The Past Ain't What It Used To Be...
The first Command & Conquer received its last official update on the 21st of June, 1996. Since then, the game has been ported to Windows (as "Gold" version), and re-released in the big "The First Decade" and "The Ultimate Collection" collection packs, but has never received any more bug fixes.
The C&C Gold Patch 1.06 project aims to bring this classic into the new millennium, by fixing the old bugs, supporting higher resolutions, and adding new modding and mapping possibilities. It also contains an addon-based language system, allowing anyone to create translation packs for the game.
Visit the patch website
Visit the patch forum
Read the patch release article
Read the patch FAQ
Apparently the version of CnCNet 5 included in the patch didn't work... so I fixed that.
Additionally, I've been informed various times that the game has a bug where the mouse freezes when you open the in-game menu. I knew that the fix to this was to enable Win95 compatibility mode, but unfortunately, the config tool removed compatibility if CnC-DDraw was enabled, because that's the way it worked best on WinXP (on which the patch was originally developed).
That has been fixed too now; the tool should now set the appropriate compatibility mode for every situation.
An Italian language pack was created, with the help of the wonderful people of the OldGamesItalia website :)
A configuration issue has been identified in the july 1 2014 release, that causes lagging in the videos and when aborting a mission. Here's how to fix...
Video packs have been added to the downloads and addons sections, and the game / patch downloads themselves have gotten minor updates, too.
An error in the full installer made the CnCNet desktop icon run C&C95.exe instead of cncnet.exe
The Command & Conquer Gold v1.06c revision 3 patch. Updated with improved cncnet5 support on 07/02/2017
Complete No-CD game installation pack of C&C Gold v1.06c r3, without videos, with all music included. Videos can be found separately in the downloads...
This can be added to your game to give you the English videos. If you want to add additional videos for other languages, use the addon-packs. The other...
This can be added to your game to give you the German videos. If you want to add additional videos for other languages, use the addon-packs. The other...
This can be added to your game to give you the French videos. If you want to add additional videos for other languages, use the addon-packs. The other...
Complete No-CD game installation pack of C&C Gold v1.06c r2, without videos, with all music included. This is only kept here for archiving reasons...
Say, Nyerguds. Can you do a portable version of C&C with the latest patches and works for all versions of Windows?
Umm... that's kinda just the full installer. Once installed, it's technically fully portable; just copy the whole shebang to a usb drive.
Great work on this!
will this work for C&C Red Alert? I just got the first decade and everything worked except C&C and C&C Red Alert. Thanks for any info
CaptainTorry
Think for a moment... will a Starcraft II patch work on Warcraft III?
There are guides to fixing the games on the official forum, here:
Commandandconquer.com
Be sure to check out the sticky threads at the top of the forum, especially the one called "Common Problems".
looks like i installed the mod for nothing, no skirmish mode :(
First off it's not possible in C&C95. Secondly, the skirmish present here is just LAN with AI players. (which Nyerguds has made very clear in the FAQ/manual)
it's not a mod, it's a patch. And skirmish mode is just LAN with only AI players. Learn to read the manual.
somebody play online with me!!
Go to the chat of cncnet.org to find players. The actual ingame lobby only lists games, not players.