Campaign Series and Windows 7

[Peter Fisla]

Hi All,

I'm having this strange problem with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and Campaign Series. When I start the game for the first time it seems as if the game is frozen but in about 20 or so seconds the game is ok, the background music starts playing. Once I move a unit the same thing happens the game freezes for about 20 seconds and then everything is back to normal. I figured out what the problem is, it's the sound engine. Once I disable the music and sound effects...the game plays fine. I have this problem with Win7 Ultimate 64bit RC and as well as the final RTM version, I'm playing around with the final build on the trial version that Microsoft recently released.

[Jason Petho]

ORIGINAL: Peter Fisla

Hi All,

I'm having this strange problem with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit and Campaign Series. When I start the game for the first time it seems as if the game is frozen but in about 20 or so seconds the game is ok, the background music starts playing. Once I move a unit the same thing happens the game freezes for about 20 seconds and then everything is back to normal. I figured out what the problem is, it's the sound engine. Once I disable the music and sound effects...the game plays fine. I have this problem with Win7 Ultimate 64bit RC and as well as the final RTM version, I'm playing around with the final build on the trial version that Microsoft recently released.

Are there compability settings in Windows 7?

I haven't played with it, so I am unsure.

Jason Petho

[V22 Osprey]

Hmmm.....I thought Windows 7 was designed to be able run older games and programs much better than Vista ever could, and I've even heard of it being better than XP.[X(]

[mgarnett]

I'm running on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and I am having no problems. I am running 2 Nvidia 6800GTS cards in a SLI configuration. Do you have an ATI or Nvidia card and have you also checked to make sure your drivers, both video and sound, are up to date.

Cheers

Mark

[Legionaer]

I believe that it lays not at the graphic card. I know that some PCs with 64bit configurations show problems with some older games. I heard that Windows 7 32bit works without problems.

Stefan

[Crossroads]

Hmmm, I thought I read somewhere someone experiencing Map editor issues as well... ?

This is what I have learned so far (Copy-paste from theBlitz forum)

First day with a new Windows 7 (64bit) machine...

One turn of Giants on Vistula behind, everything seems to be running smoothly...

A quick look at the OOB tool, everything seems to be OK.

Map editor on 3D does not scroll properly, the display becomes quite a mess after a while. Seems there definitively is something the Matrix guys should have a look at?

Can't really tell about 2D, as the map is so small with my resolutions that scrolling is not necessary.

The same map seems to behave OK on the Scenario editor, however. Go figure.

[TJD]

I'm running JTCS on Windows 7 64 bit without problems. I don't know that the issue is with the graphics card. The problem might lie with where the game is installed. I took Erik's advice and installed the game in C:\Whatever rather than in the \Program Files (Windows 7 has two of these \Program Files directories, one for 32-bit and the other for 64-bit stuff. Can be confusing at first sight.) No problems since. There were some initial problems with HPS games too. Support at HPS echoed the advice I got and said to install in C:\Games and that's what I did and have had no problems since with their gamee either.

FWIW.

Tim

[Crossroads]

ORIGINAL: TJD

I'm running JTCS on Windows 7 64 bit without problems. I don't know that the issue is with the graphics card. The problem might lie with where the game is installed. I took Erik's advice and installed the game in C:\Whatever rather than in the \Program Files (Windows 7 has two of these \Program Files directories, one for 32-bit and the other for 64-bit stuff. Can be confusing at first sight.) No problems since. There were some initial problems with HPS games too. Support at HPS echoed the advice I got and said to install in C:\Games and that's what I did and have had no problems since with their gamee either.

FWIW.

Tim

Thanks Tim

Have you tried to open an existing map using the Map editor?

I installed the game at the default locaction (C:\Matrix\...), and have so far seen absolutely no issues with the game play as such.

For some reason the Map editor does not work when scrolling. The same maps seem to work in the game itself, and also in the scenario editor...