Win10 upgrade issue

[LST Express]

Yep I'm good, thanks for checking.

[Anachro]

ORIGINAL: pws1225

Just a quick note on my experience upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I had many of the same issues described by other posters in this thread and tried many of the same solutions but still had sluggish performance when I could get the game to run at all. I finally tried running the compatibility mode diagnostic which fixed all my problems.

Here is what I did:
1 - Right click the game icon and select the "Troubleshoot Compatibility"
2 - Select "Troubleshoot program"
3 - Select BOTH the "Program worked in earlier versions of Windows ..." AND the "Program opens but doesn't display correctly" symptoms then click Next
4 - The Troubleshoot Compatibility diagnostic will ask which version of Windows you are upgrading from. I selected Windows 7 then clicked Next.
5 - Test run the game using the button provided by the Troubleshoot Compatibility then exit the game.
6 - Select "Save Settings".

After doing this, the game runs just as it did under Windows 7.

And FWIW, here are the command line switches that I use:
"F:\Matrix Games - Todd PBEM\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -f -px1280 -py1024 -altFont -skipVideo -dd_sw -archive -SingleCpuOrders -deepColor

I hope this helps,
Regards, Paul

I was having two major issues with Windows 10 (just upgraded). First the screen wasn't correctly showing in full screen mode, always off center, and the resolution triggers didn't work. Second, there was general slowness and incredible lag in the orders screen.

The above described method from pws1225 worked wonders with my resolution problems. It is not just changing the compatibility setting for the program, but does other things as well. Now, I can play the game at the proper resolution. The -SingleCPUOrders and -dd_sw fixed my issues with lag.

I would recommend both of these solutions for anyone who has upgraded to Windows 10.

[bos142]

Hi Dismal Seepage.

I am having the very same issue i was wondering if you can tell me step by step how you fixed it, i can seem to find the starting point of where to place the command land?

[Parmenides]

I have also the problem as others have written above

"my screen keeps trying to go back to my PCs home screen on Windows 10 when running the game."

This is very annoying. I would like to play in full screen.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Parmenides

I have also the problem as others have written above

"my screen keeps trying to go back to my PCs home screen on Windows 10 when running the game."

This is very annoying. I would like to play in full screen.

What you describe has nothing to do with switches. I am still running Win. 7 and it happens to me too. Every time it does I notice the modem lights flashing like there is an incoming transmission, so I suspect the anti-virus program takes control of the computer (including the game screen) while it checks it out. I have not found a way around that, but the game is still there and I just use ALT+TAB or the game button at the bottom of the screen to go back into the game.

[morejeffs]

I am very confused. I can find the autorun.exe
but how do I find the game.exe file? I should add I am playing off of scen 28

[Anachro]

the game.exe file is War in the Pacific Admirals Edition.exe located in the directory you installed the game. To create a shortcut for it, right click on this .exe filed and select Create Shortcut. You should see a War in the Pacific... - Shortcut file now. Right click on his and select properties. There are two lines you can put stuff in, Target and Start In. In the Target line is where you put your triggers.

[morejeffs]

Thanks Anachro

It is working now!

Thanks so much!

[Beilisarius]

I upgraded to Windows 10 and I am having the same problems others have experienced, namely The game loads fine but when I scroll the cursor to move the map view it will not budge for a long time and when it moves, it does so very slowly. Only issue is the map scrolling event with my mouse.

I have read above about changing "switches" but I am COMPLETELY computer illiterate.

I cannot for the life of me find the "installation folder". I can find the game fine in my "c" drive and locate a myriad of folders and files etc for the game but not that one. Can someone help an old time war gamer who went to college with a slide rule. I just want to play the game. My guess (for what it's worth) is that if i add "deep color" it may fix the problem. HELP!!

Thanks in advance for for your assistance.

UPDATE: I found the installation folder and added "-deepColor" and i am zipping around on the map just fine. My question is, now I have two Icons on the Desktop for WitPAE, the original auto run (which when I play the game using that shortcut to start the game the old problem still persists) and now the new shortcut that works just fine. The new shortcut goes straight to the game while the old one brought up options for the manual , updates, etc. How do I make the old shortcut work? can I add "-deepColor" to the autorun and make it work? Do I have to delete the original shortcut and just use the new one? will that do anything to the game. How will i be able to update or access the manual other than going into my "c" drive and looking for the folders.

sorry for all the questions.

thanks again.

