Command & Conquer Gold Tips

If you installed the DOS version of Command & Conquer Gold using the C4P recipe provided,
you have in fact installed a self-contained DOS environment for any number of DOS games.

The environment so presented is comprised of four distinctly separate layers -- for more information
about how all this works, read the tips&tricks on the C4 page for DosShell itself.....here, we will just
concern ourselves with the 4th stage -- configuring DosShell to start  Command & Conquer Gold.

1. Using your Crossover Games menu/shortcut, start DosShell -- the DosShell GUI will appear in a
    a emulated desktop window sized 800x600 (see notes below)

2. During the C4P installation process, the game files themselves have been copied into one
    of the following locations ;


Mac:
         
~/Library/Application Support/CrossOver Games/Bottles/Command & Conquer Gold/drive_c/Program Files/Loonies/DOSShell/CnC-gold/


linux;

~/.cxgames/Command & Conquer Gold/drive_c/Program Files/Loonies/DOSShell/CnC-gold


3. In the DosShell GUI, click on the little green '+' symbol  (or use Edit -> Add new entry)

4. In the window that pops up, enter the name of the game, and fill in a group name (genre) for this game.

5. Click on the '....' button next to the 'Path to Executable' stringbox. and use the file browser
    that pops up to navigate to the game executable.

    Note: The game is provided in three languages -- select the file as so associated with
    your locale/preference and then click Open;
                                                  
    DE= CnC-gold/cnc_de.com      EN= CnC-gold/cnc_en.com      FR= CnC-gold/cnc_fr.com 

6. If there are any other parameters to pass to the -DOS .com file, specify them in the string box
    provided - usually it's safe to leave this blank.

7. The version of CnC Gold installed does -not- come with an icon - google is your friend here,
     so if you find a suitable .ico file for this game you can specify it here and it will show in the
     DosShell GUI.

8. The Description field is optional -- click on OK when done.

9. Now double-click on the game icon in DosShell and the game should launch.


Note: Due to differences in the way Mac and linux handle 4:3 aspect fullscreen modes, the
emulated desktop mode of wine configurator is turned on to make sure all machines/platforms
end up with a working result. You cam disable Emulated Virtual Desktop in the Wine Configurator
if you wish to run fullscreen mode (which the Mac handles a lot better than linux when faced with
a non 4:3 aspect primary display).