EPTOn February 14 2012 06:57 Garmer wrote:
is a scbw regedit, to fix the colors issue, was made by blizzard
is a scbw regedit, to fix the colors issue, was made by blizzard
that's not my issue, I get the error that the other guy did. But thanks anyway!
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Introvert
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that's not my issue, I get the error that the other guy did. But thanks anyway! | ||
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Garmer
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Introvert
United States5044 Posts
On February 14 2012 07:13 Garmer wrote: dunno if helping, but i can play on windows 7 without any crysh, perhaps the regedit that i posted, has fixed also the crush It did not  | ||
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Garmer
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the only other solution is format c, but it too extreme i suppose.... | ||
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Introvert
United States5044 Posts
 (doubt it).edit: So I re-installed the game and can now log on. haven't had the chance to play and see if it crashes mid game, but so far so good. | ||
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Pucca
Taiwan1280 Posts
Do you listen to iTunes while playing? Well if you do that is why you can still here the music play and continue to play after your compute freezes. There are multible things I found to help prolong the time before the game will freeze. Again this will only minimize the chance of the game freezing but it has helped me so much. 1) Don't run any background programs while playing like skype, xfire and stream. If you need them to run in the background make sure they are running in the background with no other windows are open. Also make sure nothing is maximazed windows while playing BW this tends to increase the chance of the game signifcantly 2) Try lowering your setting to 800x600 which also helps reduce the chance of the game freezing. Now if you don't need full screen and run through the iccup's launcher then you are able to run in windowed mode which will never freeze your game. Also if the minimized version is to small then you can press the 2x button in the top right of it however you need atleast 1080x1920 resolution or higher for that to display properly. I recommend run our system in 800x 600 mode and then run in windowed mode since this help first with streaming if your planning to and you can see the game much easier. I hope this helps since I am a Brood war fanatic and I have much experience trying to get this to run on my gaming rig WPWP.Fitz | ||
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On February 14 2012 06:22 Mutality wrote: you have to right click>properties>compatibility>Windows Xp that fixed it for me. no it didn't. | ||
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On February 14 2012 07:21 Garmer wrote: maybe you have some drivers issue, or your windows got several problem from the first installation(bsod, other general error ecc... they could ruin your reg), try on another computer if u can the only other solution is format c, but it too extreme i suppose.... We're not going through this stupid crap again, read the thread from start to finish or don't even bother replying. On February 17 2012 00:40 BWalma wrote: Actually this is a well known issue. As I do run windows 7 I do experience this major problem. After maybe 48 hours of research on the topic I finally found the origin of the problem. It has to do with windows explorer runs but Brood War changes something in windows explorer and this will cause your machine to freeze. Do you listen to iTunes while playing? Well if you do that is why you can still here the music play and continue to play after your compute freezes. There are multible things I found to help prolong the time before the game will freeze. Again this will only minimize the chance of the game freezing but it has helped me so much. 1) Don't run any background programs while playing like skype, xfire and stream. If you need them to run in the background make sure they are running in the background with no other windows are open. Also make sure nothing is maximazed windows while playing BW this tends to increase the chance of the game signifcantly 2) Try lowering your setting to 800x600 which also helps reduce the chance of the game freezing. Now if you don't need full screen and run through the iccup's launcher then you are able to run in windowed mode which will never freeze your game. Also if the minimized version is to small then you can press the 2x button in the top right of it however you need atleast 1080x1920 resolution or higher for that to display properly. I recommend run our system in 800x 600 mode and then run in windowed mode since this help first with streaming if your planning to and you can see the game much easier. I hope this helps since I am a Brood war fanatic and I have much experience trying to get this to run on my gaming rig WPWP.Fitz most of what you just said is a summary of this thread 1. Itunes, WMP, Winamp, doesn't matter, if it uses GDI for screen objects it has a chance of causing it. 2. Resolution doesn't help for crap, some games freeze worse than others (Starcraft is a full video subsystem hang, Starlancer can atleast be terminated by CADing to task manager. 3. 640x480 or 8bit colour modes don't help 4. Running without a driver..... don't even suggest something so dumb (for those who probably would....) | ||
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Potling
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Ribbon
United States5278 Posts
2. Ctrl+shift+esc to bring up task manager 3. Kill "explorer.exe" in the processes tab 4. Double-click starcraft in the Applications tab to bring it up 5. When done, exit SC, and go to file -> New Task in task manager, and type in "explorer.exe" to turn it back on. | ||
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
enable all of the things when you right click the starcraft.exe (i did NOT enable compatibility mode, but i did every other box including run as admin) and disable color cycling which is in the in-game video options. | ||
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On February 19 2012 09:56 Ribbon wrote: 1. Run Starcraft/ICCUP launcher 2. Ctrl+shift+esc to bring up task manager 3. Kill "explorer.exe" in the processes tab 4. Double-click starcraft in the Applications tab to bring it up 5. When done, exit SC, and go to file -> New Task in task manager, and type in "explorer.exe" to turn it back on. read the thread or get out of it. On February 19 2012 12:14 Silidons wrote: if you have video problems, all you have to do is: enable all of the things when you right click the starcraft.exe (i did NOT enable compatibility mode, but i did every other box including run as admin) and disable color cycling which is in the in-game video options. As above. Read the thread, realise your suggestions have been made already, and done nothing. I went through every non- file changing fix in the thread, and nothing helped. So I gave up and reinstalled. It works fine now, it only crashed once in about three hours, and I couldn't tell you why, but it hasn't happened again. I wasn't using any other applications, either (I love bw music, so that's what I listen too). The most confusing part was that I had logged on before, and it worked; it wasn't until I installed ICCUP (and thus 1.16.1) that it have me an issue. But then I reinstalled it with 1.16.1 to start and now it's fine. So I have no idea what the problem was, but try reinstalling it if you have the issue I did. I don't use ICCUP The same issue happens in almost all over DDraw titles Thus its not an installation issue. | ||
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Araneae
Norway100 Posts
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squall leonhart
Australia44 Posts
On February 21 2012 04:09 Araneae wrote: I had that problem, but after I startet using iCCup in windowed mode, that never happened again :D Obviously...... | ||
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Proteinclock
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On February 09 2012 14:33 squall leonhart wrote: its a memory access exception, probably running a Core 2 with the DEP erratum. my friend runs an intel i5 laptop iirc. so what does that means in terms of solutions? new processor? totally screwed and there's no chance it'll run on win7? im using a core2duo and it just magically works with no problems, so i dont know what to do. | ||
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squall leonhart
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Fus
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1hpBuiltForLove
Canada89 Posts
If you go to program files/starcraft/broodwar, find broodwar.exe, and copy this as a shortcut file to your desktop. After this is done, right-click the shortcut, and select properties. Change the resolution to old school colour schemes and also select to run the game under a windows vista or windows XP service pack. Your broodwar game should work fine from here on in. | ||
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johnnywup
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