And here we go, in full glory, we have Generals running on Windows 11. Isn't she gorgeous guys,
isn't she gorgeous? Okay, guys, let's get Generals Zero Hour working, here, on this clean install
of Windows 11. After this tutorial, there's going to be another tutorial, that allows you to play
online. Because, yes, people are still playing this game online, so you can always join in.
So in this video we'll be getting the C&C Ultimate Collection. It's got Generals in there, as well
as the other Command & Conquer games. But we're only going to be covering Generals here.
So, first things first, let's get the Origin client. So just go to https://www.origin.com.
On the left, click on 'Download', and then 'Download for Windows'. Then just open the installer
and install Origin. And just kind of sit back, let it do its thing, let it install.
Okay, so here we have Origin. If you don't have an account, just click on this
and create an account. But I do have an account so I'm gonna log myself in.
Okay and here we go, this is Origin. If you go to Game Library, you'll see that you don't
have Command & Conquer Generals yet, very sad moment, but you know what, we're gonna fix that.
Now, there are two ways to do this. So the first way is you go here to 'Search games', you type in
'command conquer', and you'll see the Ultimate Collection over here. You can click on 'Get the game'
and you can either pay for it, or whatever, or buy it, whatever. But you know we're not
the standard folks here, all right, we're a bit different, so I'm going to tell you guys
a nice secondary way you can still get the game, for cheaper. So let's go back to the Games Library
here, and forget about this for a bit. Now you can buy the actual CD code a little cheaper by
going to the three links in the video description. These are key resellers, so they sell you the key
of the Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection, just at a reduced price.
And also, these guys are legit, they check out, they're real, they're not like weird scammy
websites. Don't worry I actually use these myself, honestly. Anyway so let's go check them out. So here
we are, these are the three websites. You've got instant-gaming.com, you've got mmoga.com and you've got
cdkeys.com. So all three of these sites, I trust them very much. I've used instant-gaming.com a lot
I've used cdkeys.com a lot, and I have a lot of friends who use mmoga.com a lot. So all these three
sites, they're pretty good. So, basically, the thing is, you'll be buying the exact same product.
So just pick a site that has the cheapest price, and buy it from there. Sometimes they can get
really cheap. I've seen them for as low as like 4 EUR, which is like 5 USD or less.
So it just depends, a bit of luck here and there, depending on what the prices are. So from what I'm
seeing right now, the cheapest for me is instant-gaming.com, so i'm gonna go with instant-gaming.com.
Also, guys, these websites, they did not sponsor me, okay? It is not a sponsored video, or anything like
that. I am honestly, just legit, sharing the best way for you guys to get the key for a low rate.
And there we go, I just bought the key. And there's a nice picture of it so I can now
enter this manually into Origin, and I should get the Ultimate Collection. So let's go ahead
and do that. So in order to do it just go to Origin, and then go to 'Redeem a Product Code'.
And all you've got to do, is just type it across.
We hit 'Next', and it's like 'congratulations man, you just got the Ultimate Collection!'
And there we go, it's been added so we can go to the Game Library and check it out.
Look at all these nice games, oh it's amazing! So like I said in the beginning, we're gonna get
all these games, and we got them now but we're only interested in Generals. Because, you know, I mean...
Let's be honest, it's a pretty good game, right? So just click on Generals. 'Download'. And then just do
'Next', 'Next', 'Next', 'Next', 'I Agree', blah blah blah, all good. And it will start to download, look at that!
So just wait for it to finish, shouldn't take too long, depending on your internet connection.
And there we go, it's ready! We even have a shortcut on the desktop, so nice!
But anyway, before we start the game, this is a bit of an important step, you're gonna
wanna close Origin. So close Origin, and now I'm gonna tell you guys about the next, and, most
important step of all. So, for some of you, the game will already be working fine if you launch it now.
But for some of you, the game will not be working, at all. It will probably just crash on startup or
crash the moment you play a little bit, so what we want to do, is we want to try and patch up the game.
And for that we're going to use GenPatcher. Now, the thing is, GenPatcher does a lot of stuff and
gets your game in a very nice tip-top shape, but in order to do that, it does some things
that anti-virus scanners aren't exactly happy with. So before you know it an antivirus will
interfere and stop GenPatcher from, legit, trying to fix the game. So it is recommended,
and not required, but recommended, to switch off Real-time protection before using
GenPatcher. So let's do that right away: Just press the Windows key on your keyboard and type in 'security'.
And then go to 'Virus & threat protection'. Go to a 'Manage settings', and then switch off 'Real-time protection'.
Now you can close this. Like I said, you don't have to do this, but it will guarantee that
GenPatcher will have less issues, or won't run into any issues at all. Anyway now that that's
done, let's get GenPatcher. So we go to https://legi.cc/genpatcher, then click on the first link
and extract GenPatcher to your desktop. And now just run GenPatcher, and if
you see this window, just click on 'More info' and then do 'Run anyway'.
Now just wait for GenPatcher to fire up. If you're not sure about GenPatcher, or it looks a
little confusing to you, there's a tutorial linked down below about GenPatcher giving you guys more
information and everything you need to know about it. But anyway, here's GenPatcher. All you've got to
do at this point is just click 'Apply Fixes'. This installs a whole load of fixes to make sure your
game is nice and stable. There we go it's ready! It's asking if you want GenTool installed...
If you know what GenTool is, then you want to click 'Yes' because you know what it does. If you don't
know what it does, then you also want to click 'Yes' because it's really great. So just get it.
And there we go, now your game is ready and you can actually play it without any issues. I do,
however, recommend you check out the other stuff over here because we've got some nice things, like
a new control bar. I personally really like this one, so I'm gonna get it. I also really like the
new hotkey profile from Leikeze. I'm also going to enable borderless full screen, and I'm also going
to get the maps, because, why the hell wouldn't you get the maps. The maps are great, man! Get the maps!
They're cool. Okay, now we're done with GenPatcher. We can close that, and just fire up the game.
So far looking good. Oh, the beloved intro video. Let's skip that for now, though.
And here we go, in full glory, we have C&C Generals running on Windows 11.
Anyway let's just do a quick skirmish game here, just to go in and see if everything's working...
Oh yeah, look at that, looks great, right?
Okay, it looks like everything is working nice and stable, so let's close the game here.
Okay, when you see this window popping up from 'GenTool Updater' just wait,
let it do its thing. And there we go it's all ready! Okay guys, you now have Command and Conquer
Generals Zero Hour installed, working and running on Windows 11! Very happy times indeed! And on top
of that, you also have the other Command & Conquer games, but I mean, that's other
videos, right? That's other videos... Anyway, if you actually do want to play Generals Zero Hour online,
you can do so. And if you want, check out one of these videos, that are some very nice tutorials
on how to play online. (I recommend going for the GameRanger one, guys.) But that's it for me, I hope
I helped you guys out. If I did, give a Like 👍, and I will see you again next time. Goodbye guys, see ya!