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

These are all the switches I was using for Windows 8/8.1. I haven't fired up the game on 10, but I suspect little change in these.

-altFont -archive -wd -deepColor -px1366 -py768 -fixedArt -noFire -SingleCpuOrders

-deepColor is possibly important, and so is -SingleCpuOrders.

These -px1366 -py768 -fixedArt -noFire have to do with my screen/graphics card and running in windowed mode.

-altFont -archive -wd are just normal game switches not related to performance.

I agree that -dd_sw might help on some systems, just have to try it to see.

Since being forced to acquire a new computer with win10 already installed, following these directions again completely cleared all my issues with compatibility.

"-altFont -archive -wd -deepColor -px1366 -py768 -fixedArt -noFire -SingleCpuOrders"

[witpqs]

[8D]

[PizzaMan]

Greetings all, thank you for all for the continued support. I just got a new pc with Windows 10, and had a heck of a time trying to run our favorite game. After combing this thread, and hours of switch tweaking, I am finally up and running. IMO, planning is actually improved now over Windows 7. I have yet to run a turn though, but I am hopeful that there will be no additional Win 10 issues.

These switches worked very well for me:
-dd_sw -deepColor -SingleCpuOrders -cpu4 -px1920 -py1080 -f -archive

[BBfanboy]

What did you mean by "planning improved" Pizza Man?

[boxof9]

I'm having the same issue. I'm also very computer illiterate. Where did you find the installation folder?

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: boxof9

I'm having the same issue. I'm also very computer illiterate. Where did you find the installation folder?

Well, what exactly is the problem you have?

What exactly have you done to attempt to fix it?

What exactly have you read in the many threads and posts on getting Windows 10 to run the game well?

What exactly do you not comprehend in the many solutions which have been provided?

Being computer illiterate is not an excuse for not being diligent in resolving the problem or providing meaningful data to give a hint to others how to assist. This very thread has many posts which graphically show computer illiterates what to do in the relevant screens.

Alfred

[boxof9]

Wow.

[sanderz]

theres a "readme" in the main installation folder, look for the section headed "IMPORTANT - Dual/Quad Core Performance and Command Line Switches"

if you can't find the installation folder i wouldn't know where to begin

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: boxof9

Wow.

Alfred comes across as pretty harsh, but his points are valid. A lot of people have already taken the time to post all the info you need with pictures in this thread and maybe a couple of others dealing with Win 10 installation issues. Until you take the time to learn what they have been trying to teach there, it is not fair to ask for further hand-holding.

The only way to cease being a computer illiterate is to study what you don't know and get to the stage where you can define your problems and ask specific questions. If you don't know how to navigate your computer's file system, I think you can run tutorials from Microsoft about how that works. This game demands a lot of learning to play, so you need to be tenacious in struggling through the learning curve. Good luck, and don't give up. [:)]

[boxof9]

Wow again. Thanks for the lecture. I'll consider my questions more carefully in the future.

[wdolson]

Questions are always welcome here, but it helps everyone including you if you can describe the problem in as much detail as possible.

Understanding how to change the command line for the game helps to fix many of the problems you're going to run into. The game uses some old DirectX calls that don't work very well on multi-processor computers and sometimes with modern video cards. The command line switches can fix these problems, but each computer is a little different, so you have to experiment. The command line can be accessed by right clicking on the game start up icon on the desktop or the start menu and selecting Properties from the menu that pops up.

Matrix installs most of their games in folder called Matrix Games on the C: drive. If your going to be delving in there learning how Windows Explorer (different thing from Internet Explorer) works and there is info online about how that works. If you want to install mods, you'll probably need to poke around in the game folder a bit. It isn't very tough, but you'll have to learn a couple of things about the tools built into Windows first.

This forum is generally very helpful to new players. Please don't let a bad experience the first time scare you off.

Bill