OS X Fix for C&C 3:Tiberium wars flickering in fullscreen (works for all cider games)

meme1255 · Dec 23, 2012

Code:

 sudo sed -e 's/"fbobackbuffer" = "Y"/"fbobackbuffer" = "N"/' ~/Library/Preferences/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3\ Preferences/config

Insert this code into terminal and enter password. Now launch C&C 3 and your game should be OK!

If you have different cider game, just replace /Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3\ Preferences with the game's you wish to fix preferences

Please report you experience! If you find a bug, please write me PM or quete this post.

Stanvern · Apr 3, 2013

Ladies and gents,

I've got OSX 10.7.5 running and I tried to play C&C Tiberium wars and have also the same problem, flickering in fullscreen. I tried the solution given, that is to insert the code into terminal and relaunch C&C 3, but that did not do the trick. I've copied the code completely, even tried restart, but it did not help. Is there anybody who might know a solution?

Thanks!

meme1255 · Apr 12, 2013

Is [d3dgl] part of your config file looking as this one ? :

[d3dgl]
"anisotropictexturefiltering" = "Y"
"vertexshaders" = "Y"
"pixelshaders" = "Y"
"pixelshaderslevel" = "2.0"
"clipspacefix" = "Y"
"fragmentoffset" = "Auto"
"fixedprogram" = "Y"
"rectangletextures" = "Auto"
"dynamicvbo" = "Y"
"indexvbo" = "Y"
"fbo" = "Y"
"glsl" = "M"
"vertexshaderslevel" = "2.0"
"floattextures" = "Y"
"occlusionqueries" = "Y"
"fbobackbuffer" = "N"

Eduh · May 17, 2013

Hi, I entered terminal, put the code, and this happened:

Edu:~ ecollin$ sudo sed -e 's/"fbobackbuffer" = "Y"/"fbobackbuffer" = "N"/' ~/Library/Preferences/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3\ Preferences/config

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

I put my password, and then this appeared:

...
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
WINE REGISTRY Version 2

[drive c]
"path" = "@BUNDLEPATHRESOURCE@/transgaming/c_drive"
"type" = "hd"
"label" = "Dos Drive"
"filesystem" = "win95"

[drive d]
"path" = "${HOME}"
"type" = "hd"
"label" = "My Home"
"filesystem" = "win95"

[drive e]
"path" = "/tmp"
"type" = "hd"
"label" = "tmp"
"filesystem" = "win95"

[drive f]
"path" = "@BUNDLEPATHRESOURCE@/transgaming/f_drive"
"type" = "cdrom"
"label" = "cdrom"
"filesystem" = "win95"

[drive p]
"path" = "@USERPREFS@/p_drive"
"type" = "hd"
"label" = "Dos Drive 2"
"filesystem" = "win95"

[wine]
"windows" = "c:\\windows"
"system" = "c:\\windows\\system32\\"
"temp" = "e:\\"
"path" = "c:\\windows\\;c:\\windows\\system32\\"
"graphicsdriver" = "sdldrv"
"shelllinker" = "/usr/lib/transgaming_cedega/winex/bin/wineshelllink"
"mozillacontrol" = "Y"

[dlldefaults]
"defaultloadorder" = "native, builtin, so"

[dlloverrides]
"commdlg" = "builtin, native"
"comdlg32" = "builtin, native"
"oleaut32" = "builtin, native"
"ver" = "builtin, native"
"version" = "builtin, native"
"shell" = "builtin, native"
"shell32" = "builtin, native"
"shfolder" = "builtin, native"
"shlwapi" = "builtin, native"
"lzexpand" = "builtin, native"
"lz32" = "builtin, native"
"comctl32" = "builtin, native"
"commctrl" = "builtin, native"
"advapi32" = "builtin, native"
"crtdll" = "builtin, native"
"mpr" = "builtin, native"
"winspool.drv" = "builtin, native"
"d3d8" = "builtin, native"
"d3d9" = "builtin, native"
"d3drm" = "builtin, native"
"ddraw" = "builtin, native"
"dinput" = "builtin, native"
"dinput8" = "builtin, native"
"dmusic" = "builtin, native"
"dsound" = "builtin, native"
"opengl32" = "builtin, native"
"msvcrt" = "native, builtin"
"rpcrt4" = "native, builtin"
"msvideo" = "builtin, native"
"msvfw32" = "builtin, native"
"quartz" = "builtin, native"
"mcicda.drv" = "builtin, native"
"mciseq.drv" = "builtin, native"
"mciwave.drv" = "builtin, native"
"mciavi.drv" = "native, builtin"
"mcianim.drv" = "native, builtin"
"msacm.drv" = "builtin, native"
"msacm" = "builtin, native"
"msacm32" = "builtin, native"
"midimap.drv" = "builtin, native"
"psapi" = "builtin, native"
"wininet" = "builtin, native"
"dbghelp" = "native, builtin"

