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MageKirby
Profile Joined July 2009
United States535 Posts
January 15 2011 17:29 GMT
#281
Good luck to people trying to fix this. I'm having BW withdrawal symptoms now lol
xarthaz
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
1704 Posts
January 15 2011 20:01 GMT
#282
On January 13 2011 22:11 dronescout wrote:
This might be a bit over the hill but I solved my BW colors, crash and stuttering problems by using a virtual windows 98.
How?? Modern graphic cards dont even have w95/98 drivers any more, how the hell to run it?
Aah thats the stuff..
Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
January 19 2011 16:01 GMT
#283
This seems to be a working solution:

http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/community/thread/85949.html
Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
January 19 2011 16:12 GMT
#284
^That isn't a solution, I still crash but it's very rare. Probably the best bet right now though.
skypig
Profile Joined November 2009
United States237 Posts
January 19 2011 17:12 GMT
#285
1. DISABLE the "Enable Color Cycling" checkbox in the Gameplay section of the in-game Menu. It worked for me.

2. Try the registry edits shown on pages 21 and 23 of this thread; this fixed my color issues.

Good luck.
Sandrosuperstar
Profile Joined November 2009
Sweden525 Posts
January 19 2011 17:58 GMT
#286
On January 20 2011 02:12 skypig wrote:
1. DISABLE the "Enable Color Cycling" checkbox in the Gameplay section of the in-game Menu. It worked for me.

2. Try the registry edits shown on pages 21 and 23 of this thread; this fixed my color issues.

Good luck.



Just wanted to say this fixed it for me aswell :D
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2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9498 Posts
January 19 2011 18:20 GMT
#287
On January 20 2011 01:01 Sayle wrote:
This seems to be a working solution:

http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/community/thread/85949.html

There is no a working solution yet besides w-mode in Chaoslauncher.


But, here's a good workaround to make your Starcraft work on Windows 7:

1. Enable Window Mode in Chaoslauncher.

2. Change your Windows resolution to 640x480 and position your Starcraft in Window mode so it fits the screen perfectly.

3. Use Alt + F1 to lock your cursor inside Starcraft window, so you can scroll normally in game.

4. In case you can only change your resolution to 800x600 in Display Settings, click Advanced and go to Adapter settings. There find "List all modes" option and click it. When you find all modes, choose the one where it says "640 by 480, True Color (32bit), xx Hz" (note: choose highest number of xx you find).
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
TeRRaNNoSauRuS ReX
Profile Joined January 2011
United States13 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-19 18:25:25
January 19 2011 18:24 GMT
#288
wait what exactly do you do to fix the color issue in windows 7?

the skypig solution
agarangu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile274 Posts
January 19 2011 18:55 GMT
#289
I play SCBW on linux, because is so much faster than W****** when playing online.
I tried playing Warcraft III on WXP and on Ubuntu (with Wine). In WXP I had a ping of 200-250ms. In Ubuntu a had a ping of 15-17ms. Really, I did not mean 150-170ms. And I was using the same laptop with the same disk space for each OS and playing the same game (DotA), on the same server.

Try Ubuntu.
What's a quote anyway?
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-19 20:30:10
January 19 2011 20:23 GMT
#290
On January 16 2011 05:01 xarthaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2011 22:11 dronescout wrote:
This might be a bit over the hill but I solved my BW colors, crash and stuttering problems by using a virtual windows 98.
How?? Modern graphic cards dont even have w95/98 drivers any more, how the hell to run it?
Virtual machines don't directly access the hardware, so it makes zero difference if a card has a win9x driver. The VM uses a virtual video driver. It will pretty much suck at 3d, but guess what Starcraft isn't.

On January 20 2011 03:55 agarangu wrote:
I play SCBW on linux, because is so much faster than W****** when playing online.
I tried playing Warcraft III on WXP and on Ubuntu (with Wine). In WXP I had a ping of 200-250ms. In Ubuntu a had a ping of 15-17ms. Really, I did not mean 150-170ms. And I was using the same laptop with the same disk space for each OS and playing the same game (DotA), on the same server.

Try Ubuntu.
don't do it if you value your time. Just for playing BW, sure give it a shot. Making it your fulltime desktop is a waste though. Also LOL at the pings. The OS you use has no bearing on the internet between you and your competitor, which is what most affects ping. You aren't given special access to a faster internet because your ISP sees you are using an alternate OS. People mocked the KillerNIC for claiming it would improve your ping when all it could affect was your computer. Maybe a millisecond here or there. Same with your OS. You can't change the topology of the intervening network by changing your OS. What you are experiencing is Illusory Correlation
djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
January 20 2011 01:41 GMT
#291
Is there any possibility that this directdraw issue with Windows 7 will be resolved in a future M$ update? I've been playing/streaming with windowed mode, but after playing on full screen for so long, it leaves a lot to be desired. Another user described it best when he said it feels like your mouse is moving through syrup in windowed mode.

