Windows XP (32-bit ONLY) / Vista / 7 / 8

reading by the letter i assume this 32 bit only goes for win XP?

cause when it goes for all windows having to be 32bit the text should have read:

Windows (32-bit ONLY) XP / Vista / 7 / 8

stating that all the windows version must be 32.

As it stands now i assume that it should work on win7 ?

Or does it means that there was no 64bit winXP? and therefore the text reads: 32bit only behind the name: winXP?

I have them in my shopping list, and reading the req. for version 2 doesnt say anything about 32bits
so this kinda confuses me, since win xp32 is passed away, and i will have to continue on win7 (64bits)

regards

gamesfreak



edit: bought the 2 warlords battlecry games plus HOMM 4

Correct. XP 64-bit was actually a fork of the 64-bit version of Server 2003 with XP UI stuck on. XP 64-bit has also never been supported by GOG.

i just saw this text under warlords 2

Minimum system requirements - Windows: Windows XP or Windows Vista,
1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended),
3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended),
[2 GB available hard drive space, Windows-compatible mouse and keyboard.

Compatibility notice: Windows XP 64-bit is not supported.

i can't recall that i saw the last line that i marked in bold .

Whatever :D, the game 'works' but flawed , under win 7 64bit
Starts up, runs, plays, but lots of graphic parts arent filled

this screen:



does not show graphics inside it, it shows blacks squares
goes for the rest aswell, whole game interface comes up, but the graphics arent there(characters)

warlord battle cry 1:

thats a funny one...

i have tried to recreate what happend (see attachment)

when you scroll, the little man and a square block with some grass will stay where it is, the rest will be ripped aways and scrolls to the direction you moved, now thats a funny behavior

That makes the game unplayable on win7 64 bits and thats bad cause i like it :D its a funny game compared to all the crap they make nowadays

Since win7 64bit is a bit of a nag (thats my opinion (frankly i hate win7 64bit and win8 is even worse) with
the older windows you could run these nice good old games even on win Xp.
But since that vista (awfull one i never bought it) nothing works.

I guess i have to keep my old win xp just to run the great games they made in the old days.
Diskspace is not an issue these hd are very large.
Problem is i have a dual boot, i can either run winXP or win7 64bit (i have 2 seperate HD)

But win7 is already aging, theres a win8 (brrr, gives me the chills) so i wait and hope that 9 will be more like winxp/win7

I dont think you can have a triple boot menu, cause you need windows to be booted from a hd right?
Only have 2 separate hd.
If there was a way to just keep all the windows and made them run from a bootmenu that would solve all game compatibility.
That way i could keep all my ancient stuff and run my good old games, those games had that special thing, atmosphere and they don't make games like they used to.

Unless there is a program to run these games, i googled and they mentioned dosbox but thats for dos games only right? lot of games are windows.
Isn't there a virtual machine or something, preferably free cause i forked out enough for those windows.

Bermuda Syndrome nice little game ( I never got to finish it) seems to be 16bit,
that doesnt work on win7 64bit,
havent tried it on winxp yet but xp is old and has to go sometime, cant live xp forever.

So basically the games they make nowadays are lame compared to the ones whe had
The big companies only make lots of 3d, even the movies are 3d.
I think and lots of other old game lovers (just google) favor the good old bitmap games.

The only games that are okay are the casual games they make and the indie games, the real big buck companies
don't seem to be able to create simple , addictive games like age of empires (before it went 3d), red alert (before it went 3d).

So all i have now is lots of casual/indie games on retail cd's lots of them, thats the only thing that run on the current windows.

So if you are trying to run Warlords Battlecry 3 on some systems you are going to have issues but you can run the game in Windows 7 using the compatabilty wizard set to Windows XP 2nd Edition and that should work with the other 2 versions as well.
Just right click on the exe and run the wizard and it should all work.

...... using the compatabilty wizard set to Windows XP 2nd Edition

You mean the default compat. options in windows7 64 bit home premium I assume, cause the better comp. modes are only available in the expensive win7 versions.

