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Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/16/2020 2:39:21 PM   
morejeffs

 

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Status: offline 		So Windows did an automatic update yesterday.. Tried playing, at first seemed normal but when it got to the Gary Grigsby - War in the Pacific Screen instead of quickly jumping to the menu it was stuck for a couple of minutes.. Finally when I got to the menu page, the point and click was not working (for example could not move the setting to PBEM). Has this happened to anybody else? Any ideas on how to fix. Thanks from a very frustrated player
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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/16/2020 2:50:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		One more reason to hate Windows 10. Every major update re-sets my graphical display parameters (specifically the size of the custom window), and I have to set them manually all over again. It's such a frequent exercise (2-3 times a year), that I even have a small Notepad file sitting on the desktop, which says how to restore things. Can't say for sure that's your problem here, but perhaps Seabee could get things working properly again.

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/16/2020 3:03:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you Kull!

But sadly running the seabee program did not help. So..Still searching for answers

< Message edited by morejeffs -- 12/16/2020 3:15:54 PM >

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/16/2020 3:28:19 PM   
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Thank you Kull!

But sadly running the seabee program did not help. So..Still searching for answers


Are you running in a window, or full screen? There are definitely Windows 10 issues that can be solved by going to windows-mode. If nothing else (assuming you were using full screen), it's a quick test to see if it makes the problem go away.

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/16/2020 6:07:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		addind "-SingleCpuOrders -cpu3" to a command line params greatly improved the responsiveness for my WITPAE on Win 10 back in the day. Try it

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/16/2020 7:11:34 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Kull


quote:

ORIGINAL: morejeffs

Thank you Kull!

But sadly running the seabee program did not help. So..Still searching for answers


Are you running in a window, or full screen? There are definitely Windows 10 issues that can be solved by going to windows-mode. If nothing else (assuming you were using full screen), it's a quick test to see if it makes the problem go away.

Also try setting the game to emulation of Win 7 or Vista. I think that is in the Control Panel where the programs are listed.

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 3:47:32 AM   
morejeffs

 

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Status: offline 		Thank you all for your suggestions.

So far I have tried
windows-mode
seabee
-SingleCpuOrders -cpu3

without success... Will look to do emulation of Win 7 or Vista (if I can figure it out, My PC controls are in Japanese and so I get confused with technical jargon)

I have Kerpersky security cloud... If I get rid of it, is there a chance the problem gets resolved?


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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 7:04:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		I didn't get with the last update but then I always play in a window one size less than the native size of the monitor. I run with this and no don't use any compatibility settings.

C:\Matrix Games\WitP AE\Beta2\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -px1600 -py900 -cpu4 -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw -altFont -multiaudio -deepColor -skipVideo -archive -w

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 9:40:53 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: morejeffs

Thank you all for your suggestions.

So far I have tried
windows-mode
seabee
-SingleCpuOrders -cpu3

without success... Will look to do emulation of Win 7 or Vista (if I can figure it out, My PC controls are in Japanese and so I get confused with technical jargon)

I have Kerpersky security cloud... If I get rid of it, is there a chance the problem gets resolved?


Just search online for how to set Win 7 or Vista emulation for a program and there is bound to be illustrated instructions.

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 12:44:40 PM   
morejeffs

 

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Status: offline 		Just a further update..

Yes, I did search and found how to do in 7 or Vista emulation and...sadly it did not help

Actually this line from Chris21wen -px1600 -py900 -cpu4 -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw -altFont -multiaudio -deepColor -skipVideo -archive -w
did help in that I was able to get into the game.. Problem though is a bit similar. I can not point to the map (I can, but there is no reaction to the clicks). So it is
kind of like having a hot girl get naked in front of you...but with a thin window in between. I can look, but can not touch what I want..

Does anybody think getting rid of Kapersky would help?

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 2:12:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		It sounds counter-intuitive, but maybe create a shortcut that does not use windows mode or custom resolutions. As you describe the problem, it sounds like the mouse isn't seeing your game window, so maybe if there was no window the mouse would just work. And if it does, that's the problem - something directly related to the mouse and it's interface with Windows (maybe a mouse driver incompatible with the latest Windows update)?

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 2:15:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		>but maybe create a shortcut that does not use windows mode

I will try... The mouse is working just fine for everything else, so I do not think it is a mouse issue.

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RE: Window Update/Can`t play the game - 12/17/2020 3:20:24 PM   
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ORIGINAL: morejeffs
Does anybody think getting rid of Kapersky would help?

Kaspersky was a Russian KGB guy before his capitalist career, so it's your call

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