I guess I'm done with bw until some kind of solution appears for full screen on W7 OS.
agarangu
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile274 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-20 06:26:54
January 20 2011 06:25 GMT
#292
On January 20 2011 05:23 MamiyaOtaru wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2011 05:01 xarthaz wrote:
On January 13 2011 22:11 dronescout wrote:
This might be a bit over the hill but I solved my BW colors, crash and stuttering problems by using a virtual windows 98.
How?? Modern graphic cards dont even have w95/98 drivers any more, how the hell to run it?
Virtual machines don't directly access the hardware, so it makes zero difference if a card has a win9x driver. The VM uses a virtual video driver. It will pretty much suck at 3d, but guess what Starcraft isn't.

Show nested quote +
On January 20 2011 03:55 agarangu wrote:
I play SCBW on linux, because is so much faster than W****** when playing online.
I tried playing Warcraft III on WXP and on Ubuntu (with Wine). In WXP I had a ping of 200-250ms. In Ubuntu a had a ping of 15-17ms. Really, I did not mean 150-170ms. And I was using the same laptop with the same disk space for each OS and playing the same game (DotA), on the same server.

Try Ubuntu.
don't do it if you value your time. Just for playing BW, sure give it a shot. Making it your fulltime desktop is a waste though. Also LOL at the pings. The OS you use has no bearing on the internet between you and your competitor, which is what most affects ping. You aren't given special access to a faster internet because your ISP sees you are using an alternate OS. People mocked the KillerNIC for claiming it would improve your ping when all it could affect was your computer. Maybe a millisecond here or there. Same with your OS. You can't change the topology of the intervening network by changing your OS. What you are experiencing is Illusory Correlation


I see you haven't tried Ubuntu yet.
No matter what the ping was, the game effectively runs faster and less laggy on Ubuntu, and A LOT faster on Debian.
"Making it your fulltime desktop is a waste though." really? just a statement with o arguments? xD
What's a quote anyway?
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2748 Posts
January 27 2011 23:55 GMT
#293
buy a 100 dollar pc and put windows XP on it. It's worth it for broodwar.
Taekwon
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8155 Posts
January 28 2011 00:13 GMT
#294
On January 28 2011 08:55 Navane wrote:
buy a 100 dollar pc and put windows XP on it. It's worth it for broodwar.


I'll take it.
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GinDo
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
3327 Posts
January 28 2011 00:16 GMT
#295
On January 28 2011 09:13 Taekwon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2011 08:55 Navane wrote:
buy a 100 dollar pc and put windows XP on it. It's worth it for broodwar.


I'll take it.


Or you can make you computer run multiple OSs. Saves your self the 100 dollars
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Frigo
Profile Joined August 2009
Hungary1023 Posts
January 28 2011 01:48 GMT
#296
On January 20 2011 02:12 skypig wrote:
1. DISABLE the "Enable Color Cycling" checkbox in the Gameplay section of the in-game Menu. It worked for me.

2. Try the registry edits shown on pages 21 and 23 of this thread; this fixed my color issues.

Good luck.

Disabling color cycling makes SC crash a lot less, but it does not solve the problem fully, it might still change the palette at alt-tab and game enter/exit, so it can crash due to the lack of directdraw locking in Windows 7
The registry edit doesnt solve it either, it seems it only changes the palette update frequency
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2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9498 Posts
January 28 2011 12:44 GMT
#297
On January 28 2011 10:48 Frigo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 20 2011 02:12 skypig wrote:
1. DISABLE the "Enable Color Cycling" checkbox in the Gameplay section of the in-game Menu. It worked for me.

2. Try the registry edits shown on pages 21 and 23 of this thread; this fixed my color issues.

Good luck.

Disabling color cycling makes SC crash a lot less, but it does not solve the problem fully, it might still change the palette at alt-tab and game enter/exit, so it can crash due to the lack of directdraw locking in Windows 7
The registry edit doesnt solve it either, it seems it only changes the palette update frequency

You seem quite knowledgeable about DirectDraw, maybe you could help out these guys:
https://code.google.com/p/ddhack/
Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
V6
Profile Joined February 2008
147 Posts
January 28 2011 14:39 GMT
#298
i never had the crash symptoms and im running on win 7. only thing i have to do is click on desktop and open resolution window before starting bw.

oh i think i had crash before just in beginning when running it via cd, but mounting solved that.

strange how the same operating system can have different problems?
nosliw
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2716 Posts
February 09 2011 04:01 GMT
#299
How would opening the resolution window possibly solve BW crashing in W7? They don't seem to have any links between them.
Gak2
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada418 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-09 04:29:54
February 09 2011 04:29 GMT
#300
the iccup link solution worked for me... though it is a minor inconvenience since there's no start menu or desktop icons when you alt tab, and you can't adjust the master volume while playing.
But it does stop the crashes and as a bonus fixes the colours!
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