Question regarding 'Command & Conquer Collection' instal

[Worker 0]

Heyo!

 

I couldn't find a forum here regarding Tiberian Sun and TS: Firestorm specifically, but I did note a few Tiberian Sun posts here, so I thought this might be a good place to ask this question. (Sonic, my apologies if there is a TS forum but for some reason I missed it when I looked.)

 

With the C&C Collection, you get a list of four serials for use with the games included (RA2 & Yuri's, TS & TS:Firestorm, and Renegade). Note that five games (well, 3 games and 2 expansions, but I digress) are listed. There doesn't appear to be one listed for Tiberian Sun: Firestorm. That probably means that one isn't required- all of the four that are listed are all on one sheet, and if one was required I think such a mistake would make a stink big enough that even a gaming wallflower like me would've known by now. Anyway, I just wanted to ask so I've got it straight- _does_ Firestorm require a serial for installation, or not?

 

Thanks!

 

-Worker

[Luk3us 63]

No.

[Worker 0]

Luk3us; coolness. Thanks for getting back to me, and providing the answer to my query. Sonic, unless someone wants to further this thread to any degree, I'm finished with it and you're welcome to dispose of it as you see fit.

 

Peace and out!

-Worker

[shawn 0]

just a thought, but did you actually try installing the games before asking the question?

[Worker 0]

Shawn;

 

I believe I'd attempted to or succeeded in installing Tiberian Sun by that point. I submit that before the C&C Collection, I had no experience whatsoever with the Command & Conquer series, of either vintage (like TS and TD) up to the current day (like Generals, which I don't have as yet). I did have some minimal 3rd-person strategy experience with Starcraft and its expansion, as well as Warcraft 2 (apologies if we're not to speak of the Other Big Company in the Forums). Because of my lack of experience with C&C, I had no reason to suspect installation and play of a C&C title and its expansion (in the case of both Tiberian Sun/Firestorm and Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge) was basically the same as SC and WC. (I do have Warcraft 3 and its expansion, but not the appropriate equipment to run it as of yet.) I believe I installed Firestorm shortly afterwards.

 

Secondly, I have commonly had a very anal-retentive view on processor speed requirements- I generally take them very literally, which has in the past regrettably delayed my playing a given PC game. I only recently attempted to install games such as Diablo 2 (which I'd had since December 2002) and local stocks Red Alert 2 and Yuri's, all three of which I've played (albeit with hiccupy video sequences- but good ones!) someway into as well as skirmishing. I regret that Westwood apparently no longer supports RA2/YR and TS/Firestorm's multiplayer platform servers; I hadn't any chance to give it a shot.

 

I do admit that all of this does sound laughable, Shawn, but I really am quite new at this. Appreciate your patience, in any case.

 

-Worker, overall.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Westwood doestn support the servers anymore, but EA keeps the TS and RA2 ones up and running. XWIS also servers for TS and RA2, and Renegade and Generals online are running.

[Worker 0]

Cygnus X-1, good afternoon!

 

Westwood doestn support the servers anymore, but EA keeps the TS and RA2 ones up and running. XWIS also servers for TS and RA2, and Renegade and Generals online are running.

 

<nod> I took a look around the Forum shortly after posting the message you replied to (and thank you kindly for that ), and in a message a fellow posted asking if anyone still played Tiberian Sun, I found a link (I think Chickendippers posted it) for XWIS. I went to the site and Dled it; it was late last night and my box decided to hang while I was logging onto TS (I _think_ I followed the instructions on XWIS' use correctly...) and it was late enough that a second attempt had to wait 'til today. That will probably happen in the next hour or so.

 

Renegade I wasn't sure about (the servers being up, I mean) but Generals; yeah, I'd imagine since it was quite recent EA would be shooting itself in the foot to cut support only a year or two after releasing it. And I'm glad RA2 and TS are still supported by EA; I may have on the few times I've tried caught their servers temporarily down (and I suspect I've made my share of mistakes in trying to do it properly, too ).

 

In any case, all of this is very welcome news. Thank you kindly for filling me in on the server status, Cygnus X-1, and with any luck I'll be on either the RA2 or TS server sometime today.

 

-Worker, overall.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Whats your game name??

 

Mine is Tycho191

GeneralZ's is ZTGENERAL

[Worker 0]

Whats your game name??

 

Mine is Tycho191

GeneralZ's is ZTGENERAL

 

Cygnus;

 

First, I must apologize for my delay in responding. I did receive your privatemail a little over a week ago, but I wasn't in the best of moods that day (long story, no biggie) and I ended up- in this case, by accident- deleting it. I wasn't at all upset by your mail, though, and I'm sorry if I at all gave that impression.

 

Secondly, I've successfully logged onto XWIS's server a handful of times since we last spoke (thanks again to you and Chickendippers) successfully; haven't played a game yet but that's not far down the road. My username? Sure, give me a sec... it's not Worker; somebody had already taken it... my username on RA2/Yuri/TS/Firestorm is 'Twopaw'. Feel free to give me a pop sometime while we're both on if you want, and thanks as always for your interest!

 

Peace and out!

 

-Worker, overall.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

My XWIS exe. utility to set my games to play on XWIS instead of WOL keeps giving me the following error:

 

Your host files could not be updated

 

Have you or anyone else seen that error before?

[Worker 0]

My XWIS exe. utility to set my games to play on XWIS instead of WOL keeps giving me the following error:

 

Your host files could not be updated

 

Have you or anyone else seen that error before?

 

 

Cygnus X-1;

 

Not that I can remember, at least the few times I've been on the XWIS servers. Didn't have a lot of success playing there, I'm afraid; one fellow who was quite patient with me ('R4MPMNMN' was his alias, or something like that) as it took a while for me to load up YR at my end, reported that I was not connecting at my end, while I thought I was... he was able to join games with other players there, so I have little doubt the trouble was at my end. Going to have to look into that.

 

Anyhow, good to hear from you again!

 

-Worker, overall.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

This isnt really not good. I'll have to re-download the XWIS severchanger utility again and see if it works

 

meanwhile, I play on WOL as Tycho191

[Scorpio XIII 0]

just a thought, but did you actually try installing the games before asking the question?

lol