Wow. Very nicely done. It's almost been a year since I've been able to run this off at grad school. My crummy little laptop with only integrated graphics runs this fast as snot. Working on a GlovePIE profile for an Xbox 360 controller to use with V-Hold thing. Two sticks would also work if anyone has a spare to use as a joy-collective. Try it. Kind of nice. Need to get my x52 shipped to me.
The term "necroposting" was invented by a person with no social memory beyond a year. People with a similar hangup are those o.k. with the internet being transient vapor.
I did a "Large Install" and followed the inrstructions but still getting "All files needed to run game not found. Insert CD and then re-run game."
Ideas / suggestions?
Edit:
Go it! I always install games to a dedicated partition. I uninstalled it and re-installed to the default "C:\Program Files" folder and it worked! Awesome!!!!
Last edited by The Punisher; 05/13/1202:55 PM. Reason: Fixed!
#3572656 - 05/14/1204:07 PMRe: Comanche Gold on Windows Vista/7 - fixed!
[Re: Flyboy]
I don't know what's happened there then. Will it work again if you re-copy over the modified .EXE file? Or does it look like you'll have to do a full re-install?
Howdy, I've been spending (more in 2018) countless sleepless nights trying to fix Comanche Gold on Windows 10 and, I did it!
One catch, this fix breaks the intro videos if the game is booted in full screen mode, there may be a quick fix by hamfisting the settings but I'd rather just leave it.
UPDATE V1.0c - Consolidated patch into two easy steps, added backup link from GDRIVE.
2. Install DXGL, Set up Wc3.exe for the following setting. Just stretch to screen, or use aspect if you don't mind black bars/the stretching disorientates you.
i know you're itching to mess with the new DXGL menus, but DO NOT add Antialiasing, it will not look any better and can quite in fact slow down your game to a crawl (even on an NVIDIA GTX1050Ti!)
Play it.
Boom, 1024x768 graphics, this also acts as an upscaler, thus will run at any weird resolution like 1366x768 or 1080p.
I take no credit for the files whatsoever, just want to keep my flight sim running on modern gear.
Enjoy!
I am playing this on: Lenovo Thinkpad T520i Intel Core i3 540m 8GB of DDR3 RAM 128GB Sandisk SSD Windows 10
i.e, this is what you'd basically consider a high end business notebook
How to do it in about two minutes (Yes, this fix is easy as pie!)
Last edited by Bugswatter; 05/14/1801:54 AM. Reason: 2018 update for new DXGL, new links
#4107661 - 04/17/1512:24 PMRe: Comanche Gold on Windows Vista/7 - fixed!
[Re: Flyboy]
Hi Bugswatter. So basically, it's the same method as running the game on Windows Vista/7/8... or does Windows 10 actually REQUIRE you to use the DXGL program?
Windows 10 requires the DXGL or else it will drop into a strange corrupt video mode that only takes up 1/3 of the left side of the screen, this happened on every modern machine I've tried. It has something to do with directdraw being relatively nonexistent in Win10
It's basically the Windows 7/8 patch + WC3.MNU + DXGL and the DXGL is what makes the whole thing boot up.
I'd imagine a team of classically trained coders could write a directdraw wrapper specifically for WC3 but DXGL seems promising in its own right.
Last edited by Bugswatter; 05/02/1509:56 AM.
#4115245 - 05/03/1502:37 PMRe: Comanche Gold on Windows Vista/7 - fixed!
[Re: Flyboy]
Thanks for the clarification. I thought that the DXGL program must be the key ingredient here. If I do a further version of the Comanche Gold Windows Vista/7/8 fix documentation I'll add in your discoveries and also credit you.
Anybody with Saitek X-52 Pro and Saitek Pro Flight Rudder pedals ? I can't use the Pedals at all, as X-52 rudder twist is act for them. Can anyone help me ?
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, i3 4GB
#4420353 - 05/12/1807:14 AMRe: Comanche Gold on Windows Vista/7 - fixed!
[Re: Flyboy]
Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 4Bugswatter
Swatter of Bugs
The Playstation4/PC Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS 4; in classic thrustmaster fashion, works "out of the box" after installing the PC specific drivers.
it's literally the same setup as even the oldest thrustmaster HOTAS COUGAR stick, all the buttons are relatively the same. the rudders can be put on the twist, optional foot pedals or the throttle's rudder!
Snap one up from your local best buy, install the drivers and away you go
#4455235 - 12/29/1811:21 AMRe: Comanche Gold on Windows Vista/7 - fixed!
[Re: Flyboy]
Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 4Bugswatter
Swatter of Bugs
Well, after a few years I figured out how to fix the videos, and get upscaling to 1080p stretch!
Video Mode: Custom Aspect: 16:9 (or your monitor's preferred) Vsync:Enabled Every flip Fullscreen:non-exclusive Scaling Bilinear *to taste or linear for integer resolutions to the ingame (example 2x integer 1600x1200 for 800x600?) DPI scaling mode: Disabled Custom Resolution: Recommended trys are 1920x1080, 1280x720,1600x1200, 1366*768, vga, svga, qvga...4k, 8k, 12/16k? ?
#4455493 - 12/31/1802:06 PMRe: Comanche Gold on Windows Vista/7 - fixed!
[Re: Bugswatter]