INSTALLED FINE, WON'T RUN

[wegman58]

I recently bought a new computer, high end Windows 10 Dell Desktop. Up to date.

I'm reinstalling my Matrix Games. Did Forge of Freedom this morning.

Installation went fine, no issues there.

Hit PLAY. Started loading, got the typical change in Display Resolution common with older games, starts humming along, first screen then nothing. Program ends

Tried the old standby, did the compatibility check (right click icon), Program worked in earlier versions..., picked Windows 7 (worked for another game), same pattern.

[ThomasJay]

After reading this I just installed on my lenovo legion win10 laptop. Used recommended compatibilty (Vista)for both the installer and game.exe. The opening graphics are messed up but the game seems to run fine other than the fixed screen resolution.
I can't download the update though, it directs me to a blank ftp page.

[wegman58]

Set the 'worked with' to Vista. Still no joy.

[ThomasJay]

Sorry to hear that, it's apparently not a Win10 issue though, something with the graphics card settings maybe? Hopefully someone much more knowledgeable than me will come along or support will be able to help.

[hapshott]

Hello, I have the same problem. The thing is that I played it in the past on this PC. It suddenly doesn't start anymore.

I tried all compatibility modes. I also tried dxwnd, dgvodoo and ddraw fixes. But nothing works. It loads and when the blue bar is at 100% it just closes the program.

Crown of glory, which is almost identical to fof works fine.

I'm open to other suggestions. So if someone has it running on windows 10 (20h2)....

Best regards,

Hapshott

[hapshott]

There is an update on your "MY PAGE". Use this to install FoF. It runs great again.

Many thanks for the patch

best regards,

Hapshott

[milkweg]

FoF requires Flash installed to run. Does this patch remove that requirement?

[WallysWorld]

Yes, the 2021 patch removes the need for Flash to run the main menu videos. The game runs just fine for me.

[DEB]

It's my 65th birthday today, and I have finally just finished installing this game on my Win. 7 ( 64 bit ) Laptop.

The initial install ( yesterday ) went well, but to my horror the game crashed just as it finished loading. My O/S was apparently missing a flash.ocx file...

After a few hours of browsing the internet for solutions and finding out that a flash32.ocx file from my Vista O/S would not work ; I decided to visit this forum ( although it was more in hope than expectation ).

After reading a few posts I noted here that there was a patch that should fix my issue. And it worked too !!!

Thank you Matrix Games.

[altipueri]

How are you finding it?

I have had it 10 years or so but never really got into it.

I think it a pity you can not just play the battles part separate from the strategy.