HOI2 on netbook ??

[unmerged(20088)]

did someone tried it on msi wind u100 or some asus eee?

probably it won't work, but I hope it will.

thanks.

 

[Gaute65]

It will work, but not very fast

 

[unmerged(20088)]

Thanks.

the MSI wind has arrived. I've installed HOI2, but an error appears while I'm trying to run the game:

-- Fatal error: Could not initializa video!
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Do you still want to continue?

And then, every choise I select, it goes back to win with an error.

could it be the game resolution? the wind has the 1200x600

 

[Gaute65]

Rename avi folder to avi.old

 

[unmerged(20088)]

done. but nothing..

I have also installed Pegasus Hexa wizard and tried to run the game windowed... --> nothing changed.

(ah, installed patch 1.3) have no idea about what the problem is.

--> probably is the week grafik on the pc,
--> or it's trying to play the intro videos and the problem is only there. is it possible to skip the initial videos execution?

 

[sbr]

done. but nothing..

I have also installed Pegasus Hexa wizard and tried to run the game windowed... --> nothing changed.

(ah, installed patch 1.3) have no idea about what the problem is.

--> probably is the week grafik on the pc,
--> or it's trying to play the intro videos and the problem is only there. is it possible to skip the initial videos execution?

Yes, the opening movie is in the avi folder, that is why you renamed it to skip playing it.

 

[unmerged(20088)]

sbr and Gaute65, thanks a lot for the answers.

so, if I'm already skipping the intro it's a weak video card?

is there a solution? I've tried to look at previous posts, but without search option it requires a lot of time and I haven't found nothing yet.

 

[Gaute65]

Can you change resolution to 1024X768?

If not, can you change to windowed mode with lord ederons hack?

 

[unmerged(20088)]

Can you change resolution to 1024X768?

No the U100s maximum resolution is 1200x600 (it's only 10")

If not, can you change to windowed mode with lord ederons hack?

I don't know what is this hack, but I'll loock around for this name.
I'll write back when I find it.

 

[jdrou]

Some systems with a display res smaller than the game requires may still run it but the real screen will act as a window to the larger game screen. This could depend on your video driver. ISTR seeing someone recently posting that they were running HoI2 or EU3 on an Eee PC or the Acer equivalent that also had a 1024x600 screen.
EDIT: See http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=362890

 

[unmerged(20088)]

GREAT !!!!!

it's working..

and without any trouble.
I paste this just in case:
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I managed to get it working without any modifications to the drivers. I just unchecked "hide resolutions that my monitor cant display" in the display page of the control panel. It plays well, with the exception of the extra scrolling that needs to be done because the screen is too small for 1024×768, but thats most definately a price worth paying for the ability to play HoI2( and Victoria) on a machine thats the same size as 3 NDS's put together.
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Have to try EU3 though. If you say it'll run too, it's simply wonderful.



Thanks a LOT.

 

[Gaute65]

I don't think EU3 will work.

Some tips to make the game faster: http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi2wiki/index.php/Technical_Issues#Game_Slow_downs