Info Windows 7 *GUARANTEED* fix

Tanker · #1 April 30th, 2010, 10:15 AM

I've applied the win7fix and now I can run Winsmbt in full screen under Win 7 (although I did not get a win7fix.cmd file). Thank you for that fix.

My problem now is corrupt graphics. The map is ok and playable with the exception of weird smoke coloring. The problem comes with the text screens such as the encyclopedia, or menus. The are almost completely unreadable. The color is mottled and the graphics are corrupt. I've tried changing the compatability mode to run in 256 colors and under winxp, with no luck.

Edit:I have Win 7 64 bit btw and I'm using the downloaded version of the game.

NCrawler · #2 April 30th, 2010, 12:02 PM

What do you mean by "you didn't get a win7fix.cmd file"? That is the only file included in the attachment. If you unzipped it to your winspmbt install folder, double-click it to spawn the game. I have Win7 Ultimate x86 and it runs perfectly. Unless there is something specific that Win7 is doing differently in the x64 version, I would think that you would get the same results...

NC

EJ · #3 April 30th, 2010, 09:32 PM

NCrawler,
My 17 in Toshiba has a 1600x900 max resolution. I've tried ALL the lower resolution settings and still the graphics/colors are distorted OR the game simply WON'T play. Obviously this "guaranteed" fix isn't guaranteed for everybody.

NCrawler · #4 April 30th, 2010, 10:23 PM

What video card/onboard graphics do you have in your laptop? Try this, go to start menu and from the search box type dxdiag.exe. When the diagnostic comes up, go to the Display tab and run both tests. This should let you know whether your system will support full screen direct draw...

NC

EJ · #5 May 1st, 2010, 03:55 AM

NCrawler,
Here's a screen shot of my graphics card on my laptop. Let me know what else I can do to get the fix to work.

Imp · #6 May 1st, 2010, 08:04 AM

Can report 2 more fixed machines, one may have been coincidental or just a bad launch but the game locked solid first time used.
Since then he has knocked out a scenerio with no problems.

NCrawler · #7 May 1st, 2010, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EJ

NCrawler,
Here's a screen shot of my graphics card on my laptop. Let me know what else I can do to get the fix to work.

Your dxdiag screen doesn't have half of the tabs/options that I normally see when messing around with computers. If I were you I would download the latest redistributable from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-5ab8109cb4f5 and try again...

NC

EJ · #8 May 1st, 2010, 02:22 PM

NCrawler,
I'm NOT computer savy as you. Can you tell me where to install these files from that link?

RazGator · #9 May 3rd, 2010, 09:02 AM

Will this work with WW2 as well?