windows 8

[screwlooose]

just tried to load on new puter with windows 8. Wont run. Is there anything I can do??:salute:

[Pisces]

Sofar those that tried had no luck either. Sorry

[screwlooose]

What about windows 7. Tried on laptop and go the same, no go?

[Pisces]

It works in mine: Win 7 Ultimate x64.

I purposefully chose not to install the game in the default location, but in a custom folder: C:\games\Dangerous Waters. Windows Vista/7/8 don't like it when files are modified in the Program Files folder. (i.e. saving into the Scenario folder.)

It may also be that Dangerous Waters doesn't immediately recognise widescreen resolutions. I have my Nvidia config panel scale the screen to meet DW's max resolution of 1280x1024.

[King_Zog]

Probably a long shot and I guess you might know this already, but I had to disable my video card's anti-aliasing in the ati control panel to get the game to run. I'm using Vista 64, and yeah, it doesn't like being put in 'program files' either.

[ssn637]

There's no solution that I know of. I just tried again following a clean installation of Windows 8 x64 Enterprise:
- Program files were copied to a separate directory
- Antialiasing was disabled
- The screen resolution was set to 1280 x 1024 prior to attempting program start
- The program was run in Windows XP and also in Windows 7 compatibility mode

I've gone back to Windows 7 x64 until this issue (if ever) is resolved.

[in_vino_vomitus]

I have windows 8 on my laptop and after some effort, I got TMO to run [the stock game loaded and ran ok from the start]. The only problem I have is that periodically the game minimises itself, just as if I'd alt-tabbed out. Similar stuff happens with other applications. suddenly the window I'm working in isn't the active one any more - Anybody know what this is about? and how do I stop it? It's a minor annoyance, but I'd still like to be rid of it

[Beardmoresam]

Is there no compatibility mode in win8? If its anywhere it would be in the files properties.

[Lasstmichdurch]

I have windows 8 on my laptop and after some effort, I got TMO to run [the stock game loaded and ran ok from the start]. The only problem I have is that periodically the game minimises itself, just as if I'd alt-tabbed out. Similar stuff happens with other applications. suddenly the window I'm working in isn't the active one any more - Anybody know what this is about? and how do I stop it? It's a minor annoyance, but I'd still like to be rid of it

Could you explain some effort?
You are the first person i hear who get DW under Win8 running...

[ssn637]

I gave up trying to get Dangerous Waters to run in Windows 8, with immediate crashes to desktop following installation and huge dump files remaining that I didn't even try to decipher. Rather than return to Windows 7, I simply installed CrossOver for Mac (I have a dual-boot system with OS X and Windows 8 in Boot Camp) to allow running the program in a virtual Windows XP environment.

[herrjth]

I have windows 8 on my laptop and after some effort, I got TMO to run [the stock game loaded and ran ok from the start]. The only problem I have is that periodically the game minimises itself, just as if I'd alt-tabbed out. Similar stuff happens with other applications. suddenly the window I'm working in isn't the active one any more - Anybody know what this is about? and how do I stop it? It's a minor annoyance, but I'd still like to be rid of it

Could you please explain what you did?

Anyway, my situation is as follows, I'am running a dual boot system with Windows 8 and Fedora 18 and basically every game I play from time to time (Hearts of Iron, Rising Storm, Silent Hunter Series, ...) runs fine with Windows 8, except Dangerous Waters, which is sadly one of my favorites. However, I don't want to downgrade to Windows 7, so I tried two things:

1. Run Dangerous Waters in Virtual Box w/ Windows XP installed in it. I activated Direct3D support (you have to boot the XP guest in safe mode in order to do this), installed Dangerous Waters and I got it to run, albeit terribly slow (~20 fps at max), which I expected. My Hardware is a Core i7 2600k, 8gb Ram and a AMD HD6950 Card. So if you can live with a low framerate (which I can't) or have stronger hardware, you can certainly try that approach, but don't expect too much.