This is from microsofts site:

" ..... Using Windows XP Mode, you can run programs that were designed for Windows XP on computers running Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions. Windows XP Mode isn't supported on Windows 8."

I have home premium....64bits

You can go for that virtual box / vmachine stuff, , i read all the articles about it , all about the steps , what to do the requirements of a official win xp install/cd etc etc... but how much as i like to game, that is all to much of a bother to make 1 or 2 games work :D

So i will try it with the available options build in comp. mode in win7 64 bits.
Thanks for the quick reply, i will try these things when i login my win7, your help is much appreciated, thanx again.

Hi i am back :D just got Planescape Torment to start up under windows by installing it (yup running from the map i installed it under xp doesnot work (99% of the games accept this wat but not for games like baldursgate and planescape)

As for Battlecry 1 and 2

The startup, all looks okay, interface, options, buttons all... BUT

i cant play it, to me it looks like a graphics issue (my nvidia)

Look at the attachments ...

So i cant play warlords battlecry 1 and 2 cause once in the game itself nothing works, graphics mess up , etc etc
wlbattle cry 2 has exact same issues...

note that i did not had time to tinker with settings, i can try to make a profile and disable lots of stuff in nvidia like i did on winxp.
Problem is that on win7 everything is complet different, and 'hidden' away, win7 is troublesome and annoying.
Plus point is: the setup of the 2 GB games are like 10 times faster :D but thats all the plus i can name for now .


I think the game is funny and i like it, but cant play it, only under xp, but xp cant live 4ever so i need to make it work under win7 -64 bits home premium

Ya it sucks that a lot of games don't work with Windows 7 Home. I kept my 6 six your Dell with XP for a reason as I got all my old games on it and they play awesome. Windows 7 home edition I have on my laptop and I can't play WBCIII on it . Windows 7 Pro is still over $280 at the Staples store so it's not even worth it to upgrade might as well buy a new CPU. I have heard that Win8 has a better virtual PC but I don't have a CPU with it so don't know.
The compatibility wizard I talked about is your only option for Windows 7 Home though and if it's not working for you I would play around with them try the other Windows versions on the list and see if they work. Warlords Battlecry I & II are pre XP games I believe so they may work on some of the older versions perhaps.

Thanks for our reply.
I will see what i can tinker with on win7.

Btw EA has done a GOG thing, looks like they sell old/older stuff for low prices aswell...
you also need account, but i doubt if they:

1) are DRM free
2) accept paysafecards ( i strongly doubt it)

for most games it seems they ducked under the price of GOG.

EA also announced no more cds/dvds / boxes, omly virtual downloads.
Well then those awfull prices i see like 50 bucks (euros) can be 10 bucks since:

1) no more shipping costs, cd/dvd creation costs,
2) no more reordering,
3) no storage costs since they only need 1 piece of every game
4) never run out :D
5) no need to make adds in papers or magazines (real paper ones i mean)

I dont like that idea...
sure i buy old games i used to had or still have and cant play because of incompatibilty
with the systems, but i will never buy a virtual download and pay 30 of more for that.

I also guess the games will never include a nice big manual like baldurs gates/ c&c redalert,
HOMMM, and many more games which packed a nice manaul with all stats and perks.
All that is now on pdf, well i dont see myself:

alt tabbing from the game to view the manual pdf
and most certainly not using a tablet to display the manual ... hahahah
Kinda sad that the good old gaming has past away... no more good thick manuals, only pdf.

Virtual downloads is only okay for:

casual / indie games which require minimum manuals/instructions ( i bought some on GOG)


But real games like stalker and more should be cd/dvd and a nice well written manual not a pdf, that kills the atmosphere and excitement.

When a game came out people were exicted and thrilled and went to the nearest gameshop to buy the boxed version,
those moments are not present anymore with those virtualdownloads, so the price can be very very low :D
That will compensate us a little bit.
For now i will keep it at GOG, with nice old games for a good price.

Btw is there a discussion topic for in the forums? I mean about how we in generally feel about those drops of cd/dvd but still very high prices for a virtual download?