Command & Conquer: Generals crashing on Mac? As any Mac user knows, running Command and Conquer Generals (including Zero Hour) tends to crash on startup on a Mac running OS X. Here’s how to fix it.

Launch “Activity Monitor”, and from the “View” menu, choose “All Processes.”

A screenshot of the view menu
Then, search for “gamed”. If it shows up here, it’s running and C&C Generals will crash immediately.

A screenshot of the view processes sheet. With gamed running Generals will crash!

To get rid of the “gamed” process, you need to open Terminal and type the following command:

 

launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

A screenshot of terminal

 

 

Now, when you launch Generals, you will be prompted with several dialog boxes. It’s important that you do NOT select Game Center. You can play multiplayer on the same network WITHOUT Game Center!

On the first dialog, choose “Cancel”.

A screenshot of Game Center dialog

 

 

On the second dialog, choose “Single Player Only”.A screenshot of Game Center dialog

Have fun!

 

No more Command & Conquer: Generals crashing on Mac.