[version]
"windows" = "winxp"
"cedega" = "tovik-22"

[pthreads]
"pthreadsvalue" = "default"

[transgaming]
"renice_wineserver" = "N"
"alsa_radio" = "Y"
"oss_radio" = "N"
"scheduler_value" = "No"

[sdldrv]
"defaultscreenwidth" = "800"
"defaultscreenheight" = "600"
"screendepth" = "32"
"enable3d" = "1"
"fullscreen" = "1"
"showfps" = "0"
"displaysettingsdialog" = "0"

[x11drv]
"allocsystemcolors" = "100"
"copydefaultcolors" = "0"
"privatecolormap" = "N"
"perfectgraphics" = "N"
"managed" = "Y"
"desktop" = "No"
"usedga" = "N"
"usexshm" = "Y"
"dxgrab" = "Y"
"usexvidmode" = "Y"
"usexrandr" = "N"
"desktopdoublebuffered" = "Y"
"textcp" = "0"
"showfps" = "Y"
"showmem" = "N"
"videoram" = "256"
"agpvertexram" = "128"
"nv_var" = "Y"
"arb_vbo" = "Y"

[d3dgl]
"anisotropictexturefiltering" = "Y"
"vertexshaders" = "Y"
"pixelshaders" = "Y"
"pixelshaderslevel" = "2.0"
"clipspacefix" = "Y"
"fragmentoffset" = "Auto"
"fixedprogram" = "Y"
"rectangletextures" = "Auto"
"dynamicvbo" = "Y"
"indexvbo" = "Y"
"fbo" = "Y"
"glsl" = "M"
"vertexshaderslevel" = "2.0"
"floattextures" = "Y"
"occlusionqueries" = "Y"
"fbobackbuffer" = "N"

[opengl]
"fixedglextensionbuffer" = "N"

[dinput]
"defaultdeadzone" = "1000"
"absolutemousesensitivity" = "1"

[fonts]
"resolution" = "96"
"default" = "-adobe-times-"
"freetype" = "N"

[fontpatterns]
"pattern0" = "-adobe-times*"
"pattern1" = "-adobe-helvetica*"
"pattern2" = "-adobe-courier*"
"pattern3" = "-misc-fixed*"

[fontalias]
"ms serif" = "Times New Roman"
"helv" = "Arial"
"ms sans serif" = "Arial"
"system" = "Arial"
"tahoma" = "Arial"

[serialports]
"com1" = "/dev/ttyS0"
"com2" = "/dev/ttyS1"
"com3" = "/dev/ttyS2"
"com4" = "/dev/modem"

[parallelports]
"lpt1" = "/dev/lp0"

[spooler]
"lpt1:" = "|lpr"
"lpt2:" = "|gs -sDEVICE=bj200 -sOutputFile=/tmp/fred -q -"
"lpt3:" = "/dev/lp3"

[spy]
"exclude" = "WM_SIZE;WM_TIMER;"

[registry]
"loadglobalregistryfiles" = "n"
"loadhomeregistryfiles" = "Y"
"loadwindowsregistryfiles" = "n"
"writetohomeregistryfiles" = "Y"
"saveonlyupdatedkeys" = "Y"

[tweak.layout]
"winelook" = "Win98"

[console]
"drivers" = "xterm"
"xtermprog" = "konsole"

[clipboard]
"clearallselections" = "0"
"persistentselection" = "1"

[wineserver]
"shmwineserver" = "Y"
"scheduler" = "N"

[winmm]
"drivers" = "winemacca.drv"
"wavemapper" = "msacm.drv"
"midimapper" = "midimap.drv"

[wineoss]
"usemmap" = "Y"
"fullduplex" = "Y"
"dsp0" = "/dev/dsp"
"mixer0" = "/dev/mixer"

