Flanker15
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« on: March 09, 2014, 07:57:08 AM » |
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Have a hankering for SteelFury again and wondering if it works on Win8?
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frinik
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 10:29:05 AM » |
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I don't see why not???Except for DOS games form 80-s or early 90s I don't see why everytime a new OS comes out people wonder whether fairly recent games will work or not.I have had games made for Windows 95, 98 , 2000 and XP that worked fine with Vista or Windows 7.There are 2 golden rules:
1) do not , as much as possible, install the game on the C: drive to avoid any Administrator issue whether when you install it or when you install new mods etc.... Install it on a separate partition.
2) if the game is really old just use Window compatibility settings.
Welcome to SF.
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Flanker15
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« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2014, 10:43:27 AM » |
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Don't need to welcome me, I bought it back when lighthouse interactive sold it!
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 11:12:50 AM » |
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Well, I guess it won't work. The game is obsolete and wasn't design for the win8. I remember, when win7 appeared, then right immediately users got a problems with SF installation and running. Let's remember the HUGE problems with monitor or videocard compatibility.
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Flanker15
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2014, 02:24:20 PM » |
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I've run it fine on Win7 before, so it might work.
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2014, 04:23:11 PM » |
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OS are not a hindrance it's just that games made for former OS need to be adjusted to work properly but it's often just a little bit of work. Why wouldn't SF not work with Windows 8  ? Because of the touchscreen activated controls? Tanker sorry I didn't realize you were a veteran of SF....  |
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Flanker15
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2014, 06:14:56 PM » |
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Yeah it works fine, also is there a fix for the hitching you get when stuff's happening I don't remember it being quite this bad years ago.
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2014, 12:58:55 PM » |
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Yeah it works fine, also is there a fix for the hitching you get when stuff's happening I don't remember it being quite this bad years ago.
I would try to explain, but didn't understand the question  What does `hitching` and what `stuff` du u mean? I think screenshot about question wiil be good. |
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Flanker15
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2014, 01:21:54 PM » |
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It's when the game freezes for a micro second when lots of shells are flying around.
I think it's just some of the new missions put much more units onto the battlefield weighting down the old game engine.
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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2014, 02:28:18 PM » |
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It's when the game freezes for a micro second when lots of shells are flying around. Unfortunately, there is no fix to decrease the freezes  Except one method - decrease the quantity of the units on the battlefield. |
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2014, 03:30:01 PM » |
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Tanker, what specs do you have?
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Flanker15
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« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2014, 04:14:45 PM » |
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Very good specs but the game won't take advantage of most of it because it's built for pre multi-core + pre 64bit.
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frinik
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« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2014, 08:38:39 PM » |
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The game is very sensitive to sound and I have noticed that intense and repetitive sounds lead to stuttering...
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