Posted October 20, 2020
Hi! I tried to play EotFS, but unfortunately I always get the error message mentioned in the subject. Does anyone have any idea how to fix that?
Stargazer
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Germany
Acesfury
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Registered: Mar 2009
From Canada
Posted October 20, 2020
looks like it's a problem for most people, just give them a little time to work out the bugs from it being adapted to modern OS. the game was designed for win97 and DOS after all :-)
Post edited October 20, 2020 by Acesfury
superramen
New User
Registered: Feb 2014
From United States
Posted October 24, 2020
THE PROBLEM:
Whenever you see the error message:
Enumdisplaymodes failed
That usually means that your video card or monitor/display does not support the right resolution.
This same problem can also cause the following errors:
- The game crashes right away
- The game launches to a black screen
- The game launches with a really messed up resolution/colors and is unplayable
Sometimes there are other error messages that pop up as well.
THE FIX:
The typical problem is that your system needs to support 640x480 resolution for these older games. Make sure your video card and display/monitor support 640x480.
If you have Nvidia, do the following:
1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Click on "Nvidia control panel"
3. In the Nvidia window that pops up, add a custom resolution of 640x480, and leave the default values
The exact UI of the Nvidia control panel varies with the OS. You might need to poke around to find the right button to add a custom resolution. I recommend googling "Nvidia custom resolution" and add your OS.
I'm not sure how to set custom resolutions for other video cards.
This worked for me on Windows 10. This would likely help on other systems too.
ADDITIONAL FIXED GAMES:
When I did this fix, it fixed the problem for this game as well as a bunch of other games that failed to launch or were unplayable due to graphics issues:
1. Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (the original edition)
2. Battle Isle 3
3. Emperor of the Fading Suns
4. Fallout
5. Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
6. Fragile Allegiance (I think)
7. Lords of Magic
8. Lords of the Realm II
9. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (I think)
10. War Wind
11. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
12. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
13. X-COM: Interceptor
Whenever you see the error message:
Enumdisplaymodes failed
That usually means that your video card or monitor/display does not support the right resolution.
This same problem can also cause the following errors:
- The game crashes right away
- The game launches to a black screen
- The game launches with a really messed up resolution/colors and is unplayable
Sometimes there are other error messages that pop up as well.
THE FIX:
The typical problem is that your system needs to support 640x480 resolution for these older games. Make sure your video card and display/monitor support 640x480.
If you have Nvidia, do the following:
1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Click on "Nvidia control panel"
3. In the Nvidia window that pops up, add a custom resolution of 640x480, and leave the default values
The exact UI of the Nvidia control panel varies with the OS. You might need to poke around to find the right button to add a custom resolution. I recommend googling "Nvidia custom resolution" and add your OS.
I'm not sure how to set custom resolutions for other video cards.
This worked for me on Windows 10. This would likely help on other systems too.
ADDITIONAL FIXED GAMES:
When I did this fix, it fixed the problem for this game as well as a bunch of other games that failed to launch or were unplayable due to graphics issues:
1. Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (the original edition)
2. Battle Isle 3
3. Emperor of the Fading Suns
4. Fallout
5. Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
6. Fragile Allegiance (I think)
7. Lords of Magic
8. Lords of the Realm II
9. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (I think)
10. War Wind
11. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
12. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
13. X-COM: Interceptor
Post edited October 24, 2020 by superramen
Kemsa
New User
Registered: Sep 2012
From Finland
Posted October 24, 2020
Whenever you see the error message:
Enumdisplaymodes failed
That usually means that your video card or monitor/display does not support the right resolution.
This same problem can also cause the following errors:
- The game crashes right away
- The game launches to a black screen
- The game launches with a really messed up resolution/colors and is unplayable
Sometimes there are other error messages that pop up as well.
THE FIX:
The typical problem is that your system needs to support 640x480 resolution for these older games. Make sure your video card and display/monitor support 640x480.
If you have Nvidia, do the following:
1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Click on "Nvidia control panel"
3. In the Nvidia window that pops up, add a custom resolution of 640x480, and leave the default values
The exact UI of the Nvidia control panel varies with the OS. You might need to poke around to find the right button to add a custom resolution. I recommend googling "Nvidia custom resolution" and add your OS.
I'm not sure how to set custom resolutions for other video cards.
This worked for me on Windows 10. This would likely help on other systems too.