[winealsa]
"usemmap" = "Y"
"pcm0" = "hw"
"ctl0" = "hw"
"fullduplex" = "N"

[appdefaults\\ereg.exe\\transgaming]
"disable" = "Y"

Edu:~ ecollin$

(Aren't there spoiler brackets in this forum?)
I Am Scared. Has anything serious happened to me? Thanks

cluthz · May 17, 2013

Eduh said:
Hi, I entered terminal, put the code, and this happened:

I put my password, and then this appeared:

(Aren't there spoiler brackets in this forum?)
I Am Scared. Has anything serious happened to me? Thanks

No, you just changed one line in the config

if you wanna revert:

Code:

sudo sed -e 's/"fbobackbuffer" = "N"/"fbobackbuffer" = "Y"/' ~/Library/Preferences/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3\ Preferences/config

Eduh · May 18, 2013

Ok, thank you so much.

That being said, it didn't work.

IT keeps stuck indefinitely like this:

cluthz · May 18, 2013

To get error log right click on the game and "show package contents", then navigate to contents/Mac OS/ and run the cider.app, this should open a terminal window and list the log.

Eduh · May 26, 2013

There is only one thing in that folder, an EA Game Register executable archive.
There is no error log because there s technically no error; the screen just keeps unchanged like in the screenshot.

jbram63 · Jun 3, 2013

meme1255,

You probably already mentioned this somewhere...
How do you access the terminal to enter the code?
I'm no computer genius, just love playing C&C3 and hate that it flickers like crazy with the new OS.

Thanks for any help!!

meme1255 · Jun 10, 2013

jbram63 said:
meme1255,

You probably already mentioned this somewhere...
How do you access the terminal to enter the code?
I'm no computer genius, just love playing C&C3 and hate that it flickers like crazy with the new OS.

Thanks for any help!!

a) Finder: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
b) Spotlight: Terminal

Jimmyboyusa · Jul 2, 2013

Doesn't work for me.

Tried this with no luck! anything else i can do??

MBP 10.7.5

Prosik · Nov 8, 2013

Mavericks not working for me

Tried the fix on Mavericks not working here.

It worked just fine in ML.

Prosik

mustafaty16 · Nov 9, 2013

maverics issue cc3 doesnt working cider message

I have tried suggestions in this page, tahnk you all,

but it did not work on Maverics and cider regs are shown below

"""Last login: Sat Nov 9 16:10:29 on ttys000
mac-MacBook-Air:~ mac$ /Applications/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3.app/Contents/Resources/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3.app/Contents/MacOS/cider ; exit;
shm_path: /Users_mac_Library_Preferences
Could not stat /Applications/Command and Conquer 3.app/Contents/Resources/Command and Conquer 3.app/Contents/Resources/transgaming/f_drive (No such file or directory), ignoring drive F:
Invalid path 'c:\windows' for windows directory: does not exist
Perhaps you have not properly edited or created your Wine configuration file.
This is (supposed to be) '/Users/mac/Library/Preferences/Command and Conquer 3 Preferences/config'
logout"""""

Could you please help me how can i start my game, I have spent lots of time downloading please help

ranicx · Nov 18, 2013

fixed on mavericks

Prosik said:
Tried the fix on Mavericks not working here.

It worked just fine in ML.

Prosik

had the same problem on Mavericks too until about 10mins ago.

I changed the "Y" to a "N" but it didnt work for me at first either, unless it was in windowed mode (cmd+enter), which is a pain.
But i noticed that text edit had put in the auto "" marks which are in italics. If you copy "N" from another line, paste it and save, then it seems to work fine for me. So far. Hope this helps

mabouchama · Jan 6, 2014

How it worked for me...

