Description To celebrate Command and Conquer's 12th anniversary, EA released the first installment of the series, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn for free.
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn is the first game of the Tiberian series as well as of the Command & Conquer franchise in its entirety, telling the story of a three year struggle between two warring factions; the UN-backed Global Defense Initiative and the ancient quasi-religious terrorist organization known as the Brotherhood of Nod.
Windows XP Installation Instructions :
Preparing to Install Insert either C&C disc into your CD drive Open My Computer and explore the CD Right click either the install.exe or setup.exe select PROPERTIES Select the COMPATIBILITY tab Check the check box for “Run this program in compatibility mode for” Select WINDOWS 95 from the drop down menu Click APPLY then OK Double click the .exe file you just modified to launch it
Installing the Game When you’re prompted to update DirectX, uncheck the check box so you won’t install it. It is extremely important not to install this DirectX update Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation Note: Installing Westwood Chat is not required, it can be canceled if you desire
Installing the Patch Visit ftp://ftp.westwood.com/pub/ccgold and download CCGOLDXPPATCH.ZIP Unzip the files and copy thipx32.dll into the install directory of the game (default path is c:\WESTWOOD\C&C95). You may overwrite the old version of the .dll file
Preparing to Run the Game Go to the install directory of the game (default path is c:\WESTWOOD\C&C95) Right click C&C95.exe Select PROPERTIES Select the COMPATIBILITY tab Check the check box for “Run this program in compatibility mode for” Select Windows 95 from the drop down menu Check the check box for “Disable visual themes” Check the check box for “Turn off advanced text services for the program” click APPLY then OK