2. I mentioned the Fedora 18 dualboot, so I decided to give it a shot with Linux and Wine. I know this might not be an alternative for people that don't have a dual boot system running and aren't willing to do a downgrade to Windows 7 (let alone installing a whole new OS ;)), but maybe this helps the one or another. So what I did:

1. Installed Wine from the package manager (eg. basically yum install wine)
2. Installed Steam with wine (worked out of the box)
3. Started Steam with wine, but no fonts where visible. Started Steam with wine Steam.exe -no-dwrite and fonts where there and crystal clear.
4. Installed Dangerous Waters normally through Steam and started it. And wow, *everything* worked out of the box (though I haven't tested multiplayer).

I spent at least 2-3 Hours for the Virtualbox approach and the Performance and overall experience was abysmal, the Fedora solution took me about 30 minutes, the most time went for downloading Dangerous Waters through steam. I tested this on my not-so-new Sandy Bridge Thinkpad with HD3000 and got ~40fps on insane setting and 90 otherwise, so the performance here is much, much better than in Virtualbox where I achieved 20fps with much better hardware.

So I you have a Linux Box around or a dual boot system, try it with Wine, it worked basically out of the box for me. Anyway, If there is a Win8 Solution, let me know, would be a little bit more comfortable ;)

[Pisces]

I have windows 8 on my laptop and after some effort, I got TMO to run [the stock game loaded and ran ok from the start]. ...

Could you please explain what you did? ...TMO sounds like a mod for Silent Hunter 4. So I think in_vino_vomitus replied in the wrong forum section.

[Hawk66]

Could you please explain what you did?

Anyway, my situation is as follows, I'am running a dual boot system with Windows 8 and Fedora 18 and basically every game I play from time to time (Hearts of Iron, Rising Storm, Silent Hunter Series, ...) runs fine with Windows 8, except Dangerous Waters, which is sadly one of my favorites. However, I don't want to downgrade to Windows 7, so I tried two things:

1. Run Dangerous Waters in Virtual Box w/ Windows XP installed in it. I activated Direct3D support (you have to boot the XP guest in safe mode in order to do this), installed Dangerous Waters and I got it to run, albeit terribly slow (~20 fps at max), which I expected. My Hardware is a Core i7 2600k, 8gb Ram and a AMD HD6950 Card. So if you can live with a low framerate (which I can't) or have stronger hardware, you can certainly try that approach, but don't expect too much.

2. I mentioned the Fedora 18 dualboot, so I decided to give it a shot with Linux and Wine. I know this might not be an alternative for people that don't have a dual boot system running and aren't willing to do a downgrade to Windows 7 (let alone installing a whole new OS ;)), but maybe this helps the one or another. So what I did:

1. Installed Wine from the package manager (eg. basically yum install wine)
2. Installed Steam with wine (worked out of the box)
3. Started Steam with wine, but no fonts where visible. Started Steam with wine Steam.exe -no-dwrite and fonts where there and crystal clear.
4. Installed Dangerous Waters normally through Steam and started it. And wow, *everything* worked out of the box (though I haven't tested multiplayer).

I spent at least 2-3 Hours for the Virtualbox approach and the Performance and overall experience was abysmal, the Fedora solution took me about 30 minutes, the most time went for downloading Dangerous Waters through steam. I tested this on my not-so-new Sandy Bridge Thinkpad with HD3000 and got ~40fps on insane setting and 90 otherwise, so the performance here is much, much better than in Virtualbox where I achieved 20fps with much better hardware.

So I you have a Linux Box around or a dual boot system, try it with Wine, it worked basically out of the box for me. Anyway, If there is a Win8 Solution, let me know, would be a little bit more comfortable ;)


Thanks for letting us know...that sounds promising. Are there any issues when you install Fedora after Win8 (Dual Boot Manager) and does also the sound work fine?

[Gradial]

I had never used windows 8 yet.

[antred]

No joy here either. Dangerous Waters ran perfectly fine on my Windows 7 machine. On my new Windows 8 computer it just crashes immediately, regardless of which compatibility settings I try.

I've written an email to inquiries@sonalysts.com, asking about the possibility of a future Windows 8 compatibility update but I'm not hopeful (haven't received a reply yet, though). :(

[tippership]

any updates on this? looking for gaming laptops, and a lot of newer ones only come with windows 8, but i'd like to be able to run SC and DW....

