• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 18:21
CEST 00:21
KST 07:21
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
BGE Stara Zagora 2025: Info & Preview27Code S RO12 Preview: GuMiho, Bunny, SHIN, ByuN3The Memories We Share - Facing the Final(?) GSL47Code S RO12 Preview: Cure, Zoun, Solar, Creator4[ASL19] Finals Preview: Daunting Task30
Community News
Weekly Cups (June 2-8): herO doubles down1[BSL20] ProLeague: Bracket Stage & Dates9GSL Ro4 and Finals moved to Sunday June 15th13Weekly Cups (May 27-June 1): ByuN goes back-to-back0EWC 2025 Regional Qualifier Results26
StarCraft 2
General
The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation Best Crypto Asset Recovery Service Providers CN community: Firefly accused of suspicious activities Firefly do had match fixing How does the number of casters affect your enjoyment of esports?
Tourneys
$3,500 WardiTV European League 2025 Bellum Gens Elite: Stara Zagora 2025 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament SOOPer7s Showmatches 2025 Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2)
Strategy
[G] Darkgrid Layout Simple Questions Simple Answers [G] PvT Cheese: 13 Gate Proxy Robo
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 477 Slow and Steady Mutation # 476 Charnel House Mutation # 475 Hard Target Mutation # 474 Futile Resistance
Brood War
General
BGH auto balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Will foreigners ever be able to challenge Koreans? Mihu vs Korea Players Statistics BW General Discussion [BSL20] ProLeague: Bracket Stage & Dates
Tourneys
[ASL19] Grand Finals NA Team League 6/8/2025 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL20] ProLeague Bracket Stage - Day 2
Strategy
I am doing this better than progamers do. [G] How to get started on ladder as a new Z player
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread What do you want from future RTS games? Armies of Exigo - YesYes? Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
LiquidLegends to reintegrate into TL.net
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Vape Nation Thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
Maru Fan Club Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Korean Music Discussion [Manga] One Piece
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Cognitive styles x game perf…
TrAiDoS
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Heero Yuy & the Tax…
KrillinFromwales
I was completely wrong ab…
jameswatts
Need Your Help/Advice
Glider
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Poker
Nebuchad
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 21925 users

BW crashes in Windows 7 - Page 23

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 21 22 23 24 Next All
2Pacalypse-
Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9491 Posts
February 21 2012 02:03 GMT
#441
On February 21 2012 10:33 johnnywup wrote:
Read through the whole thread, nothing worked, ugh -_- i just want to play

Play in window mode (available in ICCup launcher) and press Alt + F9. BW screen size should double and if it fits in your resolution then it's a decent workaround for playing on Win7 without any problems.
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
squall leonhart
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia44 Posts
February 27 2012 03:57 GMT
#442
On February 21 2012 09:35 1hpBuiltForLove wrote:
It is the same with all old games.

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.


read the damn thread.
Pulzlulz
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany412 Posts
March 02 2012 15:51 GMT
#443
So I just installed XP on VirtualMachine and when starting Brood War it stays in its small window with black bars around it instead of using my desktop resolution. How can I fix this?
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
March 02 2012 16:03 GMT
#444
Maximize your VM window?

I think there is a plugin to make the window go fullscreen, but I'm not sure if it is for VMWare or VirtualBox, try to look on that if you want to make the virtual machine window fullscreen.

If you are talking about iCCup Launcher/Chaos Launcher window, then there should be an option to make it either fullscreen or windowed mode, just tick it.

If you try the 2x window and it doesn't fit in your screen, you need to use your graphics card manager to make a resolution high enough to make the 2x window fit in it.
"When the geyser died, a probe came out" - SirJolt
Pulzlulz
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany412 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 16:51:37
March 02 2012 16:09 GMT
#445
I'm using VirtualBox and I can maximize my VM Desktop with no problems but when I start Brood War it doesn't resize.It is fullscreen however because there are black bars around the small BW window. I think you misunderstood me.

Now for some reason it won't even let me connect to iCCup...fml
hellbound
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom2242 Posts
March 02 2012 17:32 GMT
#446
Reading this thread makes me love my Vista so much.
Glioburd
Profile Joined April 2008
France1911 Posts
March 02 2012 23:11 GMT
#447
On February 21 2012 11:03 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2012 10:33 johnnywup wrote:
Read through the whole thread, nothing worked, ugh -_- i just want to play

Play in window mode (available in ICCup launcher) and press Alt + F9. BW screen size should double and if it fits in your resolution then it's a decent workaround for playing on Win7 without any problems.

The problem is I can't move the camera with the mouse T_T
"You should hate loosing, but you should never fear defeat." NaDa.
squall leonhart
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia44 Posts
March 09 2012 10:56 GMT
#448
On March 03 2012 01:09 Pulzlulz wrote:
I'm using VirtualBox and I can maximize my VM Desktop with no problems but when I start Brood War it doesn't resize.It is fullscreen however because there are black bars around the small BW window. I think you misunderstood me.

