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ORIGINAL: Pkenny

I decided to get back into this game after several years away. I bought and downloaded the game from Matrix. My game is extremely slow, takes several seconds to switch locations on the map or to call up units. I have tried the tricks on this thread to no improvement. I have to say it is extremely frustrating to spend $75 on a game that is basically unplayable without being an IT specialist to get it working

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ORIGINAL: Pkenny

What a waste of money this was.

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ORIGINAL: Pkenny

well, you see, this game is for me, evident by the fact that I played it solid for around 2 years several years ago (on a previous laptop). I played the Japanese all the way to September 46 as I recall. So I have no problem with the patience. I do have a problem with a game that doesn't work, despite repeated efforts at getting it to work.

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ORIGINAL: Anachro

You need to make a shortcut of the exe and then right click it, go to Properties, go to the "Target" box where you should find your location for your exe already typed out. Add the switches in the box after this. For instance, mine looks like this:

"C:\Users\SK\Desktop\Allies Game\Reluctant Admiral\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -archive -deepColor -px1920 -py1080 -skipVideo -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw -w

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ORIGINAL: harkusa

I appreciate everyone trying to help. I'm in the same boat as others here. I'm past 70. No IT experience and much fear of screwing things up. I played this game for several years on win7, enjoyed it enough to want to play a little more. I know I have the patience to play it. What I don't have is any idea what I have to do to make it run. I've read an tried to apply the fixes mentioned in this thread.

Here is what my target line looks like right now: "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"-altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1600 -py900

Needless to say it won't run instead I get an error message that says "The name "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe"-altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1600 -py900 specified in the target box is not valid. Please make sure the path and the file name are correct.

I don't know what's wrong. Anyone see anything obvious?

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ORIGINAL: Pkenny

I decided to get back into this game after several years away. I bought and downloaded the game from Matrix. My game is extremely slow, takes several seconds to switch locations on the map or to call up units. I have tried the tricks on this thread to no improvement. I have to say it is extremely frustrating to spend $75 on a game that is basically unplayable without being an IT specialist to get it working

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ORIGINAL: michael1771

Funny how people seem to be dusting this off nowadays, as I was in the same boat. Tried it last night, and had the same issues....reading the help, I wasn't sure what to add, but the SeaBee program did fantastic. Up and running smoothly....thanks for the help there, and stay safe all!

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ORIGINAL: gmsitton

Thanks

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ORIGINAL: Uncivil Engineer

I just got a new laptop and am over 70. Downloaded the game, the update, and the Beta, and everything worked. The Beta sets up the desktop icon with only the -w extension, and the game ran OK, but somewhat of a delay on clicks during orders phase (of course, my aim could be a little off, too; it won't click if you miss the arrow). Anyway, after adding -dd_sw -deepColor -AltFont -SingleCPUOrders extensions it's working better. Still trying to get the window a little bigger - 1920x1080 doesn't seem to work.

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ORIGINAL: inqistor

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ORIGINAL: Uncivil Engineer

I just got a new laptop and am over 70. Downloaded the game, the update, and the Beta, and everything worked. The Beta sets up the desktop icon with only the -w extension, and the game ran OK, but somewhat of a delay on clicks during orders phase (of course, my aim could be a little off, too; it won't click if you miss the arrow). Anyway, after adding -dd_sw -deepColor -AltFont -SingleCPUOrders extensions it's working better. Still trying to get the window a little bigger - 1920x1080 doesn't seem to work.

Try adding f to resolution (-pxf -pyf). On my new laptop it refused to change to not rounded up values, without f.

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ORIGINAL: Lew Beckerdite

Hey Everybody,

I have been following this discussion with interest. Like many (most) of you I have been very frustrated with the slow performance of WitPAE on Windows 10......and I have given up waiting for someone at Matrix to put out an update for us computer challenged gamers that is going to fix the problems for us!

So today I took the plunge and followed the direction given by some of the more computer literate folks here to correct the issues. Much to my surprise my computer did not catch on fire when I modified WitPAE as suggested. Many thanks to BBfanboy and others!

However,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,there is always an "However"

Somehow I have much more of the map on display now and the font size used when I pull up a base / task force is so small I can hardly see it! Can any kind soul out there take pity on me and send some advice my direction on how to get my game back to the point where I can see the display again?

Thanks in advance!