I install latest version of dune 2000, I want to play with my son. When I create game on CNCNET5, and me and son connect. After launch game I see time 00:00 on right corner and game finish not started. Any can help with this?

game data invalid gGameTicks =  (and a five or six -digit number) such as 11659, 220336, 61488

thanks for any help. I mean, if I can't finish the old game I was playing, that's not the worst thing, but I just want to make sure it doesn't happen again with new games.

First off, thank you to those who create new levels for us to play, I have played this game since I was twelve, am now thirty six! 

I am looking for a specific level that I cannot find now. It was a modded level, the homebase started in the bottom right corner with enemies on every other section of land. From memory, the colour of the army was silver and green. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Help me find my fav level! 

I have a slight issue with the map display before selecting the location for the next mission. In the original game, I could see the colors of the factions progressing. However, here, even though the audio commentary indicates the progress of each faction, I can't see it until I reach the static image of the menu (selecting the next mission).

This only occurs during the “video” phase of the comments (when colors appear on the map).

I hope my post is clear enough :)

to setup and install .net 3.5 to work around this issue i. Win key plus X and started Terminal "Administration" then enter the command below. The install of .net 3.5

took over a hour but you could see it progressing so i walked away and allowed it to finish once finished Dune2000 GruntMods Edition 1.6.5 worked.

powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName NetFx3 -All

Hope this helps others installing .net 3.5

windows 11

Thank you,

Ix

I have seen this and similar issues come up so I wanted to share my experience. First of I am running Windows 11 24H2. When I had 22H2 I did not seem to have this problem with the game on any version.

Problem: Dune 2000 freezes or crashes

In my experience I have tried the disc version, gruntmods version and dunemaster version. In everyone I can make it to the map screen after selecting a house and then the game freezes and locks up as soon as the voice over begins.

I read on another thread that turning v-sync off in the control panel to your graphics card works. I tried it and it did work but I had to get off the computer because I had work in the morning. Fairly certain I had found the issue I tried other versions of the game and it failed to be a solution. It wouldn't even work for the version it seemed to work on the night before.

I'm hoping someone will have a solution to this issue soon or in the near future. If anyone has a possible solution please let me know.

But instead dune keeps crashing, and the more I try to play it, the more it crashes.

Don't search the problem at customer side, search it in your knowledge and the program.

It's annoying. 20 years ago dune ran stable! What did 20 years improve...?

Now first a moderator will moderate my topic, and he is for sure going to block my post.

I'm sure that my idea to say "make things better" is not going conform with modern mindsets.

Well, if it will go that way, I can also delete the game.

first of all, thanks for this great game

Since today I get the error message when I try to connect to online multiplayer game in Dune2000:

error :closing link: 'name' by prothid.ny.us.gamesurge.net (G-Lined)

It would be so great if there is an easy fix for that.

Best regards

Sebastian

decided to create..... stealth MCV  by duplicating exsisting ones +rename +more hp  and there is big issue when i start skirmish ai refuses to build base. it sells conyard instantly after deployment aaaaand the mcv is stealth one,not original.. how to make it work to start with 2 mcv instead of one without breaking game?

Screenshot attached.  In the screenshot, the files with names like "c w," were saved with names like jon1, jon2 etc, not sure if this a Unicode issue?  The saves actually save and load fine but I can't tell which is which easily!

Saves made in the campaign map between battles seem to work ok.

I've been getting back into Dune 2000 recently, and I'm having a blast, but I've hit a bit of a wall in my strategy. I usually play as the Atreides, and while I can hold my own in the early game, things start to go south once the AI gets more aggressive.

I have gone through these resources/articles https://forum.dune2k.com/topic/2384-dune-2000-tactics/ and they are quite good but I wanted to learn more from community.

Does anyone have any tips for managing resources better or dealing with those pesky Harkonnen raids? Also, I'm curious if there's a way to better utilize the units—sometimes I feel like I'm just throwing them at the enemy without much strategy.

Any advice or even fun tactics you like to use would be awesome! Thanks in advance!

• Some of levels start then show screen with statistics after 1 sec,
• In some of mission's enemy starts with low credits, haven't Refineries so they can't harvest spices and build army, all enemies become easy targets.

Some of levels crashed with error:  Too many initial buildings for EMPEROR [ gGameTicks = 0 ]

I have issues loading a saved game in v 1.6.4. I´m playing War of the landsraad, Sardaukar campaign. I thought it was due to upgrading from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4, but I start any mission and after saving successfully, I can´t load that saved game anymore...

Pop up screen error says "Game data invalid [sGameTicks = 28]

Any help would be much appreciated! Using Windows 10.

Not sure how to add the image, but error has a title of "LoadSave.cpp" with desc Game data invalid [ gGameTicks = 47698 ]

Thanks for your help and the awesome nostalgia!

Please note, D2K+ requires .net framework 3.5, which can be downloaded here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25150


The best way to contact me for support, is by filling out a support ticket at our support page (click here)

You can view a list of all GruntMods Edition updates here

By the way I just finished playing the War of the Landsraad campaign. It was amazing!! How brilliant the creator is! It's fantastic to play D2k in Red Alert terrain :D. And the Harkonnen terrain is it from StarCraft? Amzing job!!! Please accept my salute.

I discovered Gruntmods' Dune 2000 and am really enjoying it. Only, i cannot get multiplayer to work from inside virtual machine (i am traveling for business and obviously cannot install anything on my company PC).

Looking on this and cncnet forum i found that the problem is known, the threads are inactive since several months and no solution has been published.

My host PC is a Win7 x64 machine.

I use latest VMWare player for virtualization.

Virtual machine is Win10 Pro x86.

Network mode (NAT / bridged) doesnt make any difference: CNC client does not connect (but VM can connect to Internet fine). On a forum somebody said that an older cncnet client (which version?) works from inside VM; where can i download older version of the client?

I tried to copy the installation files on the host PC: now cncnet client can connect but launcher complains about incorrect installation. If I move the installation file to another location inside my VM i get the same result and the cncnet client still doesn't work (obviously).

On the website it is mentioned also a portable version of Gruntmods Dune 2000 but i cannot find it.

Can anybody please help? Many thanks in advance.

Long time no talk! 

I have been away from D2k for more than 2 years! Now I am a 16 months' boy's father  . When he takes the mid nap I have time to play a little bit. But I cannot get D2k work on my new laptop with Windows 11. I tried the compatibility and troubleshoot program, but it still does not work. It just gives me black screen anyways. Anyone knows what to do? Thanks!