Now for some reason it won't even let me connect to iCCup...fml


this is because you are rendering 640x488 to a unscaled portal,
instead switch virtualbox to scaled mode.

....make sure 2d acceleration is disabled though or the vm will freeze when switching back to windowed.
ImbaTosS
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom1680 Posts
March 09 2012 11:02 GMT
#449
On March 03 2012 08:11 Glioburd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 21 2012 11:03 2Pacalypse- wrote:
On February 21 2012 10:33 johnnywup wrote:
Read through the whole thread, nothing worked, ugh -_- i just want to play

Play in window mode (available in ICCup launcher) and press Alt + F9. BW screen size should double and if it fits in your resolution then it's a decent workaround for playing on Win7 without any problems.

The problem is I can't move the camera with the mouse T_T

At the top right hand corner of the window, along the top bar, you will see little icons. One of them looks like a little mouse pointer. Click that and it will lock the mouse into the BW window, and you will be able to move the screen with the mouse!
EleGant[AoV]
Meta Templar
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3 Posts
June 25 2012 16:26 GMT
#450
There is a script from http://www.xomicron.com/software/directdrawfix/ that fixed it for me. Note that after installing bw I applied a ccpatch to fix the colour corruption and later on this script.
squall leonhart
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia44 Posts
July 11 2012 14:10 GMT
#451
No, that does NOT fix the crash.

don't just sign up and post in a thread that you obviously didn't bother reading.
Meta Templar
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3 Posts
September 07 2012 22:20 GMT
#452
I read the thread. I also said that that script fixed it for me. You have to realise that windows is a mess of an OS and what works for some people might not work for others. You realise that some don't even have this problem. So don't be project your anger on me for not fixing your problem.
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6539 Posts
September 07 2012 22:57 GMT
#453
i think servipack 1 fix the crash
Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 00:01:02
September 07 2012 23:55 GMT
#454
On March 03 2012 01:09 Pulzlulz wrote:
I'm using VirtualBox and I can maximize my VM Desktop with no problems but when I start Brood War it doesn't resize.It is fullscreen however because there are black bars around the small BW window. I think you misunderstood me.

Now for some reason it won't even let me connect to iCCup...fml


It might be your video card driver settings. Right click, set it to scale or stretch instead of original size or keep aspect ratio.

Edit - Also, just notice reply a bit late. Oh wells, for future reference anyway.

On March 03 2012 02:32 hellbound wrote:
Reading this thread makes me love my Vista so much.


Yeah Vista is my favorite OS.

Vista got bad rep early on mainly due to things like incompatibilities with a lot of software/drivers early on, and the fact it's always cool to hate on new things from big companies (microsoft, apple, etc), and the bandwagon rolled on.

Vista is a mix of XP and 7, and was actually in development "after" Windows 7 (in a way, Vista was a beta for 7 as 7 was was planned before Vista).

Personally I miss how the task bar works in Vista (you know how all programs are displayed in a list rather than in a table).

Fortunately you can change that in 7 with a registry fix. Also in Vista you can disable auto arrange inside of folders (in 7, you can but only on desktop) while in 7, you can't.

Ehh, yeah a bit off topic.
https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsServerFeedback/feedback/details/741495/biggest-explorer-annoyance-automatic-sorting-windows-7-server-2008-r2-and-vista#details Allow Disable Auto Arrange in Windows 7+
DreamChaser
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
1649 Posts
September 08 2012 00:01 GMT
#455
On May 15 2009 19:54 lazz wrote:
what the hell is windows 7?


Oh god 2nd post, i am already glad i clicked on this
Plays against every MU with nexus first.
MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10341 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 00:14:42
September 08 2012 00:13 GMT
#456
Yes, I did the enable/disable color thingie too and it stopped crashing. The colors get fucked up in the menus and on b.net, but not in game.

My current problem is that in only on W7 for me, the game screen is centered and not stretched or filled, so I have 2 huge black strips at all times and a smaller "game screen."
[21:07] <Shock710> whats wrong with her face [20:50] <dAPhREAk> i beat it the day after it came out | <BLinD-RawR> esports is a giant vagina
Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-08 00:23:20
September 08 2012 00:18 GMT
#457
On September 08 2012 09:13 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
Yes, I did the enable/disable color thingie too and it stopped crashing. The colors get fucked up in the menus and on b.net, but not in game.

My current problem is that in only on W7 for me, the game screen is centered and not stretched or filled, so I have 2 huge black strips at all times and a smaller "game screen."


It might be your video card driver settings. Right click, set it to scale or stretch instead of original size or keep aspect ratio.

