Command & Conquer: Generals

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Revision as of 02:05, 6 January 2024 by DoctorDalek (talk | contribs) (Fixes to deprecated PowerShell scripts)
Developers
EA Pacific
Publishers
Electronic ArtsAspyr Media
Release Date
Windows: February 10, 2003
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Strategy
View at PCGamingWiki

Actions

Name Path Arguments Working Directory Primary
Play {InstallDir}\generals.exe True
World Builder {InstallDir}\WorldBuilder.exe False

Install Script

This script requires admin access to function properly

$Key = $AllocatedKey -Replace "-", ""

# Bounds are accessible by $Display.Bounds.Width and $Display.Bounds.Height
$Display = Get-PrimaryDisplay

$X = $Display.Bounds.Width
$Y = $Display.Bounds.Height

$GeneralsPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Generals"

New-Item -Path "$GeneralsPath" -Force
New-Item -Path "$GeneralsPath\ergc" -Force

New-ItemProperty -Path "$GeneralsPath" -Name "InstallPath" -Value "$InstallDirectory\"
New-ItemProperty -Path "$GeneralsPath" -Name "Language" -Value "english"
New-ItemProperty -Path "$GeneralsPath" -Name "MapPackVersion" -Value 65536
New-ItemProperty -Path "$GeneralsPath" -Name "Version" -Value 65544
Set-ItemProperty -Path "$GeneralsPath\ergc" -Name "(Default)" -Value $Key

Copy-Item -Path "$InstallDirectory\ProfileTemplate" -Destination "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data" -Recurse

Write-ReplaceContentInFile -Pattern '^Resolution = (.+)' -Substitution "Resolution = $X $Y" -FilePath "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data\options.ini"

Uninstall Script

This script requires admin access to function properly

$GeneralsPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Generals"

Remove-Item -Path "$GeneralsPath" -recurse -Force
Remove-Item -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Data" -Recurse -force

Name Change Script

if ($NewPlayerAlias.Length -gt 11) {
    $NewPlayerAlias = $NewPlayerAlias.Substring(0, 11);
}

$NetworkPrefsFormattedName = ""

foreach ($character in $NewPlayerAlias.ToCharArray()) {
    $NetworkPrefsFormattedName = $NetworkPrefsFormattedName + $character + "_00"
}

$NetworkPrefsIni = "UserName = $NetworkPrefsFormattedName"

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Command and Conquer Generals Data"

Set-Content "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Command and Conquer Generals Data\Network.ini" $NetworkPrefsIni

$SkirmishIni = @"
Color = -1
FPS = 30
Map = maps\alpine assault\alpine assault.map
PlayerTemplate = -1
SlotList = M=03maps/alpine assault;MC=B7E74B8C;MS=275524;SD=71090984;C=100;S=HPats-Desktop,0,0,TT,-1,-1,-1,-1,1:CE,-1,-1,-1,-1:O:O:O:O:O:O:;
UserName = $NetworkPrefsFormattedName
"@

Set-Content "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Command and Conquer Generals Data\Skirmish.ini" $SkirmishIni

Key Change Script

This script requires admin access to function properly

$GeneralsPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Generals"

$Key = $AllocatedKey -Replace "-", ""

Set-ItemProperty -Path "$GeneralsPath\ergc" -Name "(Default)" -Value $Key