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TheBirdyNamNam2
Profile Joined February 2011
United States27 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-11 03:09:46
February 11 2011 03:04 GMT
#301
The fast fix is like this

1) Open command prompt as administrator.

2) Make sure you are on your partition drive(usually C.

3) Type in: bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

4) Then go to your run textbox at the start menu and type in msconfig.

5) Disable UAC in your tools tab.

6) If all that didn't work then put your SC installation in a different folder than program files and it should still run. Enjoy.
~I am the one true God~ :)
TheBirdyNamNam2
Profile Joined February 2011
United States27 Posts
February 11 2011 03:05 GMT
#302
You are vulnerable to several different errors because of the systems that 7 and Vista have in place. You have to disable them for SC to run. I've delt with the same crap a thousand times.
~I am the one true God~ :)
BoldMan
Profile Joined September 2010
United States168 Posts
February 11 2011 04:20 GMT
#303
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D
[b] Bold men make bold statements [/b]
Captain Mayhem
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Sweden774 Posts
February 11 2011 05:58 GMT
#304
On February 11 2011 13:20 BoldMan wrote:
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D

Been posted around here before, but I cbf to find it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?49rhgdq4o33ygor
Browse for the starcraft exe and you should be good.
Works for more than just SCBW, I can personally confirm that it works for Age of Empires 2 as well.
Gravity is just a theory anyway.
LunarC
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1186 Posts
February 11 2011 08:01 GMT
#305
You could just use window mode in chaoslauncher or iccuplauncher.
REEBUH!!!
Jubinell
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
333 Posts
February 11 2011 10:37 GMT
#306
On February 11 2011 14:58 Captain Mayhem wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2011 13:20 BoldMan wrote:
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D

Been posted around here before, but I cbf to find it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?49rhgdq4o33ygor
Browse for the starcraft exe and you should be good.
Works for more than just SCBW, I can personally confirm that it works for Age of Empires 2 as well.


And how to integrate this with...ICCUP?
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9555 Posts
February 11 2011 12:12 GMT
#307
On February 11 2011 19:37 Jubinell wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2011 14:58 Captain Mayhem wrote:
On February 11 2011 13:20 BoldMan wrote:
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D

Been posted around here before, but I cbf to find it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?49rhgdq4o33ygor
Browse for the starcraft exe and you should be good.
Works for more than just SCBW, I can personally confirm that it works for Age of Empires 2 as well.


And how to integrate this with...ICCUP?

Use this registry file instead.
http://www.mediafire.com/?364l65ejk3co67i

Extract and double click. It should fix color issues.
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
DorF
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden961 Posts
February 11 2011 13:44 GMT
#308
I've heard form friends with Windows 7 that running the game in windowed solves the problem.
I've also heard that while in fullscreen you cna simply go to the ingame options menu and disable colour cycling and that should be it.
This is for crashes , I don't know about colour.
BW for life !
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9555 Posts
February 11 2011 15:21 GMT
#309
Windowed mode definitely fixes all issues. But many don't like it 'cause it's inconvenient to play. You can make it playable by right clicking the Chaoslauncher (or ICCup launcher) icon and choose "Run in 640x480" mode.
It's still takes little getting used to, but not so much ^^
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
buhhy
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1113 Posts
February 11 2011 15:50 GMT
#310
In windowed mode, you can also toggle the x2 modifier, it makes the windowed mode 1280x960, but takes more system resources to run.
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2761 Posts
February 11 2011 20:05 GMT
#311
On February 11 2011 21:12 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2011 19:37 Jubinell wrote:
On February 11 2011 14:58 Captain Mayhem wrote:
On February 11 2011 13:20 BoldMan wrote:
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D

Been posted around here before, but I cbf to find it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?49rhgdq4o33ygor
Browse for the starcraft exe and you should be good.
Works for more than just SCBW, I can personally confirm that it works for Age of Empires 2 as well.


And how to integrate this with...ICCUP?

Use this registry file instead.
http://www.mediafire.com/?364l65ejk3co67i

Extract and double click. It should fix color issues.


I don't know what kind of crap i got on my pc while doing this, but the 'registery file' did nothing, the 'patch' did fix it somewhat. Yeah, somewhat. Now the colors are sometimes messed up; they apear good but slowly mess themselves up once people for instance join and leave a channel.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9555 Posts
February 11 2011 20:55 GMT
#312
On February 12 2011 05:05 Navane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2011 21:12 2Pacalypse- wrote:
On February 11 2011 19:37 Jubinell wrote:
On February 11 2011 14:58 Captain Mayhem wrote:
On February 11 2011 13:20 BoldMan wrote:
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D

Been posted around here before, but I cbf to find it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?49rhgdq4o33ygor
Browse for the starcraft exe and you should be good.
Works for more than just SCBW, I can personally confirm that it works for Age of Empires 2 as well.


And how to integrate this with...ICCUP?

Use this registry file instead.
http://www.mediafire.com/?364l65ejk3co67i

Extract and double click. It should fix color issues.


I don't know what kind of crap i got on my pc while doing this, but the 'registery file' did nothing, the 'patch' did fix it somewhat. Yeah, somewhat. Now the colors are sometimes messed up; they apear good but slowly mess themselves up once people for instance join and leave a channel.

They're supposed to do the same thing, by different methods.
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
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17743 Posts
February 11 2011 22:11 GMT
#313
On February 12 2011 00:21 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Windowed mode definitely fixes all issues. But many don't like it 'cause it's inconvenient to play. You can make it playable by right clicking the Chaoslauncher (or ICCup launcher) icon and choose "Run in 640x480" mode.
It's still takes little getting used to, but not so much ^^

This
I used to crash literally after 2-3 games always. The screen would just freeze in the middle of a game and I would have to turn my whole laptop off and start it on again. I used wmode and have never had a single crash problem or color problem since. I think once you set up your screen resolution there isn't really anything to get used too. Korean is broken on it but I rarely talk in game anyways and I usually ask obs to use ally chat so it doesn't really affect me. Korean works in the bnet channels anyways.

