Recorded in the game, nothing pre-rendered

Zero Hour Reforged Download
Free · 64-bit · Direct3D 11

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour for 64-bit Windows

Zero Hour compiled from the source code EA released and drawn with Direct3D 11. Free, and it updates itself.

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v2.0.0 November 9, 2026 97 MB Windows x64

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Latest release

November 9, 2026

v4.0.0

  • Online play of our own: sign in with your zerohour.gg account, play Quick Match, climb the ladder and see your rating change after every ranked game
  • America rebuilt: every unit and building has a new model with four levels of detail, and upgrades now show on the units they change
  • Three optional add-ons on the launcher's Add-ons page: rebuilt units for every side (1.3 GB), detailed maps and civilian models (7.5 GB, needs the units) and HD Textures (1.3 GB)
  • Computer players with a personality now answer allies, and the Nuke General's Battlemaster has its own paint back
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What Reforged changes

Everything measured
Textures 4x Zero Hour shipped the base game's 481 textures downscaled. Reforged draws them at four times that resolution.
Longest pause 243ms In a big match. EA's code froze for 2,976 ms.
Hard AI 4.9min To its first superweapon. EA's took 12.5. It builds a full base and sees only what it has scouted.
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Thirteen armies, every number

Every army's buildings, units, weapons, armor, upgrades and general's powers, read out of the game's own data files.

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