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Windows 8issue?? - 7/10/2013 7:09:32 PM

ird

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I just bought a new computer running Windows 8 and the game now crashes before loading- I get an error message stating Scourge Of War Gettysburg has stopped working. The demo works ok so I can't see that it's a video issue. I've tried running as administrator and in various compatibility modes with no success

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RE: Windows 8issue?? - 7/11/2013 2:10:27 AM

Jim_NSD

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A number of folks have gotten the game to run on Windows 8. Try this thread for some suggestions:

http://www.norbsoftdev.net/forum/technical-help-a-bug-post/54815-windows-8-compatability#54850

-Jim

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RE: Windows 8issue?? - 7/11/2013 3:47:34 AM

Queeg

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Set it to run in Windows 7 compatibility mode.

Find the exe file in the game folder. Right click on it. Go to Properties, then the Compatibility tab.

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RE: Windows 8issue?? - 7/11/2013 7:05:47 PM

ird

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Thanks to you both. Tried your suggestion, Queeg, and I still experienced the same result. None of the ideas in the link from you worked either Jim

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RE: Windows 8issue?? - 7/11/2013 10:26:02 PM

Jim_NSD

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Are there any error messages in the log file (/work/sowgb.log)?

-Jim

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"My God, if we've not got a cool brain and a big one too, to manage this affair, the nation is ruined forever." Unknown private, 14th Vermont Infantry, 2 July 1863

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