I actually tried wmode on all my other friend's laptops and not a single one had a problem after using it. It really doesn't take anything to get used to. You just have to change your resolution each time you play which isn't really that tedious to do.
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Captain Mayhem
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Sweden774 Posts
February 13 2011 09:23 GMT
#314
On February 11 2011 19:37 Jubinell wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2011 14:58 Captain Mayhem wrote:
On February 11 2011 13:20 BoldMan wrote:
i have trouble with windows 7 bw, but it never crashed

the only problems i have are the colors that are messed up outsider of games, but in games the colors are usually fixed, so BW has never really been a problem for me

but this is obviously some conflict in the programming; is there any easy way to fix this?

if you have a decent solution PM me the post please cause i might forget abotu this thread :D

Been posted around here before, but I cbf to find it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?49rhgdq4o33ygor
Browse for the starcraft exe and you should be good.
Works for more than just SCBW, I can personally confirm that it works for Age of Empires 2 as well.


And how to integrate this with...ICCUP?

Not sure what you mean. It works perfectly with iccup for me.
Gravity is just a theory anyway.
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2761 Posts
February 13 2011 11:05 GMT
#315
On February 12 2011 07:11 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2011 00:21 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Windowed mode definitely fixes all issues. But many don't like it 'cause it's inconvenient to play. You can make it playable by right clicking the Chaoslauncher (or ICCup launcher) icon and choose "Run in 640x480" mode.
It's still takes little getting used to, but not so much ^^

This
I used to crash literally after 2-3 games always. The screen would just freeze in the middle of a game and I would have to turn my whole laptop off and start it on again. I used wmode and have never had a single crash problem or color problem since. I think once you set up your screen resolution there isn't really anything to get used too. Korean is broken on it but I rarely talk in game anyways and I usually ask obs to use ally chat so it doesn't really affect me. Korean works in the bnet channels anyways.

I actually tried wmode on all my other friend's laptops and not a single one had a problem after using it. It really doesn't take anything to get used to. You just have to change your resolution each time you play which isn't really that tedious to do.


This is indeed the best option.

1) right click on chaoslauncher/iccuplauncher and go to compatibility options and check 'run in 640 * 480)

2) check windows mode in the launcher

does anyone know where i can find the shortcuts for windows mode? (eg: keep mouse in sc, double resolution etc) I searched but i can't find them.
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9555 Posts
February 13 2011 11:54 GMT
#316
On February 13 2011 20:05 Navane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2011 07:11 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
On February 12 2011 00:21 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Windowed mode definitely fixes all issues. But many don't like it 'cause it's inconvenient to play. You can make it playable by right clicking the Chaoslauncher (or ICCup launcher) icon and choose "Run in 640x480" mode.
It's still takes little getting used to, but not so much ^^

This
I used to crash literally after 2-3 games always. The screen would just freeze in the middle of a game and I would have to turn my whole laptop off and start it on again. I used wmode and have never had a single crash problem or color problem since. I think once you set up your screen resolution there isn't really anything to get used too. Korean is broken on it but I rarely talk in game anyways and I usually ask obs to use ally chat so it doesn't really affect me. Korean works in the bnet channels anyways.

I actually tried wmode on all my other friend's laptops and not a single one had a problem after using it. It really doesn't take anything to get used to. You just have to change your resolution each time you play which isn't really that tedious to do.


This is indeed the best option.

1) right click on chaoslauncher/iccuplauncher and go to compatibility options and check 'run in 640 * 480)

2) check windows mode in the launcher

does anyone know where i can find the shortcuts for windows mode? (eg: keep mouse in sc, double resolution etc) I searched but i can't find them.

You can find them in wmode readme file.
Here they are:
  • ALT+F1      - Turns on/off cursor clip. (this is most important while playing in wmode. It keeps                   your mouse locked in SC while in game so you can scroll the screen with the                   mouse.)
  • ALT             - Temporarily inverts the current state of cursor clip while it is held down.
  • ALT+F9       - Toggle doublesize mode.
  • ALT+F10      - Enables/disables moving the StarCraft window.
  • ALT+F11      - Turn on/off always-on-top mode.
  • ALT+F12      - Enables/disables all buttons on the caption of the sc window.
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
DanyalDenyo
Profile Joined November 2004
9 Posts
March 21 2011 12:49 GMT
#317
Microsoft released a patch that fixes the D2D/D3D bug

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2488113
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9555 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-21 13:02:23
March 21 2011 13:01 GMT
#318
On March 21 2011 21:49 DanyalDenyo wrote:
Microsoft released a patch that fixes the D2D/D3D bug

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2488113

OMG!

Someone tested this already? If this works..... I think I might tear up.


edit: also DanyalDenyo, epic 1st post in 7 years lol!
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
ReluctantCoyote
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia7 Posts
March 21 2011 13:10 GMT
#319
Just wanted to say that I had this problem for quite a few months and found no permanent solution to the crashes, despite following this thread and attempting a bunch. Ended up doing the turn off colour cycling option (as well as passing it along to a few friends) and I/we haven't had the problem since. Thank ye kindly everybody.
KameZerg
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Sweden1776 Posts
March 21 2011 13:16 GMT
#320
On March 21 2011 21:49 DanyalDenyo wrote:
Microsoft released a patch that fixes the D2D/D3D bug

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2488113


Does this also fix the color issue?
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