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Issue running Brood War 1.16 on Windows 11

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liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
October 30 2022 18:04 GMT
#1
I'm running Brood War 1.16 on Windows 11. Please see the picture, only part of the screen is shown (I tried setting compatibility, didn't work):

[image loading]

Any help is appreciated!
BonitiilloO
Profile Joined June 2013
Dominican Republic614 Posts
October 30 2022 18:12 GMT
#2
Gpu drivers update?
How may help u?
liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
October 30 2022 18:25 GMT
#3
On October 31 2022 03:12 BonitiilloO wrote:
Gpu drivers update?


Can you be more specific?
BonitiilloO
Profile Joined June 2013
Dominican Republic614 Posts
October 30 2022 22:01 GMT
#4
u need to go and install Display Driver Uninstaller DDU get the lastest drivers of your gpu and install them
How may help u?
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5500 Posts
October 31 2022 03:24 GMT
#5
The game is free on the battle net launcher and is updated to run on modern operating systems isnt it? Why not just get that?
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LUCKY_NOOB
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Bulgaria1417 Posts
October 31 2022 08:29 GMT
#6
I only know 1 Moat Ass who still runs 1.16... Explain yourself! Why would you ever, why would you even? ^_._^
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liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
October 31 2022 08:52 GMT
#7
On October 31 2022 07:01 BonitiilloO wrote:
u need to go and install Display Driver Uninstaller DDU get the lastest drivers of your gpu and install them


Thanks. But I'm using Intel Iris Xe Graphics card and the driver is up to date.
liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
October 31 2022 08:53 GMT
#8
On October 31 2022 12:24 jimminy_kriket wrote:
The game is free on the battle net launcher and is updated to run on modern operating systems isnt it? Why not just get that?


A lot of bots are only compatible with 1.16.1.
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
October 31 2022 13:48 GMT
#9
Run on compatibility mode? If nothing helps you can install separate Windows on top of 11 like 7 or XP to run 1.16.1.
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Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6174 Posts
October 31 2022 17:31 GMT
#10
Did you already try to find settings to change aspect ratio to 4:3?
1.16 was not made for widescreen. Don't really know if this has anything to do with the issue.
liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
October 31 2022 20:59 GMT
#11
On October 31 2022 22:48 outscar wrote:
Run on compatibility mode? If nothing helps you can install separate Windows on top of 11 like 7 or XP to run 1.16.1.


Thanks, but my laptop cannot afford to run a VM (it'll be slow af)...
liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
October 31 2022 21:03 GMT
#12
On November 01 2022 02:31 Piste wrote:
Did you already try to find settings to change aspect ratio to 4:3?
1.16 was not made for widescreen. Don't really know if this has anything to do with the issue.


Thanks for your reply!
[image loading]
I'm using Surface Laptop Go 2 and have tried every resolution option, to no avail. Is that what you mean by aspect ratio?
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
November 01 2022 03:16 GMT
#13
On November 01 2022 05:59 liliput1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2022 22:48 outscar wrote:
Run on compatibility mode? If nothing helps you can install separate Windows on top of 11 like 7 or XP to run 1.16.1.


Thanks, but my laptop cannot afford to run a VM (it'll be slow af)...


I meant installing older Windows as separate so when you boot the system you can choose which one to run. Only thing you need is like 20ish GB on your HDD, XP takes even less like 10GB.
sunbeams are never made like me...
Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6174 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-11-01 17:43:03
November 01 2022 17:42 GMT
#14
On November 01 2022 06:03 liliput1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2022 02:31 Piste wrote:
Did you already try to find settings to change aspect ratio to 4:3?
1.16 was not made for widescreen. Don't really know if this has anything to do with the issue.


Thanks for your reply!
[image loading]
I'm using Surface Laptop Go 2 and have tried every resolution option, to no avail. Is that what you mean by aspect ratio?

Widescreen ratio is normally 16 : 9, but the old broodwar was made for 4 : 3 screens with 640 x 480 resolution
Can you find picture scaling or similar option from your GPU settings? try turning it off and selecting 640 x 480 resolution or a resolution with similar ratio.

This used to help with strected image with widescreen monitors back in the old days.
pheer
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
5390 Posts
November 01 2022 21:25 GMT
#15
Since you have a Surface, you can likely install the Intel Graphics Command Center which will allow you to choose more custom resolutions:
https://surfacetip.com/set-custom-resolutions-on-surface/

And if you're really lucky, you will see an option in that software that says something like "maintain aspect ratio" or "scaling" with different options. Fiddle with all the scaling and ratio options, one of them will work well with BW 1.16
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liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
November 04 2022 11:37 GMT
#16
On November 01 2022 12:16 outscar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 01 2022 05:59 liliput1 wrote:
On October 31 2022 22:48 outscar wrote:
Run on compatibility mode? If nothing helps you can install separate Windows on top of 11 like 7 or XP to run 1.16.1.


Thanks, but my laptop cannot afford to run a VM (it'll be slow af)...


I meant installing older Windows as separate so when you boot the system you can choose which one to run. Only thing you need is like 20ish GB on your HDD, XP takes even less like 10GB.


Thanks for the advice. But using up 10G just to run BW... Don't really want to invest that much... Thanks anyway!
liliput1
Profile Joined October 2022
8 Posts
November 04 2022 14:29 GMT
#17
On November 02 2022 06:25 pheer wrote:
Since you have a Surface, you can likely install the Intel Graphics Command Center which will allow you to choose more custom resolutions:
https://surfacetip.com/set-custom-resolutions-on-surface/

And if you're really lucky, you will see an option in that software that says something like "maintain aspect ratio" or "scaling" with different options. Fiddle with all the scaling and ratio options, one of them will work well with BW 1.16


I downloaded the software, and there's only "maintain display scaling", which unfortunately didn't solve it. The issue may be with Surface Laptop whose display has an unusual length-width ratio...
pheer
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
5390 Posts
November 04 2022 15:27 GMT
#18
If 'maintain display scaling' isn't working then give ChaosLauncher a try:
http://winner.cspsx.de/Starcraft/

The included plugin called W-Mode lets you play in a window. So set your tablet resolution to the smallest you can, and then play in windowed mode. It's better than nothing.
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Slider2k
Profile Joined December 2012
Russian Federation2 Posts
November 04 2022 20:01 GMT
#19
Try this
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