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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun cover
Developers
Westwood Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows August 27, 1999
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun guide on StrategyWiki
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun on Wikipedia
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Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight 2010
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Renegade X (unofficial) EA

Key points

It's advised to download the game from a fan mirror because it is specifically made for multiplayer so therefore it is patched with the latest patches underneath.
Released for free in 2010.
Unstable and laggy on Windows 8.[citation needed]

General information

Project Perfect Mod - The most expansive TS mod site.
Command & Conquer Wiki
CNCNZ fansite
CnCDen fansite
CnCWorld fansite
Official subforum

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Official website
DRM details are not known
Version that has been released for free by EA.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Bundled with other games in the franchise up to Tiberian Twilight.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Firestorm Comes bundled with the The First Decade and Ultimate Collection compilations.
Windows

Unofficial downloads

TS Installer

A streamlined fan-created installer that applies fixes for various issues, adds modern networking support and Windows support, and includes The Final Sun map editor.

Pre-configured packages for OS X and Linux are also available for download.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest official patch: Patch 2.03 (only for original retail versions)

TSpatch

HyperPatch is included with this patch
Not compatible with any other unofficial patch

A fan patch that adds modern networking support, fixes for various issues, new renderers, a new game launcher, and the Final Sun Map Editor.

HyperPatch

This is a small fan patch made as an add-on which is meant for optimizing and fixing the game as well as expanding modding capabilities. It is in development and more features are to be added.

LAN patch

This is a small patch that lets you play LAN on Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun in Windows 2000 and above by changing IPX protocol to UDP.

Game data

External general settings (for the TSpatch and TS Installer version of the game).
External general settings (for the TSpatch and TS Installer version of the game).
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\sun.ini[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVE****.sav[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin

Video settings

External video settings (for the TSpatch and TS Installer version of the game).
External video settings (for the TSpatch and TS Installer version of the game).
In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

In sun.ini, change ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open sun.ini.
  3. Go to the [Video] section.
  4. Change ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight strings to resolution of your choice.
Widescreen #2[citation needed]
Another way to change resolution is to add the line beneath the [Video] lines.
AllowHiResModes=yes
This will let you change the resolution in the game menu to any supported by your computer.
"Widescreen in multiplayer works as described above. However, many hosts enforce resolution limits. If you try to join a game with a resolution limit, you will be forced to play the game at a non-widescreen resolution (usually 640x480). If you host a game and are using a widescreen resolution, you will not have the option of enforcing a resolution limit."[3]

Windowed

Add -win to shortcut Target[citation needed]
  1. Right-click to Desktop and choose Properties.
  2. In Settings tab, choose 16-bit color quality and click OK.
  3. Right-click on shortcut and choose Properties.
  4. In the Target area, add -win.

Fullscreen movies

Change StretchMovies to yes[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open sun.ini.
  3. Go to the [Video] section.
  4. Change the StretchMovies string to Yes.

Input settings

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

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Audio settings

External audio settings (for the TSpatch and TS Installer version of the game).
External audio settings (for the TSpatch and TS Installer version of the game).
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Spanish

Network

In-game network settings.
In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Versus
Requires LAN patch to function on modern Windows.
Online play
8 Versus

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 3840, 4005, 4808, 4810, 4995, 7000-7002
UDP 1234-1237, 4000, 5400
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game crashes when clicking on a menu item

When clicking on an option in the main menu, nothing shows up or the game locks up
Download and install TSpatch[citation needed]

Build lag

On some systems, the building process slows down the game to a couple of frames per seconds
Download and install TSpatch[citation needed]

Crash upon loading a campaign map

Tiberian Sun will crash to the desktop upon loading some later campaign maps if there are too many saved games. Delete some saved games and the level will work.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 6
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer Westwood Online

OS X/Linux emulation

Setup Wine[citation needed]
  1. Download the game.
  2. Run the installer with Wine (right-click):
  3. Edit SUN.INI and choose whatever you want (resolution, etc):
  4. Open winecfg.
  5. On the Applications tab, click on "Add Application", and point to the GAME.exe
  6. On the Libraries tab, add "wsock32.dll" for the library replacements.
  7. Add the following tricks (from WineHQ):
  8. Run 'wine regedit', browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine. If there is no key (the stuff with folder icons) called AppDefaults, then create it.
  9. Right-click on that key and create a new key game.exe
  10. Create a new subkey Direct3D. In that key create two string variables:
  • DirectDrawRenderer with value opengl
  • RenderTargetLockMode with value readtex
  • Run the game through Wine and enjoy.[4]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6 compatible

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References