. By comparing the "game.dat version 1.0" file with the "game.dat version 1.04" files, this error causing memory leak can be detected. As far as I know, the programming language of .dat files is Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. We can also use Hex editor or something. Someones should compare the 1.0 and 1.04 versions of the game.dat file and identify the differences. Then, version 1.04 of game.dat file should be fixed. (programming skills are required for this) NOTE: There are both v1.0 and v1.04 files in the archive. When you want to switch to v1.0, copy the v1.0 files to the ZH folder. Likewise, when you want to switch to v1.04, copy the v1.04 files to the ZH folder. (This is a manual method for switching between versions. You don't need any installation) Don't look at "Options" in the menu. The version written there is determined by the registry. You can test this yourself. Please play against 7 hard ai in twilight flame map in v1.0. (I repeat, the twilight flame map is an example used when testing. I think this is the most suitable map for use in testing because it is the most problematic map). You will understand what I mean. Here is the link: drive. google. com /file/d/1GcNszh7qLgRmdAqzb6j6kKQ1Rg99e4UV/view?usp=sharing NOTE 2: I already did "setting permissions of Replays folder" method but it never offered smooth gameplay like v1.0. As I said, the main cause of the problem is the "game.dat" file. Please make a video about this.

@rpaxso7012

2 жыл бұрын

Will 1.0 work with mods?

@jesterknight3837

2 жыл бұрын

@@rpaxso7012 no

It would be more interesting if you played for ECA. As enemy ECA is very vulnerable for blitz tactics in the beginning of the game.

Do a Russian & China skirmish vs USA & ECA, the ultimate epic battle!

Its a shame that they stopped working on the mod. Best mod for Generals and Shockwave of course

@kanesnod6994

2 жыл бұрын

well thats wierd cause it got an update the other month

@DangerangTheAIMan

2 жыл бұрын

@@kanesnod6994 what update the last official release was 6 years ago

@kanesnod6994

2 жыл бұрын

@@DangerangTheAIMan im sure i loaded it up the other day for it to say it had a small patch maybe thats what t was and not an update

@ygmsniper

2 жыл бұрын

@@kanesnod6994 What version is it? I'm waiting for an update for this. Especially the version where they will have 3 generals for each faction. There are already two versions that expanded into 3 subfactions for each faction. The "Prepare for Battle" and "Babushka's Revenge", but I don't know if these are the official updates for ROTR.

@DangerangTheAIMan

2 жыл бұрын

@@kanesnod6994 only thing I know to get updates sometimes is the online patch/launcher The official site has not been updated since 2015 nor the moddb page. Sometimes people post missions and addon mods for ROTR and Shockwave on Moddb but those are not official releases

You are the god of war!!!

There is another good mod - The End of Days mod.

I have a problem with ROTR when i do big battles, the game slow down really bad, someone else also have this en problem? And knows how to solve it?

Original ROTR mod 1.0 was best, it had only Russian faction, none of EU fantasy / Russian nerfing. In original, if some AI gets Russian faction, its almost game over. Overpowered, but still fun.

Concept reporting

What version is this? 1.78 1.0?

Where I can download the game ?

Does someone knows how to fix technical difficulties ? I can not launch ROTR

This new version?

Did they already release a new version where they develop 3 subfactions for each faction?

@kanesnod6994

2 жыл бұрын

sub factions ? this is news to me ?

@ColdHighway7

2 жыл бұрын

Last time I checked it hasn't been released

@wisnu7846

2 жыл бұрын

I think only small campaign and building

@ygmsniper

2 жыл бұрын

@@kanesnod6994 There is a future plan of doing that, but it hasn't been release yet. At least from what I know. You can check this link. This is where I got the info: generalsrotr.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Factions

@ygmsniper

2 жыл бұрын

@@ColdHighway7 Yeah. There are other mods doing this now, but not the original creators of this one.

Россия шикарна :)

Надо будет скачать и поиграть. А как устанавливать?

@baxanime1504

2 жыл бұрын

Вбей в Ютуб там инструкция

I got lag from mid to late game cant fix…

I. Will buy this Game can i Download this in Steam?

@magr1701

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, it's not on steam.

Next time please play the eca! 😉

@zoom3000

2 жыл бұрын

I dont know y, but the ECA are my last choice 🤔

@mongimarci

2 жыл бұрын

@@zoom3000 too bad! Why is that so?

@zoom3000

2 жыл бұрын

@@mongimarci hmm not sure, I'm less excited about them for some reason

ROTR based