I was hoping to share my knowledge on games [among other things] so I thought maybe I could help you fellow LINUX-GAMERS out on patching COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM-WARS on Linux, since most guides on Modding/Patching are done assuming you are on Windows :-(
Just to inform you due to latest patch made by EA [patch-1.09] for RTS-game [AKA Real-Time-Strategy] called "Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars" modified the game balance in favour of Multiplayer & somehow due to their incompetence, the single-player campaign got affected in a not-so-balanced way & it remains as such even today since they NEVER bothered to fix it.
The units are not worth what you pay them & are underpowered & the AI cheats; Don't believe me ?!?!
Well you'll see how much of a brick wall the Sarajevo mission is [In the NOD-campaign] among others. I'm talking promoted units out of the bat & that too heroic level [i.e; max-veterancy] also the reduced money recieved from harvesting tiberium.
Pre-1.09 it was 2400 credits for a full-tank of Green-TIberium [& 4800 for Blue-Tiberium] & while, post-1.09 it became 1400 [& 2800 for the blue variety]. Also, the Cranes were previously able to build Base-defences, but after the patch can only make Silos, which renders the Cranes useless
So I tried looking for proper well-organized guides to patch it & obviously I found it but the guides were mostly for windows, whereas I couldn't find proper guide or instructions for linux, so I have put together a set of instructions to restore the "ORIGINAL" game balance for my fellow GNU+Linux Gamers out there by piecing together info I found from forumns
RESTORING COMMAND & CONQUER 3: TIBERIUM WARS ORIGINAL GAME BALANCE (On Linux)
STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE
- DOWNLOAD THE MOD-FILE
- LOCATE YOUR GAME-FILES
- EXTRACT THE MOD-FILE
- SETUP GAME IN STEAM
- EXECUTE YOUR MOD
Visit this ModDB-Link to get the Mod-File [Made by a Reddit user by the name "Pontifexludaeacus"]. You are looking for a compressed file, but I'm sure you already knew that ;-)
Now in case of "Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars" the location of the folder you are looking for is:-
.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/24790/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/My Documents/Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Basically it's in a hidden-folder [Denoted by the DOT in ".steam"]. Now you may not see the "My Documents" Folder outright [IN the "Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars" Folder].To solve that just play a Skirmish match & SAVE. Now you'll see it appear & along with it a "Replays" Folder inside it; IGNORE THAT.
NOW, create a new folder in the "My Documents"-Folder & name it "Mods" & THEN, simply extract the Mod-File there. But wait we are not finished yet.
Now in Steam, simply go to the "Properties" Tab of the game & add "-ui" to the "LAUNCH-OPTIONS" bar, basically this LAUNCHES A MENU when you start your game.
Okay so now all you need to do is click "Game Browser" in the new launch menu for the game & select the "Mods" Tab & click the "CNC3Original" Mod-Option & then LAUNCH it
& that's all you have to do. Now enjoy the game in it's original glory without running into any metaphorical walls :-D