penfold77
Clone Trooper
posted 05-01-14 02:06 PM
EDT (US)
4 / 17
I have tried the AOE pacth with no luck, I have also tried using Virtual PC XP Mode and i get a Direct Draw error that stops the game from launching.
any ideas welcome
Roton
Clone Trooper
posted 05-07-14 10:00 AM
EDT (US)
5 / 17
I solved that problem by making a VirtualBox VM of Windows NT 4 and SWGB runs fine on that OS.
Oddly enough though, the Expanding Fronts beta doesn't seem to want to run on NT4.
Roton
Clone Trooper
posted 05-07-14 12:36 PM
EDT (US)
9 / 17
Well I don't seem to be getting any in-game problems so far. But that error box was only strange in the fact that despite it not finding that 'DecodePointer' entry point in kernel32.dll, the game runs just fine anyway.
Needless to say, AoE & RoR, AoK & Conquerors, & SWGB & Clone Campaigns & this Expanding Fronts beta (VB6 SP6 for EF), all run just fine on Windows NT 4 without any issues in color or function.
Numenorean7
Clone Trooper
posted 05-07-14 05:07 PM
EDT (US)
11 / 17
I usually kill Explorer.exe before launching the game in Windows 7. That always used to work.
Roton
Clone Trooper
posted 05-11-14 07:06 PM
EDT (US)
13 / 17
512 MB of RAM for the virtual machine. And that's no problem for a laptop that has 4 GB of RAM.
Marcel101
Clone Trooper
posted 06-17-14 12:51 PM
EDT (US)
14 / 17
Hello, this is my first time posting on this site and I only do so as my situation is dire in deed.
I have tried every fix you can name, and I still can't get SWGB to run without the color issue. Here is what I have tried
1.) Run in compatibility mode, tried all versions of windows, checked all boxes one at a time and all at once.
2.) Manually killing explorer before launch and after launch
3.) .bat file, pretty much the same as #2
4.) Opening screen resolution and launching game
5.) Directdraw application to change registry
6.) Tried all of the above options at once
the only thing that seems to work is launching a multiplayer match through Gameranger but this limits me to playing only when friends are willing to play.
I have Windows 7 64 bit, I have all about given up after days of trying everything I could and searching all over the net. This is by far one of my favorite games of all time and I can't believe I can't play it anymore. Any help would be very much appreciated.
AlexGamer
Clone Trooper
posted 03-06-15 12:06 PM
EDT (US)
16 / 17
| have the same problem, initial game window with storm trooper pics and play game and options buttons display beautifully, but as soon as I click play game and the opening full screen opens it looks like 98% reddish brown haze almost no white and text unreadable.
Funny thing though, when I took a snapshot with the .exe run as admin although the onscreen image remained the same the snapshot sees it clearly, when run NOT in admin mode it gives exactly the same image as the other poster uploaded, strangely in black and white even though what I see is predominately red.
I too have tried all compatibility modes and options and the fix direct draw fix, and the kill explorer.exe the damn graphics are always the same. Please does anyone have a fix?
I've tried GOG who sold me the game but they're no help at all.
I have win 7 home + AMD graphics and dual core, far better specs than the game is supposed to require.
Also it's all well and good saying it could be run in a box emulating NT4 but for the less techy types that's useless without instruction on how to do so.
Someone please help.
Many thanks in advance.
thanks,
Alex
Craig68x
Clone Trooper
posted 10-04-15 09:07 PM
EDT (US)
17 / 17
I just wanted to report that this fixed that whacky color trip. Thanks for this fix!