A long awaited 009 beta release is here. Download it, test it and help us improve gameplay, balance and fix bugs. !!! CLICK ON "Read more..." TO SEE THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS !!!
Installation instructions:
Extract Contra009Beta.rar. Copy all contents of the extracted folder to your Zero Hour directory. To play the mod, open "Contra Launcher.exe".
You will find startup options such as music, language, unit voices, etc. Decide your preferences and click "Launch".
Contra will auto-detach itself from Zero Hour on exit, so that you can launch original Zero Hour or any other mod.
*** The launcher runs under Windows XP now. ***
Manual installation instructions for those having problems with launcher:
I want to emphasize that for these steps you MUST NOT use the Contra Launcher. Many people don't read carefully and fail to install the mod.
1. Put all files from Contra009Beta into your Zero Hour folder (NOT the one in My Documents).
2. Rename !Contra009Beta.ctr to !Contra009Beta.big.
3. Rename !Contra009BetaEN.ctr to !Contra009BetaEN.big OR rename !Contra009BetaRU.ctr to !Contra009BetaRU.big if you want Russian language.
4. Rename !Contra009BetaVOrig.ctr to !Contra009BetaVOrig.big OR rename !Contra009BetaVLoc.ctr to !Contra009BetaVLoc.big if you want English unit voices.
5. Rename !Contra009BetaMNew.ctr to !Contra009BetaMNew.big OR rename !Contra009BetaMStandard.ctr to !Contra009BetaMStandard.big if you want vanilla soundtracks.
6. Rename Scripts folder to Scripts1 (which is located inside Data folder).
7. Start the game from generals.exe (NOT Contra Launcher.exe)!
And for those playing Zero Hour on Origin (C&C: The Ultimate Collection):
Download the Fixed Launchers from: Bibber.eu (alternative links: Mega.nz ; Mediafire.com)
Zero Hour version 1.04 is required!
Contra works in conjunction with mods that come with a launcher such as ShockWave, Rise of the Reds, Cold War Crisis, Vietnam Glory Obscured, Generals: Enhanced and others.
This version contains a built-in localization fix for non-English Generals. Those players should no longer have missing content.
It is recommended to use Standard unit voices since the Original (native) voices don't work properly. Some units use English voices instead. It was caused by our localization fix. It will be fixed in the next versions.
Changelog: Moddb.com
Long live BEST MOD EVER!!! <3
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I'm not able to download i, help :(
please tell us; Why during play the game automatically exit and shows the error Technical Difficulties....
You have encountered a serious error. Serious errors can be caused by many things like viruses, overheated hardware, hardware not supporting the minimum system requirements...blah..blah...
This may happen after half an hour of playing or hour
that happens to me on some mods, have to make sure its patched to the latest level. i had that on rise of the reds. turned out i had 1.85 i patched it up to 1.87 and the error went away. :)
I'll have to cancel a few events...
finally
Does not work
If does not work for you, pls tell us your problem, can you even launch game? Which windows do you use, was it technical difficulties etc...Did you extract it in your clean ZH folder?
The launcher doesn't work...... tried admin rights and Win Xp Cap....
If you can please, give me an printscreen to see the problem. Few minutes ago I downloaded again archive 009 BETA and extract it in clean Zero Hour folder and Launcher works fine.
The Mod works fine but when we "create game" and start the match, the game shuts down and the "technical error" message occurs. What should i do?
Try make options.ini . Please excuse my english. Make a text file and give him name Options.ini and copy to the Zero hour folder. And copy to the options.ini this:
AntiAliasing = 1
BuildingOcclusion = yes
CampaignDifficulty = 1
DrawScrollAnchor = yes
DynamicLOD = no ExtraAnimati
Gamma = 50
HeatEffects = yes
IdealStaticGameLOD = high
LanguageFilter = true
MaxParticleCount = 5000
MusicVolume = 55
Resolution = 800 600
Retaliation = yes
SFX3DVolume = 79
SFXVolume = 71
SawTOS = yes
ScrollFactor = 145
SendDelay = no
ShowSof****erEdge = yes
ShowSoftWaterEdge = yes
ShowTrees = yes
StaticGameLOD = Custom
TextureReduction = 0
UseAlternateMouse = no
UseCloudMap = no
UseDoubleClickAttackMove = no
UseLightMap = yes
UseShadowDecals = yes
UseShadowVolumes = no
VoiceVolume = 70
hi,
I'm using a windows 7 device, 1 Gb NVidia, 4 Gb rams, and when I opened the launcher and I clicked launch, always I'm getting this message below, even though I'm playing always destructive forces mod with no problem.
Message is
You have encountered a serious error. Serious errors can be caused by many things including viruses, overheated and hardware that does not meet the minimum specifications for the game. Please visit the forums at generals.ea.com for suggested course of action or consult your manual for Technical Support contact information.
Im new kindly for when is this INI. thanks
спасибо
How you guys can play with 800 600 resolution it really isn't fun even my eyes hurts I always play with 1440 900. Does not makes any differences i tried with 800 600 whole map and it still gives Technical Difficulties because... i don't know. Maybe some scripts are not well.