[Hawk66]

I think your only option is to use virtual box or dual-boot (two OS on your machine)...

[akula65]

Upgrading to Windows 8.1 didn't help at all.

[Fish]

Perhaps you should buy yourself a cheap second hand PC with wind xp?

[Ky3Mu4]

The funny things is that Sub Command works on W8.1 - no problem, and they use same engine, yes? :)

[Pisces]

Well, DW is an improved engine over SC. So not exactly the same. But it certainly is curious.

[Hawk66]

just for info: On my new Win 8.1 notebook, I've tried VMware with Windows 7...and it works great apart from minor 3D graphics issues...sound / speech recognition also works.

[Captain Norman]

Seriously, apart from dual-booting, there is no way to play this? Silent Hunter goes only so far to quench my thirst for submarines, I need modern submarines and my Dangerous Waters :(

[cbrown1790]

Hi,
I have been reading that DW does not work with 8.1. I was thinking about buying the steam version and it seems the only solution is something called vmware.

I am not really familiar with this sort of app, even though I visited their website. I really did not understand the terminology.

Could someone please explain the steps in using this app? Do I need an older version of windows for it to work? I have win 7.

Also, will this vmware work with the steam version?

Thanks.

[Hawk66]

VMware actually allows you to run a further OS on your machine.

Yes, you need to have Windows 7 disc (Vista / XP might also work, but I did not test it) for the installation.

Check out this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2aVFqp0oc8

Once, you have installed it, you can install Steam on this virtual machine and use it in the usual way.

[Trost]

How does SC runs on Windows 8.1? in mine it crashes inmediatly just like DW

[ikalugin]

SC works fine in a virtual box. DW doesnt.

[Arrowhead2k1]

This is absolutely ridiculous. Why won't Sonalysts just fix this? The game is still selling on Steam for $15. There is no warning there and new people are having this problem only to be disappointed. DW deserves the support!

[Pisces]

I'm sure Sonalyst has it's financial reasons not to dedicate developer manpower to this issue.

I think it is more the job of Steam to provide a system requirements warning for this. As you buy it from them, and their Steam App should have no trouble detecting the Windows version. At least the negative customer reviews there are clear that this is incompatible with Windows 8. As always "caveat emptor", buyer beware.

[jaop99]

Im running DW using VMWARE workstation 9 installed, and everything works there, even the MS Speech, and I can give orders to the crew using the microphone.

Base PC specs: DELL XPS 8500, i7 3rd Gen, 8 GB RAM, nVidia HD 7570 1Gb
VMWARE workstation 9

Virtual Machine:
HDD: 40 Gb virtual drive
RAM: 2 Gb
CPU: 2 processors - 2 cores
Network Adapter: NAT
Windows XP Pro x86
DW with 1.04 patch
RA 1.38
Tunngle last version

[Arrowhead2k1]

DW is good, but I'm not bending over backwards to get this thing running on my well oiled top of the line Win8 system. Talk about dangerous waters...:haha: I still have an older notebook with DW on it if I want to play it that bad. It's just a shame. How much effort would it really take to get this thing patched for Win8 so that we can enjoy it hassle free not just now but well into the future? I bet it's only something stupid in the code.

If more people make a fuss, they'll find it financially feasible I'm sure.

[jaop99]

DW is good, but I'm not bending over backwards to get this thing running on my well oiled top of the line Win8 system. Talk about dangerous waters...:haha: I still have an older notebook with DW on it if I want to play it that bad. It's just a shame. How much effort would it really take to get this thing patched for Win8 so that we can enjoy it hassle free not just now but well into the future? I bet it's only something stupid in the code.

If more people make a fuss, they'll find it financially feasible I'm sure.

With VMWAre you change nothing in your well oiled PC :D, You only will need 40Gb of HDD to install everything in the virtual machine and ready to sail!.

[Arrowhead2k1]

With VMWAre you change nothing in your well oiled PC :D, You only will need 40Gb of HDD to install everything in the virtual machine and ready to sail!.

I only have 2 SSD drives and this is currently not an option.

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