Red alert 3, origin, wont start

Jericho.u.k · 18 Apr 2013 at 19:09

Hi all
I have the command and conquer pack in origin.
All games used to work fine and all still do apart from red alert 3
When i try to load it i get the splash logo for around 10 seconds then it just disapears and nothing.

All i have done recently is install a new ssd for my os and use a different drive for my games.
I did fresh installs of everything and correctly changed the origin install folder before i downloaded any games

I checked google for a solution but could not find anything with this excact issue.

Can anyone help?

metalmackey · 18 Apr 2013 at 22:22

He tried updating DirectX and even trying it on Steam and still won't load

Jericho.u.k · 19 Apr 2013 at 18:00

I have tried everything i can think of and every possible solution i can find on the net.

Still to no avail it loads the splash screen for 10 secs then it disapears and nothing.

Jericho.u.k · 19 Apr 2013 at 20:41

Ok sat on ea live chat for a hour and still nothing.

Pleeeeease someone help

QlimaxUK · 19 Apr 2013 at 20:42

the problem is origin

Jericho.u.k · 20 Apr 2013 at 14:14

QlimaxUK said:
the problem is origin

Erm no
From searching it seems this problem has been in retail and steam versions too.

Thanks for the comment though even if it was just a pointless dig at origin LMAO

Cold Fusion · 20 Apr 2013 at 14:21

Did you use up your allocation of DRM Activations, sounds similar to a problem another forum member had recently when this happened.

Having said that if it gets to the splash screen it does sound like an engine issue

Jericho.u.k · 20 Apr 2013 at 15:52

Nah bud only was activated twice.
Got a bit further noticed a little box telling me that it could not find certain dll files which nicely hidden behind the splash screen. Me and my brother(the pc nerd) tried everything even putting the dlls into windows and the game did not say it couldnt find them anymore.

Still didnt work though just the splash screen thing.

As i said before it worked perfectly just a few weeks ago so this has me well and truely baffled to the point of just giving up

metalmackey · 20 Apr 2013 at 16:17

The only difference is that Origin is on D: now as before my bruv had it on his C: drive

His other Origin games like BF3 work fine.