ADDITIONAL FIXED GAMES:
When I did this fix, it fixed the problem for this game as well as a bunch of other games that failed to launch or were unplayable due to graphics issues:
1. Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (the original edition)
2. Battle Isle 3
3. Emperor of the Fading Suns
4. Fallout
5. Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
6. Fragile Allegiance (I think)
7. Lords of Magic
8. Lords of the Realm II
9. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (I think)
10. War Wind
11. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
12. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
13. X-COM: Interceptor
Stargazer
New User
Registered: Sep 2008
From Germany
Posted November 28, 2020
Thanks. That seemed to help a bit. I can watch the intro videos now, but unfortunately it crashes to desktop after that with no error message.
superramen: THE PROBLEM:
Whenever you see the error message:
Enumdisplaymodes failed
That usually means that your video card or monitor/display does not support the right resolution.
This same problem can also cause the following errors:
- The game crashes right away
- The game launches to a black screen
- The game launches with a really messed up resolution/colors and is unplayable
Sometimes there are other error messages that pop up as well.
THE FIX:
The typical problem is that your system needs to support 640x480 resolution for these older games. Make sure your video card and display/monitor support 640x480.
If you have Nvidia, do the following:
1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Click on "Nvidia control panel"
3. In the Nvidia window that pops up, add a custom resolution of 640x480, and leave the default values
The exact UI of the Nvidia control panel varies with the OS. You might need to poke around to find the right button to add a custom resolution. I recommend googling "Nvidia custom resolution" and add your OS.
I'm not sure how to set custom resolutions for other video cards.
This worked for me on Windows 10. This would likely help on other systems too.
ADDITIONAL FIXED GAMES:
When I did this fix, it fixed the problem for this game as well as a bunch of other games that failed to launch or were unplayable due to graphics issues:
1. Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (the original edition)
2. Battle Isle 3
3. Emperor of the Fading Suns
4. Fallout
5. Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
6. Fragile Allegiance (I think)
7. Lords of Magic
8. Lords of the Realm II
9. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (I think)
10. War Wind
11. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
12. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
13. X-COM: Interceptor Update: Disabling the videos and switching to windowed mode in the Dx wrapper helped. The game runs now.
Whenever you see the error message:
Enumdisplaymodes failed
That usually means that your video card or monitor/display does not support the right resolution.
This same problem can also cause the following errors:
- The game crashes right away
- The game launches to a black screen
- The game launches with a really messed up resolution/colors and is unplayable
Sometimes there are other error messages that pop up as well.
THE FIX:
The typical problem is that your system needs to support 640x480 resolution for these older games. Make sure your video card and display/monitor support 640x480.
If you have Nvidia, do the following:
1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Click on "Nvidia control panel"
3. In the Nvidia window that pops up, add a custom resolution of 640x480, and leave the default values
The exact UI of the Nvidia control panel varies with the OS. You might need to poke around to find the right button to add a custom resolution. I recommend googling "Nvidia custom resolution" and add your OS.
I'm not sure how to set custom resolutions for other video cards.
This worked for me on Windows 10. This would likely help on other systems too.
ADDITIONAL FIXED GAMES:
When I did this fix, it fixed the problem for this game as well as a bunch of other games that failed to launch or were unplayable due to graphics issues:
1. Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (the original edition)
2. Battle Isle 3
3. Emperor of the Fading Suns
4. Fallout
5. Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
6. Fragile Allegiance (I think)
7. Lords of Magic
8. Lords of the Realm II
9. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (I think)
10. War Wind
11. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
12. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
13. X-COM: Interceptor
Post edited November 28, 2020 by Stargazer
Gudadantza
New User
Registered: Aug 2010
From Spain
Posted December 01, 2020
Whenever you see the error message:
Enumdisplaymodes failed
That usually means that your video card or monitor/display does not support the right resolution.
This same problem can also cause the following errors:
- The game crashes right away
- The game launches to a black screen
- The game launches with a really messed up resolution/colors and is unplayable
Sometimes there are other error messages that pop up as well.
THE FIX:
The typical problem is that your system needs to support 640x480 resolution for these older games. Make sure your video card and display/monitor support 640x480.
If you have Nvidia, do the following:
1. Right-click on the desktop
2. Click on "Nvidia control panel"
3. In the Nvidia window that pops up, add a custom resolution of 640x480, and leave the default values
The exact UI of the Nvidia control panel varies with the OS. You might need to poke around to find the right button to add a custom resolution. I recommend googling "Nvidia custom resolution" and add your OS.
I'm not sure how to set custom resolutions for other video cards.
This worked for me on Windows 10. This would likely help on other systems too.
ADDITIONAL FIXED GAMES:
When I did this fix, it fixed the problem for this game as well as a bunch of other games that failed to launch or were unplayable due to graphics issues:
1. Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga (the original edition)
2. Battle Isle 3
3. Emperor of the Fading Suns
4. Fallout
5. Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000
6. Fragile Allegiance (I think)
7. Lords of Magic
8. Lords of the Realm II
9. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms (I think)
10. War Wind
11. Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
12. Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
13. X-COM: Interceptor
Post edited December 01, 2020 by Gudadantza