What is GeneralPandaGenerator?
GPG is a free keygen I made, that generates and injects random 20 alphanumeric-long keys for Generals, Zero Hour, Tiberium Wars, and Kane's Wrath. It was made for the community, to solve the "same key already in use" error forever.
Following the release of the C&C Franchise on Steam, an unusual event was noticed on C&C Kane's Wrath. Every time the game ran, it would reset its serial key in the registry to "%CDKEY%". That way GPG was rendered useless and the "same key already in use" error was established again.
The updated GPG2.0 now injects a key to Kane's Wrath registry and makes it read-only, thus the game cannot change it back to "%CDKEY%". The new GPG version was tested and games were run successfully. GPG2.0 scored a perfect 0/70 on VirusTotal, ensuring it's completely safe for everyone to use.
C&C Games Supported
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Generals90%
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Zero Hour90%
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Tiberium Wars90%
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Kane's Wrath90%
As stated in the official repository:
The sole, humble purpose of the GeneralPandaGenerator versions and registry scripts is to make multiplayer accessible to original, paid versions of the games. I do NOT use, support, or encourage cracking or pirating games in any way!
As its creator, I wholeheartedly share it with you, hoping that it will assist the less tech-savvy friends to have fun and keep the game alive, providing the same help I sought when I didn't know what to do. I hope that this tiny program is an honest tribute to the series and the community.
A Special "Thank you!" to:
- u/r3dh4ck3r for helping me troubleshoot Steam's Kane's Wrath.
- CaptainRicky3 and Infinox for beta testing GPG2.0.
April 1, 2024 Release notes:
(GPG= GeneralPandaGenerator)
The updated version of GPG for Steam now treats C&C Kane's Wrath differently than the other three games, preserving backward compatibility for all C&C installations!
Once you select C&C KW for a key injection, GPG takes the following actions:
- Resets the registry key permissions so it can be edited in case it's locked, or GPG2.0 was previously used,
- Injects a unique and awesome, randomly generated serial key,
- Changes the key's permissions to read-only, thus Kane's Wrath cannot change it every time you run the game!
For more information, please visit the GPG Repository on Gituhb.
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Short Origin Story
A Twitter user once sent me a message saying, "You're a legend for automating the registry key change for C&C." He followed up by explaining how he was getting an error while trying to play C&C with his daughter.
And that right there is the reason why GPG exists. At first, I wrote some registry scripts that would do what GPG does. They allowed me to play my favorite games with my dad and brother. Later, I uploaded them on GitHub and realized that no matter how many scripts I wrote, there would always be more people who needed them, causing users to run into the same errors repeatedly. That's why I created GPG. With a random 20-character alphanumeric key generator, no one will ever encounter another player with the same key.