play ee on win8

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play ee on win8

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Hello my friends.
Everybody asks for playing Empire Earth on Windows 8, 8.1 or new graphic cards. I try to write easy for everyone (hello spanish people haha).

1. Game stop when starting (everybody do this please)
a) SET to Windows 7 compatibility
----TRY----

2. I CAN START Empire Earth BUT graphic errors
a) GO Empire Earth graphic settings -> (look all settings) SET -> Direct3D TnL <-
b) SET 1024*768 16bit
----TRY----

3. INTEL HD GRAPHICS -> Edit Windows Registry (double click for edit)
a) CLICK START (WINDOWS BUTTON) and enter: "regedit". GO "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SSSI\Empire Earth\Wait for VSync" CHANGE TO "0"
b) CLICK START (WINDOWS BUTTON) and enter: "regedit". GO" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SSSI\Empire Earth\Rasterizer Name" CHANGE TO "Direct3D Hardware TnL"
----TRY----

4. Disable anti-aliasing(fxaa) in graphic control center
a) (ATI) START -> CONTROL PANEL -> ATI Catalyst Control Panel -> SET fxaa(anti-aliasing) TO "application settings"
b) (nvidia) START -> CONTROL PANEL -> NVIDIA Control Panel -> SET fxaa(anti-aliating) TO "application settings"
----TRY----

5. DELETE DX7HRDisplay.dll & DX7HRTnLDisplay.dll

a) Delete this from game directory
----TRY----

6. Good Luck
a) you are the best. I hope you are able to play now. see you!!

7. Sources
https://communities.intel.com/thread/51576
http://www.gog.com/forum/empire_earth_s ... nu_problem
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/ ... 95311.html
http://www.vb-paradise.de/index.php/Thr ... Windows-8/
http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/th ... l-verbuggt
http://ee.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forum ... 8092&st=49
http://ee.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forum ... ,38240,,10
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread. ... rect3D-TnL

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Re: play ee on win8

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Wow nice work. But I would be surprised if that really would work with newer Intel HD GPUs.

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Re: play ee on win8

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thanks Jodocus.

NEW integrated intel graphics ONLY work with old drivers for EE:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx?lang=eng

message me if you need help with old drivers


EDIT: I think this guide fixes most of Windows 8 issues with Empire Earth.

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Re: play ee on win8

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I hope Ghost and Omega will make this a sticky post.

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Done! Good post.
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Re: play ee on win8

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I did number 5 and now I can't even open the game. My computer is telling me that there was a problem loading a game and it tried finding a solution. When it didn't find a solution the only choice I had was to close the program down.
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Re: play ee on win8

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I'm having problems on Win 8.1 too. I can't start the game at all, even in compatibility mode, because I keep getting a "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Error." I am using Intel(R) integrated graphics so perhaps the problem is with the drivers?

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My only problem is the graphics. When I'm in game, the graphics go completely crazy and it is extremely hard to play because you can't tell anything from anything.
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Re: play ee on win8

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Newer Intel HD Graphic cards (> 3000) won't support EE anymore, as far as I know. If you have some dedicated GPU like NVIDIA or ATI, you should try those.
There are some threads about it
https://communities.intel.com/message/245387
https://communities.intel.com/thread/51576

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Re: play ee on win8

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I have no other graphics thingies on my computer other than the integrated Intel 3000 one. Does that mean I have no way to make it work?

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Re: play ee on win8

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In my experience you should be able , with some tweaking of the settings , to start the game and acutally play with Intel grpahics. Only newer Intel Cards will get you grapic bugs in the game , specially flickering. If your not able to start the game at all, thats pretty much not related to your Intel Card ( specially "old" 3000ish), search the net, try different things, theres pretty sure a fix for you out there.

P.S.: I myself got a new Laptop with Intel 4600 HD , and i tried a lot of things, some would make me not able to start the game too, (compatibility seems useless here), but there was always a way to get the game running, jsut not to fix my graphics ingame.
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Every time I try to install a new graphics card, it won't let. I think because my computer doesn't support it. Do I have any other option or should I just quit trying?
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Re: play ee on win8

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I recently found this thread: https://communities.intel.com/thread/58730
It seems to provide a new Intel driver for Intel HD 4000 that fixes the EE bug.

The driver: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail ... rodId=3712

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Re: play ee on win8

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An update about the HD4600:
I am running a HD4600 in combination with a dedicated nVidia gpu (Quadro K1100M). Empire Earth does not seem to recognize the dedicated GPU, but it runs on the HD4600. With the previous driver version (10.18.10.3355 of 15-11-2013) it gives artefacts and is not playable, but after installing an updated driver (10.18.14.4170, from https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24870 ) it runs fine and I can play EE again :thumbsupl: .
So, if you have an HD4600, update your driver and it might fix your problems with artefacts too!

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Re: play ee on win8

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Same for me! Intel HD 4600 + AMD blablaba. With new driver update, i can play EE perfectly. I just had to manually install driver, cause the exe gave me an error like " Hp has not validated this driver" ( got an HP ProBook). I dont know about other Intel HD cards, but this is really nice !
Thanks for the heads up Neotje
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