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Revision as of 02:19, 25 March 2017

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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars cover
Developers
EA Los Angeles
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
SAGE
Release dates
Windows March 28, 2007
macOS (OS X) August 28, 2007
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars guide on StrategyWiki
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Command & Conquer 1995
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 1996
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor 1997
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun 1999
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 2000
Command & Conquer: Renegade 2002
Command & Conquer: Generals 2003
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars 2007
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 2008
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising 2009
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight 2010
OpenRA (unofficial) 2010
Command & Conquer (2013) Cancelled
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection 2020
Renegade X (unofficial) EA

Key points

Small but dedicated community.
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
GameSpy online server browser has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.[1]

General information

C&C:Online - fan-hosted multiplayer server replacement
Official Forums for game series - not longer available.
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Can be redeemed on Origin through the EA Support.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Can be redeemed on Origin through the EA Support.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
Windows
Origin
Origin
Bundled with other games in the franchise up to Tiberian Twilight.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Bundled with Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection.
Windows

Essential improvements

Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection Fixed Launchers (Origin)

An unofficial patch that provides a slight enhancement to the default launchers provided with the Origin release (fixes registry entries and allows command line arguments to function properly).

It can be downloaded from the developer's site.

Mods

Tiberium Essence

The Tiberium Essence offers an alternative gameplay to Tiberian Wars involving many Tiberian Sun units which were missing in vanilla CNC3 and including units which you can't find anywhere else. Story is similar to Tiberian Wars, but is all about what if GDI and Nod didn't abandon technologies they have used in Tiberian Sun era and instead of that further developed them. There are many visual, sound and balance changes, new sounds, new music, new effects (like blood and gore, new infantry deaths, new more realistic missile trails) and many more.

Mideast Crisis 2

Mideast Crisis 2 (MEC2) is a total conversion for 'Command and Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars' set in the near future, letting you use modern technology (such as the Abrams, F-35 and Hind) alongside future technology (such as Drones, Airships and Medibots) in a conflict ranging from Jerusalem to Beirut.

C&C:3: The Forgotten

C&C:3: The Forgotten aims to bring back and tell the story of a fascinating faction. The Forgotten, featured in Tiberian Sun and Firestorm, are an ever-growing group of individuals afflicted with Tiberium-based illnesses. Detested, marginalized, and oppressed by the three superpowers, The Forgotten have begun to rally against GDI, Nod, and the Scrin. Since their story is not featured in C&C 3, the mod aims to tell it in a compelling fashion, through a deep singleplayer campaign, unique faction composition, and engaging gameplay. The Forgotten is also the only mod to feature high-definition Full Motion Videos, just like real C&C games, that advance the story.

Graphics Mods Dangers

Too many graphics mods using too much of the game's memory can cause it to crash by going over the 4GB limit set by the 32-bit executable. Proceed with much caution whenever using hook based graphics mods.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24790/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24790/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Only possible through The Ultimate Collection version.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Most resolutions are supported natively, but some (such as 1280x768) are not. If your preferred resolution is not supported natively, then you'll need to edit options.ini.
Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Censored and uncensored versions exist. The Tiberium Wars Kane Edition is uncensored.
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 Official services have been shut down in 2014. The fan-run C&C:Online is currently the de facto service.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 28910, 29900-29901
UDP 13139, 27900, 65000, 8088-65535 (expansion only)
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game does not start (Origin)

Instructions

Slow/choppy cutscenes

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL
OS X only.
Shader Model support 1.3 [citation needed]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Speex
Multiplayer GameSpy Shut down in 2014.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz (XP)
2.2 GHz (Vista)
System memory (RAM) 512 MB (XP)
1 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti
ATI Radeon 8500
Intel GMA 900
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.4.9
Processor (CPU) 1.83 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI X1600 series
Nvidia GeForce 7300

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24790/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24790) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References