Windows 8.1 and blank terrain

[AngrySwan]

This fall I had an opportunity to buy a new gaming computer, Asus with preinstalled Windows 8. Bought in a store with all papers and warranties and so on. The install version of OB run fine, with terrain as it should be, and so did version 1.20. However, this week my Windows upgraded itself to 8.1 without my consent (there is a forced upgrade to Windows 8.1) and the blank terrain problem is there again.

Conclusion. The game has a problem with Windows 8.1 even if it runs perfectly on older systems ON THE SAME COMPUTER.
(The issue that Microsoft is not paying enough in fines does not concern this discussion and this forum so I will leave it out.)

However after system restore I am back to Windows 8 and normal terrain, although this means merry Christmas reinstalling my game collection. And from now on I will treat all Windows updates as potentially unwanted.

[Ronald Wendt]

Hello Marechal,

ORIGINAL: Marechal

This fall I had an opportunity to buy a new gaming computer, Asus with preinstalled Windows 8. Bought in a store with all papers and warranties and so on. The install version of OB run fine, with terrain as it should be, and so did version 1.20. However, this week my Windows upgraded itself to 8.1 without my consent (there is a forced upgrade to Windows 8.1) and the blank terrain problem is there again.

Conclusion. The game has a problem with Windows 8.1 even if it runs perfectly on older systems ON THE SAME COMPUTER.
(The issue that Microsoft is not paying enough in fines does not concern this discussion and this forum so I will leave it out.)

However after system restore I am back to Windows 8 and normal terrain, although this means merry Christmas reinstalling my game collection. And from now on I will treat all Windows updates as potentially unwanted.

our experience exactly.

Still we will release a patch for this issue OB didn't cause. The trouble currently is that the development environment for OB is not compatible with the one of GaW and our latest game.
This means we have to wait for some days for installing all the old stuff on an old system. The time for changing in the code is probably neglectable, but all in all its nothing that can be done on the fly.

So it will not happen soon due to our current situation.

We are sorry for this, but the other games have a higher priority right now.

Regards,

[AngrySwan]

Hello Ronald,

The patch now is a low priority for me too as the new computer will run for years and the other one can run OB on Windows7.
I will definitely look at your new game.

[boerne78]

Good evening:

I recently los my old window 7 computer and purchased a new win 8.l ASUS computer with NVidia graphic card and like the others when I install my game-get blacked out terrain though I can manage to make out the units, forest, and cities. I tried putting it on my virtual machine but guess it still uses the same graphic card settings. Anyway, I was checking to see if any fix was ever developed or a work around discovered for this situation as I really like that particular game from your company. I virtually buy all games on your site either as they come out or as I get some mad money to buy older ones previously passed up. is there any helpful suggestions that might resolve this situation and I understand fully that this is not an economical or time-wise area for patching but hoping just maybe.'

Respectfully,

Michael J Wallace

[terminator]

Here is an example of the blank terrain:

[Ronald Wendt]

Hello,

thanks for the screenshot, the bug is known and the solution as well. The problem is more the time to create a new version (as this will include some other things). This year did not take the direction we hoped so this means a delay especially for the promised OB fix/update. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,

[kosmoface]

I just bought the game. Black environment.

Money well wasted.

[Ronald Wendt]

Hi kosmoface,

i am sorry this purchase did not work well for you.

First i want to say that it does not state in the productinfo that OB would work with any OS higher than Win 7 ( OB Info ).
Also this problem is known and documented for a while now. We know what needs to be fixed but we currently do not have the manpower to solve it. We are too busy maintaining Germany at War and developing our new game Army General. We surely hope we find the time to update OB to newer operating systems one day. This is on our todo list for quite a while now.

Anyway i hope Matrix is showing some mercy here so you can get you money back. We hate unsatisfied customers. [;)]

Regards,

Ronald Wendt