EE on Win 8

[Soty]

Hey Shieldy. Haven't you found a way to properly run EE on Win 8?


I'm asking because I just tried to play a scenario from EEH in the editor mode and the user interface was all blurry and the colours were entirely messed up. Any idea on that?

[Shieldwolf]

Hi Soty! Sadly no. I gave up running Win8 entirely. Got my laptop/ computer both back on Win7. The thread we stickied in EEH

ee.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=1,38092,,10

offers various solutions, with no clear cut one, that I think problems are completely at random.

[Deleted]

Hello! Screw windows 8, personally, I think its all bolox. Either way, I myself have been having some trouble with installing the game and expansion on my friend's computer, a windows 7 machine, mostly the fact that the graphics are screwed up and the game continues to crash. I had given him the game before, but his hard-drive was lost and the re install has not gone well.
The issue with the graphics is with the text flickering, and the mouse leaving trails of itself in the game. If we tinker with the settings however, we lose text, and the model's in-game do not, exist, looking like minecraft in windows 95.

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40 GHz 2.40 GHz
Installed RAM: 16.0 GB (15.9 usable)
Version: Windows 7 Home Premium service Pack 1
Graphic Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (Nvidea 660 Geforce)
Make and Model: Alienware M14x Laptop

Personally, I think its that his computer's graphics card was botched during the installation of a new hard-drive, as in the Empire Earth settings it is impossible to select the nvidea card, and can only use the Intel HD 4000. So, I will recommend to Lord Ficrab that we re install his Nvidea completely, unless you have any idea what in God's name is wrong.
Thank you all for your help,
Lord high Governor TAF

[anduril38]

Based on the responses, it really is quite a thing, seeing that for some persons, just altering the drivers work, while for others, nothing works. Mine, it still flickers and freezes now and then, but it's playable now.

[Shieldwolf]

Nov 24, 2014 21:36:03 GMT anduril38 said:

Based on the responses, it really is quite a thing, seeing that for some persons, just altering the drivers work, while for others, nothing works. Mine, it still flickers and freezes now and then, but it's playable now.

SORRY, Anduril. I edited the response, I was planning to reply. THIS is my reply.

[Boost]

Hey God of Shields, hehe, can you (or anybody here for that matter) get a hold of Windows 10 next year? Testing EE & AOC on it right now is pointless due to lack of completion of the OS. Did you or anybody try it already in the tech demo, or are we waiting for the full version next year? They say that they are completely redoing Windows 10 in pretty much every imaginable way, they don't want a Windows 8.2. Maybe EE or AOC could work huh?

[Shieldwolf]

Dec 26, 2014 4:43:14 GMT Boost said:

Hey God of Shields, hehe, can you (or anybody here for that matter) get a hold of Windows 10 next year? Testing EE & AOC on it right now is pointless due to lack of completion of the OS. Did you or anybody try it already in the tech demo, or are we waiting for the full version next year? They say that they are completely redoing Windows 10 in pretty much every imaginable way, they don't want a Windows 8.2. Maybe EE or AOC could work huh?

Oh, that. I have heard of Win10, but not really an avid fan ever since Win Vista and Win8. I might get hold of it earlier, but for let's not get our hopes high.

[anduril38]

I don't put any hopes in any windows now.