How to run Unofficial Big Bang Patch 1.04 tutorial - C&C Scrin faction fans

Since I've noticed some people don't know how to run the mod (and apparently how to read notes and instructions on other sites ;) ) I've decided to post the guide here as well.

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There are few methods to run mods and it also depends what version of the game you have,

Normal original (disk) version supposed to work just fine unless you have it installed in a differnt language, like for example the french version of the game,
So if you do have it in a different language you will need to rename the game's registry key (look at the end of the note to see how to do it),

If you have Steam or Origins version you might also have issue, look at the end of the note to see what you can do.

Now for the normal version

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How to play:

First before anything else you will need to have WrathEd Mod Launcher 1.09+ (1.10 seem to have some random bugs so I can't recommand it atm)
And to make sure that you set it to be opened as administer,

You will also need to make new folder in "C:\Users\Username\Documents\Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath" and named it as "Mods" (without the quotation marks ofc), now you will need to put the actual mod's folder in that new folder you just made,

Example: C:\Users\Username\Documents\Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath\Mods <------ put the mod you want to play in it (in the Mods folder),

After that just open the WrathED Mod Launcher (as administer) and select the mod you want to run, Press on the "play" button and that it!

If the mod launcher still doesn't detects your mod folder/show nothing in the list, make sure you didn't put double folders between the mod you're trying to run and the Mods folder,
Or try to install the game on it's default directory and be sure to put the mod launcher inside it (the game's default directory folder).

Have fun!

How to play with CNC: Online

How to play in gameranger

Origins and Steam version of the game:

If you have Origins version of the game or the Command and Conquer Ultimate Collection (Which is also count as the Origins version)

Try Medstar's tool which should fix it

Or try bibber's tool which should fix it unless the game was updated

Steam version supposed to works fine but if you have any issues try the follows:

•Make sure the game is installed in your C drive and that you don't have it in an external HDD,

•Try to tell steam to fix the game for you in the steam options,

•Try edit the game registry from here (may also work for Origins):
If you know how to edit registries just replace your game's registries with the Original ones.

Alternatively you can also try this:

There is a way that can force the game to load the mod everytime it launches, however then it will always just load that mod unless you change it again,

-First, go to your Kane's Wrath folder and right-click on the "CNC3EP1_english_1.2.SkuDef" file (The "English" part will change depends on your game's language),
Then click "open with" and choose Editor.

There you need to add this on top of the other note's lines:

add-search-path C:\Users\'Your User Name'\Documents\Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath\Maps\
add-search-path C:\Users\'Your User Name'\Documents\WrathEd\Mod Launcher\Kane's Wrath\Mod\
add-config C:\Users\'Your User Name'\Documents\Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath\Mods\'The Mod's Folder You Wants To Run'\'Mod's skudef file' (add ".skudef " at the very end)

And save that notepad,
you should be done now, just open the game normally and you should get the mod running.

For common issues with all of the game's versions:

•Game with differnt language issue:

(in 64 bit system open Regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Wow6432Node -> Electronic Arts -> Electronic Arts -> Command and Conquer 3 Kanes Wrath -> UserDataLeafName)
and you will have to rename it with english language (May also need to rename InstallPath)

•Random crash on start up:

That can happen from many reasons but one of the most obvious ones I can think of is your game's graphics settings,
Be sure your game's graphical settings are set to be on high or above (especially on "Details" in the graphics menu) before you launches the mod,
If for whatever reason you can't lanuch the unmoded game in order to change your settings, then go to:
C:\Users\'Your User Name'\AppData\Roaming\Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath\Profiles\Your Profiles Name\options.ini,
And open that option.ini file with a notepad and change the ModelLOD from Low to High, save the note and try to launch the mod again.

•Lastly make sure your Anti Virus isn't getting in the way of the Launcher/mod by blocking them!

Just to note:

Errors and issues seem to be indeed random from build to build (player's build/rig/machine/computer, not the mod's build) and they're mostly triggers on people who:
•Don't use the original disk ver of the game,
•Not having a stable OS,
•Having the game in a different directory (which depends on your OS and lang could possibly confuses the launcher from reading it),
•Have the game installed in a different language which sometime effect the registry,
•Don't have the last official patch installed/have 1.03/1.02+ installed,
•Got a broken skudef,

The possible list of issues is honestly long and in 90% of the cases it's an issue from the user's end and not from the mods.