I'm not trying to patronise you but to use the windowed mode fix, you have to follow the instructions carefully. If you don't it will not work.
I'm not trying to patronise you but to use the windowed mode fix, you have to follow the instructions carefully. If you don't it will not work.
Which of the solutions in the first post will help get the launcher working again? I have recently fixed my laptop (windows 8) and have ran into a few problems when testing the games to see if they were affected and then I tried Darkest Hour and it seems to crash immediately after I click on the shortcut (along with Victoria 2, of which I'm getting assistance with that) and in the .exe in the Darkest Hour folder. I have not had that many problems with Darkest Hour (only with the music cutting out occasionally and, rarely, freezes), so I don't see a reason for the windowed and compatibility solution on my end.First post has been updated!
Here's "my" method:
Download ddraw: http://bitpatch.com/ddwrapper.html
put the ddraw.dll and aqrit.cfg inside the Darkest Hour folder
edit the aqrit.cfg and change ForceDirectDrawEmulation from 0 to 1. Save the file.
Right click on Darkest Hour.exe and set the colour mode to 16bit
Done.
Works great for me, you've just made the game playable again. It's not perfect or anything, and probably hardware-dependent, but I find 22fps with a tooltip and 30 otherwise playable.
Another way to this and maybe better is this from eeeex
1.) Open Notepad and paste this in it:
Code:
2.) Save the file Click File → Save to open the save dialog. In the Save as type drop-down, select All files.
3.) Enter FixDH.reg in the File name field, and save the file.
4.) Locate the file using Explorer, and double-click it. Confirm Registry Editor's warning.
And now I can enjoy Darkest Hour in FULLSCREEN and on Windows 8 64-bit
Don't thank me, thanks to the guys that put that tutorial for Worms online and eeeex for this great method.
The windowed fix fixes the lag.After playing for 20 hours or so I have not crashed, but lag is present. Will the solutions detailed fix the lag as well.