Hello,

The flickering stopped for me when I switched to windowed mode, using this command cmd+enter...so maybe it will work for others if they just press the cmd and enter buttons at the same time...but you will be in windowed mode...and yes I tried the terminal thing, but that did not work. I am pretty sure something is off about mavericks...anyways.

jurzyna · Jan 10, 2014

Solution that works on Mavericks

1. Navigate to the Applications folder 2. Right click on the Command and Conquer 3 app and hit 'Show Package Contents' 3. Navigate to Contents -> Resources 4. Again, right click on the Command and Conquer 3 app and hit 'Show Package Contents' 5. Navigate to Contents -> Resources -> Preferences 6. Right click on the file named 'config' and open it with TextEdit 7. Find the line "fbobackbuffer" = "Y" and change the "Y" to a "N" 8. Save the file. 9. from the Finder, keystroke Shift-Command-G 10. Enter ~/Library/ (This opens user library). 11. also do the same to the ALL the 'config' file in ~/Library/Preferences/Command and Conquer 3 Preferences

If it worked for me it will work for you

Dicholscrn · Jan 10, 2014

Anyone know where this game is available online? I was in a nostalgic mood the other day and tried to find ANY C&C game available for download to no prevail. Maybe I just need to order a hard copy as I believe I saw that. Thanks

Eddman · Jan 16, 2014

Works!

jurzyna said:
1. Navigate to the Applications folder 2. Right click on the Command and Conquer 3 app and hit 'Show Package Contents' 3. Navigate to Contents -> Resources 4. Again, right click on the Command and Conquer 3 app and hit 'Show Package Contents' 5. Navigate to Contents -> Resources -> Preferences 6. Right click on the file named 'config' and open it with TextEdit 7. Find the line "fbobackbuffer" = "Y" and change the "Y" to a "N" 8. Save the file. 9. from the Finder, keystroke Shift-Command-G 10. Enter ~/Library/ (This opens user library). 11. also do the same to the ALL the 'config' file in ~/Library/Preferences/Command and Conquer 3 Preferences

If it worked for me it will work for you

That one works on iMac Mid 2011 27". You have to modify both config files.

jolamaster · Apr 10, 2014

Eddman said:
That one works on iMac Mid 2011 27". You have to modify both config files.

Im running mavericks , i did this , but i just can't find the config file in the library! it seems C&C don't created any file in the library preferences

Im i at the right place??

CandyTree · Apr 21, 2014

I know it's kind of an old thread, but I'm really freaking out right now. I launched C&C and got the flickering screen. I thought it was only a problem in the game so I didn't mind it. After quitting, the screen's still blinking/flickering and there seems to be a faint background of the game in the background of the screen even if the game is not active. Decided to removed the game and its files from applications folder but that didn't seem to solve the problem.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

meme1255 · May 3, 2014

CandyTree: Have you tried restarting Mac? Or at least relog?

runorion · Aug 18, 2014

still flickering

Hello
i tried the terminal option and got this answer from the terminal
:

Last login: Tue Aug 19 00:51:00 on ttys001
/Applications/Jeux/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3.app/Contents/Resources/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3.app/Contents/MacOS/cider ; exit;
MacBook-Pro-de-Renaud:~ renaud$ /Applications/Jeux/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3.app/Contents/Resources/Command\ and\ Conquer\ 3.app/Contents/MacOS/cider ; exit;
shm_path: /Users_renaud_Library_
err:font:ReadFontDir Can't open directory "/Applications/Jeux/Command and Conquer 3.app/Contents/Resources/Command and Conq"...
Aug 19 00:51:53 MacBook-Pro-de-Renaud.local cider[3905] <Warning>: CGDisplayBaseAddress is obsolete and returning NULL for display 0x4272900
Aug 19 00:52:24 MacBook-Pro-de-Renaud.local cider[3905] <Warning>: CGDisplayBaseAddress is obsolete and returning NULL for display 0x4272900
MACCA_IOInputProc: buffer underrun
logout

[Opération terminée]

I don't understand what that means ot how to fix that.
Any idea?
thank you
renaud

I changed the two places for the fbobackbuffer..and it works now.
thank you

fotmasta · Mar 24, 2017

Changing both config files on 10.11.6 and 10.12.x works.

THANK YOU!!!!

Harrier82 · Feb 3, 2019

fotmasta said:
Changing both config files on 10.11.6 and 10.12.x works.

THANK YOU!!!!

I'm looking to adjust the camera height on the C&C 3 OSX version. I've seen comments on adjusting the camera height in the game data.ini file but I don't seem to have this on the Mac version only Config. I have the game running on a 27 inch iMac (It loads much much faster than years ago!)and have changed the resolution in the files but the game is still too zoomed in, any way of changing ?

fotmasta · Feb 3, 2019

On one of my computers I have the file and on one I don't. The difference is that one had the app from the app store and the other was installed from disc- in fact when it launches, it asks for the disc.

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