EPTBut i have other problem. Starcraft just crashes in my machine. I can play 5 minutes or an hour, but it always crashed after some time, so i have to shut down my pc and reboot.
Does anyone have similar problem? How it can be solved? Please, help.
BW crashes in Windows 7
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bitchaRd[raGe]
Russian Federation376 Posts
But i have other problem. Starcraft just crashes in my machine. I can play 5 minutes or an hour, but it always crashed after some time, so i have to shut down my pc and reboot. Does anyone have similar problem? How it can be solved? Please, help. | ||
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
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konadora
Singapore66160 Posts
On May 15 2009 19:54 lazz wrote: what the hell is windows 7? Have you been living under a rock? Next OS after Vista Although it's more of a Vista upgrade | ||
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hideo
Canada1641 Posts
it would suck if windows 7 was incompatible with brood war. | ||
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kaleidoscope
Singapore2887 Posts
On May 15 2009 19:54 lazz wrote: what the hell is windows 7? A new OS, to replace the failed vista.. | ||
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Kerotan
England2109 Posts
On May 15 2009 19:52 bitchaRd[raGe] wrote: There were some topics about messed up colors in StarCraft under windows 7. But i have other problem. Starcraft just crashes in my machine. I can play 5 minutes or an hour, but it always crashed after some time, so i have to shut down my pc and reboot. Does anyone have similar problem? How it can be solved? Please, help. Upgrading perhaps wasn't your smartest move. My advice, downgrade XP/Vista | ||
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
The only feedback I've got from people who already got that on their PC's is that it's crap and nothing seems to work on it. My one and only love remains Windows XP. Oh and sorry for derailing, but I can't really help you. Best advice I have is to get XP as a second OS. | ||
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bitchaRd[raGe]
Russian Federation376 Posts
I can't set up XP because there are only Vista drivers to my graphics card. I have laptop, and this card doesn't support XP  | ||
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funkie
Venezuela9374 Posts
On May 15 2009 19:59 FirstBorn wrote: The only feedback I've got from people who already got that on their PC's is that it's crap and nothing seems to work on it. My one and only love remains Windows XP. Oh and sorry for derailing, but I can't really help you. Best advice I have is to get XP as a second OS. I've gotten the exact opposite actually. Most of the geeky nerds that have installed it in their comps, have said that it's faster and it's filled with good new features. Also, since the last release it's just as Release Candidate, I wouldn't expect things to work all the time. | ||
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imRadu
1798 Posts
On May 15 2009 20:10 bitchaRd[raGe] wrote: I start Starcraft with Windows XP compatibility settings, setting up all the tips there (256 colors, 640x480, disabling all features, etc). Starcraft starts ok, i join iccup or west, can create and join games, everything is ok, even colors are ok. But when i play, in the game, all system crashes and i can't even reboot, or alt+tab, or ctrl+alt+del. It just stops everything. All i can do is to switch off my computer and then switch on. I can't set up XP because there are only Vista drivers to my graphics card. I have laptop, and this card doesn't support XP And your GFX Card is what? | ||
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bitchaRd[raGe]
Russian Federation376 Posts
Geforce 9500M GS. I googled some pirate drivers, but afaik officialy it doesn't support XP. Anyways, i though, if it will be some way to play Starcraft under Windows 7, cause it looks great, and this bug is its only weakness. | ||
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Ash
Malaysia1978 Posts
On May 15 2009 20:10 bitchaRd[raGe] wrote: I start Starcraft with Windows XP compatibility settings, setting up all the tips there (256 colors, 640x480, disabling all features, etc). Starcraft starts ok, i join iccup or west, can create and join games, everything is ok, even colors are ok. But when i play, in the game, all system crashes and i can't even reboot, or alt+tab, or ctrl+alt+del. It just stops everything. All i can do is to switch off my computer and then switch on. I can't set up XP because there are only Vista drivers to my graphics card. I have laptop, and this card doesn't support XP would you mind to share the exact settings you're using on windows 7 for BW? Because I've done the same as you, changing to 256 colours disablingall the features and etc but still the colours are so fucked up when I launch BW. That alone has turned me off to try out the so-called one of the most promising windows to be launched. | ||
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imRadu
1798 Posts
On May 15 2009 20:22 bitchaRd[raGe] wrote: Geforce 9500M GS. I googled some pirate drivers, but afaik officialy it doesn't support XP. Anyways, i though, if it will be some way to play Starcraft under Windows 7, cause it looks great, and this bug is its only weakness. if you say so... http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winxp_185.85_whql.html | ||
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Mr.Pyro
Denmark959 Posts
On May 15 2009 20:23 Ash wrote: would you mind to share the exact settings you're using on windows 7 for BW? Because I've done the same as you, changing to 256 colours disablingall the features and etc but still the colours are so fucked up when I launch BW. That alone has turned me off to try out the so-called one of the most promising windows to be launched. Open the screen resolution window and let it stay open when you launch BW. To avoid crashes you might want to shut certaint things down, as some processes seem to conflict with the old old engine of SC. So shut down Winamp, and various other things that may use your wave output - such as flash videos in your browser or other flash content. Also, Chrome fucks it up big time. | ||
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notrangerjoe
110 Posts
Unfortunately the only away around it is to not run Starcraft in Windows 7. Either by playing through a VM or dual booting with XP. | ||
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bitchaRd[raGe]
Russian Federation376 Posts
Don't know how to deal with it. | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
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MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-28Win7QA.mspx | ||
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bitchaRd[raGe]
Russian Federation376 Posts
On May 16 2009 22:45 MasterOfChaos wrote: Try using XP-Mode: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-28Win7QA.mspx Just tried and set Virtual Machine with Virtual Windows XP. And Starcraft doesn't run there at all! Error with video resolution, can't set 640x480 256 colors. So bad | ||
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cava
United States1035 Posts
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