Please say anything useful. Thanks.
nvm, was trying to play on the new map but i believe that it isn't ready yet so, game is working beautifully.
Hi, I had this "technical difficulties, maybe caused by virus or overheated hardware blah blah blah" stuff sometimes, and could not start a single mod a few days ago.
After a clean Windows 7 install, Radeon driver AMD-Catalyst-Omega-14.12-With-DOTNet45-Win7-64bit and directx_Jun2010_redist, I am able to start at least some of the Zero Hour mods now.
Even Zero Hour Enhanced Mod works now :) give it a try maybe it works.
And yes mods are always installed in C:\Games\Zero Hour
Hi persun ... im a big fan of ur general challenge vids
man u r awsome :D
i got the game and put all files in a fresh installed ZH folder V1.04
when i start game i just build power plant then when 2nd dozer start build barracks it looks like i surrender and been defeated ...any fixes plz?
Have you ever encounter with Technical Difficulties when u play with 7AI Skirmish? I think each China general provides more units so whoever PC u have it might drop the game and crash. I noticed when u play USA gen all AI USA it doesn't drops often.
Any opinions>?
aww god thanks
Awesome, been waiting a long time for this!
Dear Mod,
Will this beta run on Windows 10??? If yes, please guide...
It was not tested on Windows 10 but I think that if Zero Hour works, then Contra should too.
im running 009 on win 10. no problems. I just run generals exe, contra launcher both as admin with win 7 compat.
When playing Fire General against Nuke General the tanks stop moving and the challenge never start.
I have error message while playing challenge against Air Force General.
Also the same error message appears suddenly during skrimish.
don't run on windows 10!!!!
Did you run as administrator?
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When playing Fire General against Nuke General the tanks stop moving and the challenge never start
I have error message while playing against Air Force General
Also the same error message appears suddenly during skrimish
You should restart several times untill it works (challenge against nuke general) It will be fixed in next release.
Airforce is also fixed now.
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I'm getting a serious error, that is caused by many things such as viruses blah blah blah, how can i solve this? I wanna try this mod real bad.
Hah...there is still a bug with Internet centres, hackers stop stealing money when satellite upgrades are started.
And also...Overlord Headquarters... cool thing but upgrades are unavaliable stright after being built at rank 3...not canonical really.
Those upgrades are granted at rank 5. It is much better since building nuke silo, and purchase upgrades from there was way too long. In online games very few matches goes to this point where you actually build nuke silo.
As for internet centers, we will check it.
Anyway super. AI fixes make me high!
The only thing is...on the background of new cameos - old ones look rustic.
One more thing Ive noticed. Pave Low has enough fire range to attack defence structures and stay invulnerable. And that's good and I guess that's right thing, cause this helicopter is an artillery. But it makes such unit as "Eye" almost useless. In previous versions F-16 XL had fire range bugs (sometimes they launched their missiles from large distance withiut SLID field). But discription says that F-16 is also an artillery unit - so why not to remove this "Eye" completely? Seems like this unit is
excess.
The eye is very useful. And F16 is an artillery unit if they are in circe of an eye, and when they become red they fire from long distance and their rocket damage increased by 30%. The eye help your F16's to clear GLA tunnels if you are surrounded and, so the Eye is not usless.
Had fun sometimes game crashes with error. AI was improved it is cool but guess what? 1 AI flame general just beat down 2 SW General. im surprised. 1v1v1v1 map
SW general need time to develop. That's some kind of bug. In early game SW does nothing, just build barracks and few infanry and thats it. You should include Cybernetic and Airfoce as your enemy. Of course I'm talking of playing it on Hard difficulty.
The launcher still doesn't work for me :(
It says :
Same thing. Ive just launched it like previous version.
Renaming files - then using ZeroHour.exe
what did you rename the files to? similar issue, i didnt get the Cannot launch message, but as i have the origin version, it keeps launching vanilla zero hour when i try and use the launcher >.<
Manual installation instructions for those having problems with launcher:
1. Put all files from Contra009Beta into your Zero Hour folder.
2. Rename !Contra009Beta.ctr to !Contra009Beta.big.
3. Rename !Contra009BetaEN.ctr to !Contra009BetaEN.big OR rename !Contra009BetaRU.ctr to !Contra009BetaRU.big if you want Russian language.
4. Rename !Contra009BetaVOrig.ctr to !Contra009BetaVOrig.big OR rename !Contra009BetaVLoc.ctr to !Contra009BetaVLoc.big if you want English unit voices.
5. Rename !Contra009BetaMNew.ctr to !Contra009BetaMNew.big OR rename !Contra009BetaMStandard.ctr to !Contra009BetaMStandard.big if you want vanilla soundtracks.
6. Rename Scripts folder to Scripts1 (which is located inside Data folder).
7. Start the game from generals.exe.
Make sure you've read the instructions first. Here's a copy/paste.
And for those playing Zero Hour on Origin (C&C: The Ultimate Collection):
Download the Fixed Launchers from: Bibber.eu
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By the way, Assault general AI is still playing passively(
You haven't fixed it((
You should try to fix it. Next time we will invite you to improve AI. By the way its not that hard.