Nah I'm not angry you misread my post, people misread and misunderstand things every day on the interwebs.

Like people who think Windows 8 is causing their game to fail to run, when the reason is that they're using an Intel integrated GPU, they installed some 3rd party software incompatible with their game, that their drivers are incompatible with the game and need to be updated, that they installed the game in a protected folder, etc etc.

I have in all honesty never found a game that did not run on Windows 8.1 so if I have problems running a game - which happens from time to time - my first conclusion is: examine all possibly conflicting 3rd party software settings, GPU settings and hardware.

In all cases that has fixed the game.

Never has the problem been related to Windows 8.1

And yet... people are making topics like this and their problem isn't Windows 8, it never is. I can't even find a topic in this forum where the problem is Windows 8.

....yes all of this is spot on!!

Completely agree...but you quite obviously know what you're doing!

The point I didn't make clearly enough is that most of the issues around software running on windows 8 is relatively easy to solve IF you know what your doing, but there's a large group of folks that are truely used to just installing software/hardware and not having to have much of an input other than ticking the EULA and clicking next.

All they know is that somethings up, they've never needed to do much else so they immediately become stumped.

A complete dummies guide may be a way forward

...followed by a guide to help those who are stumped by the guide itself!

Wow, that's amazingly wrong.

In fact it's so wrong that most statements can simply be flipped to reach the correct conclusion.

First, having a brand new computer with the latest updates is the best way to ensure maximum compatibility with older games. Take Max Payne 1 for instance. The latest drivers for AMD GPUs, Catalyst 14.4 run the game just fine. The Catalyst 13.9 drivers did not.

Windows 8 has proven so far to be an amazing OS, the best OS Microsoft has ever produced - especially from a technological standpoint. It is the most stable OS made by Microsoft to date and rivals OS X in stability, which is UNIX based.

No matter what you throw at Windows 8, it will not crash. It will not crash your computer or your game. Games notorious for crashing whern Alt-tabbing out of them are stable as a rock in Windows 8 when Alt-tabbing, even old games from the Windows 98-XP era.

No developer has stated that their game won't be playable on Windows 8, since all games that run on Windows 7 are 100% compatible with Windows 8, because it is the same OS.

Minya makes the idiotic assumption to equating cosmetic changes to actual changes. Windows 8 is Microsoft NT 6.2 and Windows 7 was Microsoft NT 6.1, but that is in line with the rest of the tripe that is found in the quoted post.

The best OS for gaming in general is Windows 8.1
The best OS for modern games is Windows 8.1 without any question or competition
The best OS for an old game is Windows 8.1

It is advisable to have new hardware and the latest drivers, always.

Oh, you can surely give me some FACTS about your assumptions.

Wow, do I have to prove to you that water is wet? Light is bright?

For new games, Windows 8.1 supports DX 11.2 and the upcoming 12, for old games it doesn't force UI transparencies that fucks up cold games like Windows 7 does, it also supports newer app based games.

I already gave an example of why using the latest drivers is advisable.

Well, telling other people their experience with something is bs and only your opinion is the truth could be considered being an asshole. Plus windows 8 and 8.1 comes with its set of own problems for example with the compatibility to older games and the change in usability. Besides I know no DX11.2 game at this time and for sure not on the GOG catalog. So, yeah water is wet, I knew that already and I know what to think of someone who questions the experience of other people and tells them what to think of something esp. if he tries to start one of those lame and old OS wars. Go back in time and to the usenet to start those there.

No there is no "set of problems" with Windows 8.1 and older games. None. You certainly claim there is, but you can't point to a *single* instance.

I can say that, not because I am Nostradamus, but because you are claiming some bullshit that's demonstrably wrong.

I don't give a hoot what people *think* is the problem, I just care *what* is the problem and if a game runs on Windows 7, then it runs on Windows 8.1, that's a fact. It's the same *system*.

The problem with so many Windows users is that they are completely ignorant and don't know anything about using a Windows machine. That results in rampant guesswork and stupid voodoo advice that helps no one.

Like you here claiming some ignorant bullshit and thinking your opinion is worth a damn when it comes to facts. If you have a game that isn't running, check your drivers. Check your hardware, check your third party software and solve the problem. That's what I do, I help others do the same and ignorant "opinions" on Windows 8 aren't helping anyone run their game, because Windows 8 isn't the problem.

Now if you'd have read what I wrote before, then I mentioned DX 11.2 as one benefit of Windows 8 over anything else on *new* games, not anything you'll find on GOG. Also Windows 8 runs *all* DX 3D up to 10% faster, it has way better multithreading support and stability than anything before it, including Windows 7.

Your opinion isn't fact and your experience isn't the question, only your ignorant conclusions.

Thanks for proving who's ignorant. :)

wow....love is in the air..

I proved you ignorant, not to receive thanks, but to educate other people.

Working for me with no tweaks other than selecting compatibility mode on the installation file. Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit. Is a laptop with HD4000 Intel graphics and Nvidia 730m. Is using the HD 4000 graphics so maybe why it works.

Just ran it using the Nvidia graphic card and works fine, even better actually. The intro was missing with HD 4000.

Will the solutions here work on the DVD version of this game for Windows 8.1? or just the GOG version?

Hello !!!

Did anyone find the answer perchance?
I'm fantastically computer ignorant, so a bit scared to ask the right questions with the wrong computers words, such as "windows 8". It seems to provoke a passive/ aggressive response when people ask the wrong questions....

Um.... so I bought this game from Steam and it says "Myst stopped working". I have Windows 8 (hope I haven't upset anyone with that) Does anyone know what to do?

PS
What is compatibility mode?

Kind Regards
Dr O

When you right click on the launch icon (desktop, not start page) it will have a properties option at the bottom. If you don't have a desktop icon for Myst, right-click on the start menu icon and select "Open file location". That should open the folder that has your Myst LNK files, though if you are on vanilla Windows 8, I don't think that was an option. If you need to find it manually, it is probably located in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"

After you have found your Myst.lnk file, right-click it, there should be a "Properties" option you can select. Once you have the properties control window open for the application, you should see a compatibility tab. You can set the compatibility mode there.