In this video I cover a method of installing and playing Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and Kanes Wrath on Windows 11 with working multiplayer.
Step 1. Acquire The Games.
To my knowledge, there are two methods of obtaining Tiberium Wars and Kane’s Wrath in 2022.
First through Steam or as part of the Command and the Conquer Ultimate Collection available on EA Play.
Out of the box, the skirmish and campaigns of both titles will work but online multiplayer will time out as the original servers were turned off over a decade ago.
Step 2. Enable Online Multiplayer.
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For multiplayer, I recommend using C&C Online which only registering an account and using the C&C Online Launcher each time you launch the game.
Within the launcher itself, make sure that under the Hook tab, you have ticked the installed games that you wish to play multiplayer with and then load the game.
Now when you go to Multiplayer / Online, sign in with the details you registered earlier with C&C Online.
In this case, the EA Account Name is the Server Login Name, and the password unsurprisingly, is the password you created, and the Online ID can whatever you want.
Once done, click login, choose your location and now you can play online multiplayer.
Step 3. Install Some Custom Maps.
The game supports using custom maps created by the world builder tool, and one of the best places I have found to download them from is moddb.com.
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For example, to install a custom map, download the map, which is usually in a ZIP or archive format and extract it.
Next in Windows Explorer, enable hidden files, and navigate to the game’s application folder.
For me, this is C:\Users\ryano\AppData\Roaming\Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath
Within this folder create a new Maps folder and inside here is where you want to copy the custom maps into.
Just pay attention to the folder structure, for example, it should read Maps then a subfolder and then the map itself.
Sometimes custom maps do not appear in game, so you will have to add a single registry key that references the custom map location.
So, open Regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\Electronic Arts\Command and Conquer 3 Kanes Wrath.
Within this directory, create a new Dword (32bit) value, name it UseLocalUserMaps and set the value to 0.
Restart Origin or Steam if open and the maps should now appear in game.
Just something to note, if you want to play these maps online, make sure that every player has the maps installed, otherwise the games will not load.
Step 4. A Recommended Graphical Mod for Kane’s Wrath.
Since both Tiberium Wars and Kane’s Wrath was released back in the late 2000s, graphically the games can look a little dated.
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However, there is a good mod that you can install for Kane’s Wrath that will upscale the textures to 4K as well as add some additional shader effects to the game.
All you need to do is download the archive, extract it, and then run the installer, I typically tick all options.
The developer of the mod does recommend a GPU with 4GB of VRAM to run it successfully.
Either way, once installed, launch the game as normal, and you will now notice that on the main menu, it will say Kane’s Wrath 4K Addon.
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