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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9517 Posts
On December 07 2010 02:08 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: ugg, this really does suck. I still want to play BW but I can't do it on my current computer because of windows 7. I can't believe blizzard pretends that they still give a shit about this game when for over 2 years they haven't bothered fixing this crashing issue. You can still play. Try restarting your computer before playing and run as little programs as possible while playing. It should reduce chance of freezing, even though it appears pretty random. Also, as much as I'd like nothing more than to make fun of Blizzard's "support" for BW, this is actually a Windows 7 problem, so blame it on Microsoft ^^ | ||
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BYT
United States14 Posts
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
Its all random and that is my issue. I have crashed 5 minutes into a game and I have crashed 45 minutes into a BGH game, its very frustrating. | ||
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Seide
United States831 Posts
On December 07 2010 03:22 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote: Couldn't Blizzard patch BW to work with it though? I figured a patch could go either way and fix the game by reworking whatever bug is crashing BW. Its all random and that is my issue. I have crashed 5 minutes into a game and I have crashed 45 minutes into a BGH game, its very frustrating. Now you have to ask, is it worth Blizzards time. You have to find the bug, fix the bug, who knows how indepth that bug actually is. Then you have to do regression testing to make sure you didn't introduce any new bugs. Is it worth it for Blizzard to support a 10 year game? Which is generating laughable profit for them compared to WoW/SC2, if any? | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17731 Posts
On December 07 2010 00:41 2Pacalypse- wrote: It's not Chaoslauncher in itself, but a Window Mode plugin. And yes, that is the only known fix for crashing problems so far. The bad side is that you can't play in fullscreen, but rather in a Window (takes some getting used to). Add the fact that korean doesn't work with wmode  . | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
So I have to create a game with a pw, then alt tab. Then when I go back in I have to hit ctrl+alt+delete then hit cancel. | ||
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powerbygood
United States54 Posts
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us.insurgency
United States330 Posts
On December 07 2010 05:57 powerbygood wrote: For this fix all you have to do is ctrl+alt+del kill the processes name explorer.exe while u play sc. Then after you're done playing sc do ctrl+alt+del again then click run and type in explorer.exe and it should pretty much solve your problem for windows 7 creative solution, just shutting down the interface  Edit: has anybody had problem with college internet not allowing you on to battle.net? | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
On December 07 2010 06:13 us.insurgency wrote: creative solution, just shutting down the interface Edit: has anybody had problem with college internet not allowing you on to battle.net? My college internet runs iccup and bnet However, interestingly last weekend I went home and my home internet modem and router didn't work on my computer...even though its always worked at college. | ||
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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Zyferous
United States270 Posts
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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9517 Posts
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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9517 Posts
On December 08 2010 10:05 Infested_Noodle wrote: I've never had SC crash on my windows 7 desktop or laptop. Both run x64, could that be it? No, you probably just got lucky. When I had Win7 I didn't have a single crash for a whole month. Then it started happening like all the time. It's random... | ||
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ZZangDreamjOy
Canada959 Posts
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hixhix
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On December 07 2010 01:20 2Pacalypse- wrote: Also, from that link: http://hifi.iki.fi/cnc-ddraw/ - Seems like someone else did the Direct Draw hack, but this time having C&C and Red Alert in mind -.- Anyone with an idea of how much does it apply to Starcraft, and what's the difference between already existing Direct Draw hack (http://sol.gfxile.net/ddhack/)? sol has discontinued development for ddhack now, and it is now being maintained by myself and a friend @ https://code.google.com/p/ddhack/ On December 08 2010 09:56 krndandaman wrote: is this a problem with the OS or computers? my new laptop with windows 7 has been running bw with no problems for the past month. in the beginning, colors are messed up in lobby, but once in game, everything is fine. Everything is not fine, play a map with water and you will see instantly the colours are definitely not fine. @ all I rebooted my computer once started and played through escape from auir 5 or 6 times (restarting broodwar in the process) then i started live messenger, and Starcraft deadlocked on the next start.... heh. Anyone up for trying http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2386792 | ||
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2Pacalypse-
Croatia9517 Posts
On January 13 2011 20:08 squall leonhart wrote: sol has discontinued development for ddhack now, and it is now being maintained by myself and a friend @ https://code.google.com/p/ddhack/ Wow, that's awesome! Please keep us updated as often as possible. I would love to help with testing or whatever else, but I'm on XP due to this problem. Maybe I could install Win7 under VMware and do testing there? Would the environment be the same? | ||
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dronescout
Iceland246 Posts
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
Windows 7 should not run ddraw in a manner which even allows freezing. On January 13 2011 21:35 2Pacalypse- wrote: I would love to help with testing or whatever else, but I'm on XP due to this problem. Maybe I could install Win7 under VMware and do testing there? Would the environment be the same? its just a ddraw to opengl wrapper after all, so it should work on XP as long as compatible display drivers are installed. SP1 is incoming..... keep your eyes peeled for links. | ||
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