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As you hinted at you really do need to use the right strategy/play style for these generals. If you mainly play the US or China Tank Generals you will initially find it hard to use these Generals.

With both of these Generals the key is to flood the battlefield with cheap units. You need to get as many units as you can to overcome better defended enemy forces. Make sure your units are as spread-out as possible. This makes them less vulnerable to weapons with splash-damage (area-of-effect weapons) which are the biggest threat to these Generals.

Specifically for each General:

The Chinese Inf needs to use larger numbers of it's units to overpower stronger opponents.

The GLA Demolition General hinges on having a good constant flow of demo units to keep pounding away. More like a steady stream of units than a flood.

In order to set a custom resolution, simply perform the following steps;

• Start the game for the first time
• Change the resolution from the default 800x600
• Exit the game
• Inside your My Documents folder, you will find a Command and Conquer Generals Data folder
• Inside this folder you will find a file called Options.ini, edit this file
• Find the line that says Resolution = and change the value from whatever it is to whatever you want

For example, for a resolution of 1600x900, you will want to set the Resolution = line to Resolution = 1600 900.