If you have Nvidia video cards (for example), right click on desktop and click nvidia control panel.

Click (under display) "Adjust desktop position and size".

Set scaling either to aspect ratio (with black borders to keep ratio similar to the original) or full screen (which stretch to fit monitor).

If that's already been done and it still doesn't scale, I'm not sure.

On September 08 2012 09:01 DreamChaser wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2009 19:54 lazz wrote:
what the hell is windows 7?


Oh god 2nd post, i am already glad i clicked on this


Like my previous post regarding Vista (again Vista is really good after SP2, it's a mix of XP and 7; Vista actually was developed after Windows 7, and it was technically just a beta for 7), people liked to bandwagon hate on things.

I remember reading articles from various sites (not tech sites specifically but humor sites for example) which were hating on 7 before it came on (hating on new stuff from popular companies is rad and will get you views; also useful if you run out of actual funny stuff).
https://connect.microsoft.com/WindowsServerFeedback/feedback/details/741495/biggest-explorer-annoyance-automatic-sorting-windows-7-server-2008-r2-and-vista#details Allow Disable Auto Arrange in Windows 7+
MountainDewJunkie
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States10341 Posts
September 08 2012 04:03 GMT
#458
On September 08 2012 09:18 Goldfish wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 08 2012 09:13 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
Yes, I did the enable/disable color thingie too and it stopped crashing. The colors get fucked up in the menus and on b.net, but not in game.

My current problem is that in only on W7 for me, the game screen is centered and not stretched or filled, so I have 2 huge black strips at all times and a smaller "game screen."


It might be your video card driver settings. Right click, set it to scale or stretch instead of original size or keep aspect ratio.

If you have Nvidia video cards (for example), right click on desktop and click nvidia control panel.

Click (under display) "Adjust desktop position and size".

Set scaling either to aspect ratio (with black borders to keep ratio similar to the original) or full screen (which stretch to fit monitor).

If that's already been done and it still doesn't scale, I'm not sure.


Thank you, sir. I will take a crack at it.
[21:07] <Shock710> whats wrong with her face [20:50] <dAPhREAk> i beat it the day after it came out | <BLinD-RawR> esports is a giant vagina
lambchops
Profile Joined April 2011
United States63 Posts
September 08 2012 05:01 GMT
#459
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=26725723498&sid=3000

Try the registry fix. It has worked and still works for me cheers
Savi[wOk]
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
United States81 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-10 17:47:36
September 10 2012 01:11 GMT
#460
I've been dealing with this problem so long, playing windowed mode and trying my best to deal with it.
I've noticed however my friends windows 7 computer does not have this problem and I thought, maybe it had to do with my built in graphics card. So I decided to buy the cheapest graphics card in bestbuy and ever since, I've never had this freezing screen problem on broodwar.

However this solution cost a bit of money...
EDIT: Nevermind it froze...
Lets play starcraft
Prev 1 21 22 23 24 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 39m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
UpATreeSC 175
-ZergGirl 51
StarCraft: Brood War
Horang2 575
firebathero 120
yabsab 12
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm72
febbydoto14
Counter-Strike
fl0m9265
olofmeister3408
rGuardiaN171
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King63
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu593
Other Games
summit1g9328
Grubby2953
Pyrionflax226
mouzStarbuck181
ZombieGrub112
Maynarde57
Organizations
Dota 2
PGL Dota 2 - Main Stream2191
Other Games
BasetradeTV90
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 25 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 60
• musti20045 35
• Adnapsc2 26
• -Miszu- 13
• Dystopia_ 4
• OhrlRock 2
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Migwel
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• Azhi_Dahaki4
• RayReign 1
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota22321
• Ler105
League of Legends
• Doublelift1209
• TFBlade1206
• Shiphtur554
Other Games
• imaqtpie1061
• Scarra1060
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
1h 39m
Replay Cast
11h 39m
WardiTV Invitational
12h 39m
WardiTV Invitational
12h 39m
PiGosaur Monday
1d 1h
GSL Code S
1d 11h
Rogue vs GuMiho
Maru vs Solar
Online Event
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
GSL Code S
2 days
herO vs Zoun
Classic vs Bunny
The PondCast
2 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
WardiTV Invitational
3 days
OSC
3 days
Korean StarCraft League
4 days
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
WardiTV Invitational
4 days
Cheesadelphia
4 days
GSL Code S
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 17: Qualifier 2
BGE Stara Zagora 2025
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
BSL Season 20
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
NPSL S3
Rose Open S1
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
2025 GSL S2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
ECL Season 49: Europe
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025
YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025
PGL Bucharest 2025
BLAST Open Spring 2025

Upcoming

Copa Latinoamericana 4
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
SEL Season 2 Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
HSC XXVII
Championship of Russia 2025
Murky Cup #2
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.