Thrawn's Revenge

Imperial Civil War [Empire at War] => Imperial Civil War Tech Support => Topic started by: bobafett99 on December 08, 2013, 08:17:59 PM

Title: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: bobafett99 on December 08, 2013, 08:17:59 PM

Whenever I try to launch FOC with mods or not, it brings up a dialog box saying this program is not compatible withe the OS, and I should use Windows 98, 2000, or better. WTF? I've installed the RAM patch as well

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: Corey on December 08, 2013, 10:40:21 PM

You should be able to just change the compatability settings. Control panel, programs, run programs made for previous versions of Windows, then find the Gold PAck with that. IIRC I use it in XP SP2 mode.

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: bobafett99 on December 08, 2013, 10:48:18 PM

Already Tried that...

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: Enceladus on December 08, 2013, 11:02:19 PM

When I had issues with Windows 8 I selected the FOC .exe file specifically (not the launcher) and ran the windows compatibility program (Right click ---> Troubleshoot compatability) and that's what got it to work. Beyond that I can't comment much. I have yet to reinstall FOC on Windows 8.1 since my HDD died.

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: bobafett99 on December 08, 2013, 11:33:06 PM

I did that, but also installed an update for my graphics card driver... not sure which helped it worked, but it works now... THANK YOU

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: Enceladus on December 09, 2013, 12:37:32 AM

I'm glad to hear that you got it working. Enjoy the mod.

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: bobafett99 on December 09, 2013, 12:44:04 AM

Okay... so I got it working, but the multiplayer lobby freezes.... any suggestions

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: Corey on December 09, 2013, 12:45:47 AM

http://www.lucasarts.com/support/update/EAWFOC1_1.html

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: bobafett99 on December 09, 2013, 08:09:46 PM

downloaded it... but when i launch it, it says that my empire at war and foc files are not found :( it says to re-install. I did, and it still says that :(

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: tlmiller on December 09, 2013, 09:09:34 PM

Are you using a no-cd crack?  Sounds like what I had happen when I used one of them...

Title: Re: Installed Gold pack on Windows 8.1, cannot launch.
Post by: bobafett99 on December 10, 2013, 12:46:21 AM

No. It's legitimate. :( It's installed in my x86 program files. should it just be in program files or something????