The First Decade: Unofficial Patch 1.03 Released!

[cncmod]

This patch is a MUST-HAVE for any C&C: The First Decade Owner!

You can get it here

NathanCNC, with the help of other community members, has created an EPIC Patch 1.03 for The First Decade. This patch fixes many different bugs and adds a number of fixes to the game. Online play has been added to all of the classic titles such as Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert! You also no longer need the disc in the drive to play any of the games!

This patch includes EA’s official Patch 1.01 and Patch 1.02. If you already have these installed, the patch will recognize it, and only add the necessary Patch 1.03 changes.

This patch is unofficial, we cannot help with any specific Patch 1.03 issues, you are download this at your own risk. However, the patch has been used by hundreds of C&C community members, each reporting no errors with any Patch 1.03 specific changes. Thus, we felt the need to promote this at CommandandConquer.com!

Stand-out fixes include updating Red Alert to version 3.03, cleaned up video files to free up nearly a gig of hard drive space, and the integration of extra official Westwood maps from downloadable map packs. Online/LAN has also been fixed for Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, and Yuri’s Revenge. Manuals for all the games have been added with the patch, as well as registry entry fixes. This is just the beginning of all the additions the patch brings to the table!

To check out the full change list and download the patch, check out NathanCNC’s Unofficial Patch 1.03 website! You can also donate to him to help his efforts with the patch. His website contains full details on how to install the patch as well:
http://cnp.cncnz.com/tfd/

This patch is a MUST-HAVE for any C&C: The First Decade Owner!

http://cnp.cncnz.com/

[Nyerguds]

Looks like there's some problems with the links here... the only correct one is the http://cnp.cncnz.com one.

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Allright, you fixed em

[NeoGrant]

Remember if you are planning to play online XWIS with TFD 1:03, you need to either move the lan patch out of your game directory/remove the lan patch. The file is: wsock32.dll Common problems from having this file in your directory while on XWIS are; reconnection errors, games not starting, disconnections etc. You can also tell if someone has used the patch as game stats show at 0 FPS.

[oamit]

any install? i only install if oficial cause can defification my original game

[Loader]

oamit you can safely install the patch with no worries. it's not an official patch but the people who created it were very careful about the fixes they made, the patch does only good to the game. so go ahead and install, it's allright :-)

[TestamentXX]

So after I downloaded the unofficial patch I cant get online. Before the patch when I started an online game I couldnt do anythiong when the match started. Any solutions to these problems?

[Nyerguds]

Probably, but it might help to tell us which game you're talking about. TFD is about half a dozen different games, you know.

Also, there's a Common Problems thread you might want to check out.

[david200110]

In the bloghttp://www.commandandconquer.com/en/blogs/blog/179 Posted by EA_CIRE, 19 Apr 2012
it says "If you’re using The First Decade to install Generals and or Zero:Hour, you need to install the The First Decade patch instead of the mentioned updates above – The First Decade installation files are already updated!"
Unfortunately, the link shown does not work. you just get "That blog entry does not exist"
http://www.commandandconquer.com/en/.../TFD-102en.exe

So where can I get the TFD patch from?
Is this "unofficial" patch OK for patching TFD Generals and zero Hour?

Thanks

David

[PlokiteWolf]

Yep, this thingy solves a lot of problems with Generals, Zero Hour and TFD itself (even gets rid of 1.5 GB of useless data, as I hear!).

So use 1.03 instead of version 1.02. If you have 1.00, 1.01 or 1.02, you should be able to upgrade it with no problems.

[Frankaz]

All 1.03 adds to Generals/Zero Hour is no cd, which is very useful.