Starcraft I Will Not Run Properly on Win7 Pro (64bit)
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Sup ladies and gents,
So here is the deal I've been browsing through my old games and I found my old copy of starcraft. Now the problem is it won't run on my windows 7 professional 64bit for a weird reason. I install it. It loads with a black screen and no sound. Crashing my pc.
Yeah I've looked into killing explorer.exe. Failed.
Done the open your screen resolution. Failed.
Compatibility mode. Failed.
I've looked into all sorts of things and they each have not worked.
I've heard of people say that they can get it to run, but the color flips out.
Ideas?
Oh and my graphics card is a 4670 512MB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16.
Ram:4 Gigs
Processor: E2180 2.00ghz
Monitor is a 4A903b Viewsonic.
I think it works on 32 bit but not 64. If the game uses dos you can try dosbox
[QUOTE=djjkxbox;22245066]I think it works on 32 bit but not 64. If the game uses dos you can try dosbox[/QUOTE]
how does dos box work? I'm kind of confused on how you get it to work.
[QUOTE=djjkxbox;22245066]I think it works on 32 bit but not 64. If the game uses dos you can try dosbox[/QUOTE]
It's doesn't.
[QUOTE=blacksam;22245208]how does dos box work? I'm kind of confused on how you get it to work.[/QUOTE]
You mount a virtual drive and DOSbox emulates some way old computer (16bit I think)
To make it work like this though (here's a guide I wrote a year or more ago.. Sorry if I'm unclear at any point)
[CODE]alright Dosbox is what your gonna be using to play any DOSgames you may find
Unlike Windows games, DOSBox mostly uses the CPU rather than sharing the load with the graphics card. (Xblade may have some trouble with this part)
this i how installed, it requires basic skill to follow this guide:
NOTE: i use a USB to run the DOS games, i found that much easier, E:\DOOM as a path instead of C:\windows\users\user\documents\games\doom
GAME: go to any site with downloadable MS-DOS games, i go http://www.dosgamesarchive.com
you should have downloaded a .zip file, i put it on desktop for ease, tehn right click the .ZIP file, your pc will have some method of unpacking a .zip file, program's like 7zip or winrar work fine
once you have unpacked it, you should have several icons on your desktop, e.g. Doom has about 4, put those files onto your USB
look for a setup.exe or similar, Doom had a ICDEI.exe or something for set up and game play
i usually rename them, like WOLFENSTEIN3D.exe, renamed to WOLF.exe
now you have your components in place
DOSBOX: first step is to install DOSBox. Launch its setup program and install with default options.
alright, install DOSbox to your HDD, often C:\ ( the program will usually try to save itself to C:\programfiles(x86)\dosbox1.4 for e.g.
so install it like any other program on your PC
it should be a pretty straight forward install
NOTE: you have to install the Dos games as well as Dos Box,install DOSbox to your HDD, but save the Dosgames to your USB
now with that bit out of the way,
run DOSbox, to run a game you have to locate it through this window
e.g.
my Doom is on my USB in E:\
so write this and modify it to your situation, like if your USB is F or D drive, swap the E for a F and such
MOUNT E E:\
E:\
cd E:\doom
doom.exe
that's what i write
another might be
MOUNT F F:\
F:\
cd F:\games\dos\doom
doom.exe
if you have any problems post them here and i'll try fix them
:Smile:
Last edited by Mokkan on Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:33 pm; edited 3 times in total[/CODE]
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I have 64 bit and it works, both original and Brood War.. I'm on vista if it makes any difference.
So not really sure what your issue is :/
it def. works on 7-64 but with a colour bug, same goes for 32-bit though
I run it in it 256 colours or whatever (I can't really remember, Lower than what the default is) and that solves the colour issue.
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