DW and Win7

Werewolf13 · 01-08-12, 06:34 PM

Can DW be played with win7?

I've tried setting compatibility to XP with no luck and Win 98 with no luck.

My PC has a nvidia 560 graphics card which seems to be the source of the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dr.Sid · 01-08-12, 07:22 PM

What problems did you encounter ? IIRC only trick is not to use Program files folder, as it is protected.

scorpiondown · 01-08-12, 08:31 PM

i have 2 different installs with W7...LwAmi and DWX..
might have to install as administrator i think...

Theta Sigma · 01-08-12, 08:36 PM

Indeed. I have it installed to my programs folder without issue.

Hinrich Schwab · 01-08-12, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Werewolf13

Can DW be played with win7?

I've tried setting compatibility to XP with no luck and Win 98 with no luck.

My PC has a nvidia 560 graphics card which seems to be the source of the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What is the exact issue you are encountering? I run DW on Windows 7 and with the occasional 3d slowdown (DW does not like multi-core processors), I have no real trouble.

Werewolf13 · 01-09-12, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid

What problems did you encounter ? IIRC only trick is not to use Program files folder, as it is protected.

The menus don't come up. The initial video plays and when it ends the menu options on the left flicker on and off rapidly and then disappear and reappear and continue to flicker rapidly.

I installed DW in it's own root directory C:/DangerousWaters.

Upgraded to vs 1.04 and the update found the directory without help from me and did its thing.

If I click a menu option'l location I can go to the screen to change options.

Clicking the missions option (when I can find it) brings up the green globe and that's all.

I set compatibility as noted before and even ran the Win7 compatibility troubleshooter.

Tweaked my video card settings (nvidia 560) back to what was available in 2005 when I bought DW - no joy there either.

Werewolf13 · 01-09-12, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Schwartzritter

What is the exact issue you are encountering? I run DW on Windows 7 and with the occasional 3d slowdown (DW does not like multi-core processors), I have no real trouble.

Ahhhhh...

See I'm running it on a PC with an Intel I7 gen 2. I has 8 cores.

I wonder if setting core affinity to just 1 core would work?

Dr.Sid · 01-09-12, 10:43 AM

It could. It for sure had to be done for some CPUs.

Hawk66 · 01-09-12, 03:55 PM

I have an i5 quad core processor and Win7 x64 and using the steam version, which runs smoothly.

Pisces · 01-09-12, 04:20 PM

I have the shortcut propperties set to XP SP3 compatibility and Disable Desktop Composition and Disable Visual Styles checked. I'm not sure anymore if it is realy required. But generally I do not alter these settings if it doesn't help. So it probably did.

[EDIT] Another reason might be that DW doesn't detect widescreen resolutions (atleast not on mine), and it gets stuck on that somehow. I remember forcing the resolution setting to non-widescreen, and let my graphics drivers stretch it to maximum size. (with black side bands)

Werewolf13 · 01-09-12, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

I have the shortcut propperties set to XP SP3 compatibility and Disable Desktop Composition and Disable Visual Styles checked. I'm not sure anymore if it is realy required. But generally I do not alter these settings if it doesn't help. So it probably did.

[EDIT] Another reason might be that DW doesn't detect widescreen resolutions (atleast not on mine), and it gets stuck on that somehow. I remember forcing the resolution setting to non-widescreen, and let my graphics drivers stretch it to maximum size. (with black side bands)

Been there and done that. No joy.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

Dr.Sid · 01-09-12, 06:41 PM

Menu not showing up is 99% affinity thing.

Werewolf13 · 01-09-12, 10:52 PM

Problem wasn't affinity like I thought. Problem was the graphics setup.

Went into the nvidia control panel and set the default for dangerouswaters.exe to application control and turned off everything else in the panel that didn't have an application control setting.

Also set to run as administrator and installed DW in its own root directory.

Worked great. All processors turned on.

Now where do I find LWAMI? I remember it being a great mod worth the effort to install.

Werewolf13 · 01-10-12, 12:48 PM

Like noted before DW is now working...

though without anti-aliasing turned on. With my old PC I could force anti-aliasing on no problem worked great but that was with a Radeon graphics card.

My new PC has an nvidia 560. Turning on antialiasing and overriding the application control setting is what crashes DW.

Looks really ugly with no AA - but it is playable. Any ideas about how to get AA working?

Got LWAMI installed and it is as I remember a great mod.

Thanks for all the help so far guys.

01-08-12, 06:34 PM	#1
Werewolf13 Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The HEART of Fly Over Country Posts: 120 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	DW and Win7 Can DW be played with win7? I've tried setting compatibility to XP with no luck and Win 98 with no luck. My PC has a nvidia 560 graphics card which seems to be the source of the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. __________________ Peace is good... Freedom is BETTER!

01-08-12, 07:22 PM	#2
Dr.Sid The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	What problems did you encounter ? IIRC only trick is not to use Program files folder, as it is protected. __________________ ComSubSim forum at CADC

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Theta Sigma Seabed Comber Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NorthEast Posts: 349 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Indeed. I have it installed to my programs folder without issue. __________________

01-09-12, 10:43 AM	#8
Dr.Sid The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	It could. It for sure had to be done for some CPUs. __________________ ComSubSim forum at CADC

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Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I have the shortcut propperties set to XP SP3 compatibility and Disable Desktop Composition and Disable Visual Styles checked. I'm not sure anymore if it is realy required. But generally I do not alter these settings if it doesn't help. So it probably did. [EDIT] Another reason might be that DW doesn't detect widescreen resolutions (atleast not on mine), and it gets stuck on that somehow. I remember forcing the resolution setting to non-widescreen, and let my graphics drivers stretch it to maximum size. (with black side bands) __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads Last edited by Pisces; 01-09-12 at 04:31 PM.

01-08-12, 08:31 PM	#3
scorpiondown Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: near Pittsburgh pa. and Daytona Posts: 131 Downloads: 107 Uploads: 0	i have 2 different installs with W7...LwAmi and DWX.. might have to install as administrator i think...

01-09-12, 03:55 PM	#9
Hawk66 Commodore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 609 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I have an i5 quad core processor and Win7 x64 and using the steam version, which runs smoothly.

01-09-12, 06:41 PM	#12
Dr.Sid The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Menu not showing up is 99% affinity thing. __________________ ComSubSim forum at CADC

01-09-12, 10:52 PM	#13
Werewolf13 Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The HEART of Fly Over Country Posts: 120 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Got it to WORK! Problem wasn't affinity like I thought. Problem was the graphics setup. Went into the nvidia control panel and set the default for dangerouswaters.exe to application control and turned off everything else in the panel that didn't have an application control setting. Also set to run as administrator and installed DW in its own root directory. Worked great. All processors turned on. Now where do I find LWAMI? I remember it being a great mod worth the effort to install. __________________ Peace is good... Freedom is BETTER!

01-10-12, 12:48 PM	#14
Werewolf13 Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The HEART of Fly Over Country Posts: 120 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Anti-Aliasing must be turned off... Like noted before DW is now working... though without anti-aliasing turned on. With my old PC I could force anti-aliasing on no problem worked great but that was with a Radeon graphics card. My new PC has an nvidia 560. Turning on antialiasing and overriding the application control setting is what crashes DW. Looks really ugly with no AA - but it is playable. Any ideas about how to get AA working? Got LWAMI installed and it is as I remember a great mod. Thanks for all the help so far guys. __________________ Peace is good... Freedom is BETTER!