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Wing Commander seriesWing Commander IV / Win8.1 64 bit(11 posts)(11 posts)
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Posted June 25, 2014
Has anyone gotten WCIV to work in Win8.1 64 bit? I've tried everything listen in the Win7 64bit forums and nothing is working at all. As soon as I launch it, I just get a WC4DVD has stopped working.

Sometimes I get the Virtual Protect error.

I've tried the various filters, compat mode, installed the DXRedist. Did did the new DLLs. Did the WC4DVDFix patch. Everything.

I then tried to install it into my XP VM, and for that, the vids work fine, but the game is "lifted" so you only see the bottom of the screen.
Posted June 26, 2014
Nobody? Gog just had it on sale, surely someone out there has this on win 8.1. I'm dying to play it. 1,2 and 3 all work. Haven't tried 5 yet.
Posted June 26, 2014
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Midiboy: Nobody? Gog just had it on sale, surely someone out there has this on win 8.1. I'm dying to play it. 1,2 and 3 all work. Haven't tried 5 yet.
The game works fine for me on Windows 8.1. Have you done something unusual like installing to Program Files?

Failing that you could try using DXMCI with Windows 95 compatibility mode; that can reportedly resolve the virtual protect error.
Posted June 27, 2014
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Midiboy: Nobody? Gog just had it on sale, surely someone out there has this on win 8.1. I'm dying to play it. 1,2 and 3 all work. Haven't tried 5 yet.
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Arkose: The game works fine for me on Windows 8.1. Have you done something unusual like installing to Program Files?

Failing that you could try using DXMCI with Windows 95 compatibility mode; that can reportedly resolve the virtual protect error.
Of course not. I know better than to install a GOG game into Program Files on 64 bit Windows. :)

Anyway...how do you run DXMCI with Win 95? It's not an executable. It's a DLL. I'm probably missing something here. Can you explain? The game is running in Compat mode.
Posted June 27, 2014
More information on my error...

When going to Event Viewer, this is what I get...

Faulting application name: wc4dvd.exe, version: 3.0.1.0, time stamp: 0x341eb4be
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0xffff0add
Faulting process id: 0x3b50
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf920cacb1adeb
Faulting application path: E:\GOG Games\Wing Commander IV\wc4dvd.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: ebab66a6-fdff-11e3-bef0-001fc6dae5a9
Faulting package full name:
Posted June 27, 2014
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Midiboy: More information on my error...

When going to Event Viewer, this is what I get...

Faulting application name: wc4dvd.exe, version: 3.0.1.0, time stamp: 0x341eb4be
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc000041d
Fault offset: 0xffff0add
Faulting process id: 0x3b50
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf920cacb1adeb
Faulting application path: E:\GOG Games\Wing Commander IV\wc4dvd.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: ebab66a6-fdff-11e3-bef0-001fc6dae5a9
Faulting package full name:
Have you reported it to support?
Posted June 27, 2014
I thought I was. Apparently, this is the community forums. Oops. Will do now!
Posted June 27, 2014
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Midiboy: Anyway...how do you run DXMCI with Win 95? It's not an executable. It's a DLL. I'm probably missing something here. Can you explain? The game is running in Compat mode.
Oh, compatibility on the main executable was what I meant; hopefully Support will be able to figure out a solution.
Posted June 27, 2014
Yep. Comparability on the actual exe. I hope so too. WC III and WC IV are two of my all time favorite games ever.
Posted June 28, 2014
SOLVED!

I had Team Viewer running on my PC as I use it for work. I forgot that once in a GREAT while, it conflicts with some games. (I have one other game it doesn't work with....the first Bioshock).

I disabled it...and bam!
Posted May 17, 2017
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Midiboy: SOLVED!

I had Team Viewer running on my PC as I use it for work. I forgot that once in a GREAT while, it conflicts with some games. (I have one other game it doesn't work with....the first Bioshock).

I disabled it...and bam!
Thank you!!!
This fixed the problem.
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