HELP game stops

[tigercub]

I load up new turn and I get up to the first battle report and I cannot escape out or click it away its a very strange thing may be something about display was working fine now this just started.

Tigercub

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: tigercub

I load up new turn and I get up to the first battle report and I cannot escape out or click it away its a very strange thing may be something about display was working fine now this just started.

Tigercub

Have you been playing the game without problems up to now or are you just starting out? Anything new about your computer, including programs added or updated?

[tigercub]

nothing changed that I am aware of but a notification about display res it did not say there was a problem but have been playing this game a very long time on different computers never seen this bug. This is a touch screen laptop
no problems beforehand.

tigercub

[tigercub]

After running the game i cannot interface with it tried old saves to.

[BBfanboy]

I had similar issues just before my hard drive failed ...[:(]
The reason I asked about other programs is the possibility of the RAM being overloaded by background programs.
I would try restarting the computer in "safe mode" (to clear out all the background stuff) and see if WITP-AE will run then.

[tigercub]

new laptop not hard drive.

[tigercub]

full reinstall same problem

[BBfanboy]

So if I understand correctly, you played the game without problems on other computers but you only just installed it on the touchscreen laptop?
How many steps did you have in your re-install?
Did you use switches in the desktop icon properties tab?

I am no expert on tech stuff but it may just be that the game does not like touchscreen control and requires a mouse. Logitech sells a good cordless mouse (M545 model) that is great for occasional use on laptops - the radio link with the computer is a very small USB insert.

[tigercub]

I been using this laptop for 4 months now with no problems its a touch screen but I do use Mouse and screen at times it issue is not about the installation was running fine until a few days ago I have tried changing switches but to no avail. mouse keyboard touchscreen fail to do any thing after I load save.

[tigercub]

I tried to run the game head to head mode and it worked fine this is a worrying some kind of bug with our game. BBfanboy

[Lecivius]

Have you run as admin?

Have you checked Compatibility mode?

Are you and your opponent on the same version? (this shouldn't be the problem, but never hurts to check)

Lastly, I am a might concerned about touch screen. This is an old game. Touch screen adds a level of drivers, that may cause a conflict. Head to head pretty much eliminates this, but not entirely. Do you have another machine to set up & run a turn?

[geofflambert]

tigercub, you've been taking instructions from CNN for far too long. I'm afraid you are a lost and hopeless case. You will never have the acumen to play this game.

[bilbow]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

tigercub, you've been taking instructions from CNN for far too long. I'm afraid you are a lost and hopeless case. You will never have the acumen to play this game.

Very unfair comment. I'm his opponent. He's as strong an AE player as I have ever encountered, and I've been playing PBEM since the UV days.

[Kull]

I've played this on two different touch screen laptops, without a problem. The message about "display res" strongly suggests a display driver problem. You should try some other screen resolutions and if that doesn't work, windowed mode.