The M2TW hardware thread: please post all hardware queries here

[JCoyote]

Can i upgrade my laptop to a Nvidia or whatever that will enable to crank up my settings higher lil bit?

Generally speaking, with a laptop that has built-in graphics like that, no. The graphics are not upgradable usually, at least to anything that would improve performance.

[palatinus178]

Generally speaking, with a laptop that has built-in graphics like that, no. The graphics are not upgradable usually, at least to anything that would improve performance.


Hmm, so I cant do anything to make my gaming experience better? that hurts..:wall:

[Theodotos I]

My situation is this: prices on MTW2: Gold Edition have finally on dropped to the place where I’m willing to buy. However, I have an old computer. More specifically, a 1Ghz Dell with 512mb of RAM and an 128mb video card. If I move all the settings down to their lowest level, would this be enough to play MTW2 and Kingdoms? Or does anyone even have experience with MTW2 on such an old computer? Would appreciate any advice I might receive. Thanks ahead.:yes:

[irishron2004]

My situation is this: prices on MTW2: Gold Edition have finally on dropped to the place where I’m willing to buy. However, I have an old computer. More specifically, a 1Ghz Dell with 512mb of RAM and an 128mb video card. If I move all the settings down to their lowest level, would this be enough to play MTW2 and Kingdoms? Or does anyone even have experience with MTW2 on such an old computer? Would appreciate any advice I might receive. Thanks ahead.:yes:

Unless one of the geeks can prove me wrong the answer is no.

[cassu]

it should be able to run it, i have only a bit better comp and it runs with medium settings but remember to change the settings in main menu and not in game (the shadows and such are in main menu)

[Theodotos I]

Thank you very much. I may try that.

[Amir al Amin]

Hi, I don't know whether this is the appopriate thread to ask about this or not(because it might need modding) but I have a problem.

I play this game on a laptop which is not particularly high-end to say the least.
I have low FPS rates at battles, but FactionHeir's tuturial helped make make battles bearable. (yeah.. thanks for that FactionHeir:2thumbsup: )

I would appreciate any further advice to make battles go smoother.
But now I need to tackle the next problem which is the Campaign Map. I don't know why but the units move very slowly on the map and scrolling around the map is also kinda slow to an annoying degree.

How would I be able to make the Campaign game run more fast-paced and smooth?

[FactionHeir]

Campaign map is a tough one. Its really the heights (mountain peaks) and moving trees which slow it down a lot. To fix that, you need to modify the cas animation files, though I'm not sure how much exactly this will help, but every little should I suppose.
For the program to work on cas files, you want to be contacting KnightErrant as I hear he has released a new version of that tool since I last worked on it.

[Amir al Amin]

oh well.. I don't have ANY experience with modding or with animations
So if there is nothing else to do I guess I'll have to live with it :juggle2:
Do you know a way to scroll faster at the campaign map?

[FactionHeir]

Not outside of increasing scrolling speed, but that will lag depending on your hardware.

[Amir al Amin]

I see..

Well the road ends here I guess thanks a bunch FactionHeir

I'll be looking forward to your future ideas for increasing performance :beam:

[cassu]

do you have the shadows off from the campagin map? i have a low end laptop and it runs it pretty well, only problems are northern italy and around the holy lands (map lagging that is). check in the main menu in the options to put the graphics lower and especially shadows because the cause to most lag for me. i put the graphics on a acceptable level and it runs pretty nicely for a laptop and remember to check for any processes that would hog alot of memory (windows vista hogs a lot of memory so it woad probably run better in XP).

[Amir al Amin]

Yeah I have shadows off and everything is at it's lowest.

My problem is indeed Vista, its screws everything up:furious3:

nothing I can do abt it though, cause I won't be installing XP on this machine anytime soon..

[Charles the hammer]

Im having problems in that i meet the minimum requirements but cant seem to run lag free even with everything on low and i was wonderin what could be the problem. Im dont know much about computers so could someone please help!!!

[Classics]

Hi, new to the forum (and forums in general)

I'm having trouble running MTW2, the game plays for 30 seconds tops then crashes and my computer restarts. I know next to nothing about computers so any help will be greatly appreciated.

My computer specs

O/S - Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
Language - English (regional setting English)
Sys Manufact- Intel
Sys model – DG31PR
BIOS- ver: 08.00.10
Processor – Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz (2CPUs)
Memory – 2044MB RAM
Page file – 231MB used, 3705MB available
DirectX version – DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DxDiag 5.03.2600.5512 Unicode

Name – NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Manufacturer – NVIDIA
Chip type - GeForce 8400GS
DAC Type – Integrated RAMDAC
Approx total memory – 512.0 MB
Current display mode – 1024x768 (32bit) (75Hz)
Plug and play monitor

Cheers

[retep219]

I do not actually own M2TW, but I was wondering if the following desktop computer could play it:

1.7 GHz Pentium IV
512 MB of RAM
Nvidia Geforce 6200
Windows XP Professional

I play RTW perfectly on max graphics settings.

Anyways:

Can I play M2TW?
How bad will the graphics have to be if I can?

[FactionHeir]

Hmmm I'd say you'd get major campaign map lag and can't fight huge city/citadel type battles without using low-spec mods.
I used to play it on my P4 2.8 512 and GF 5600 and it was just like that. Yours may be a bit worse I think.

[retep219]

Don't worry...I'm used to it. Played RTW on something like a 800 MHz computer once with a video card that was outdated when the PC was new...

[Critical Bill]

Hi All

According to systemrequirementslab, I can't run Medieval as my system doesn't support pixel shader 1.1. However it says the same thing about Rome, and I can run that just fine.

Is anyone running this without pixel shader?

I've run dxdiag:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/24/2008, 19:19:19
Machine name: HOME
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: VIA
System Model: K7VT4A+
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) 2600+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 246MB used, 1003MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce4 MX 4000
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0185&SUBSYS_81531043&REV_A4
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Hansol Mazellan15ax
Monitor Max Res: 1024,768
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.9371 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/22/2006 11:22:00, 4527488 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/22/2006 11:22:00, 3994624 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-42C5-11CF-6857-59A105C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0185
SubSys ID: 0x81531043
Revision ID: 0x00A4
Revision ID: 0x00A4
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{212DC723-3235-44A4-BD29-E1652BBCC71C}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_MedianFiltering
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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Description: C-Media Wave Device
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_97611849&REV_50
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: cmuda.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0049 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Debug
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 5/12/2005 13:21:08, 1332544 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: C-Media Inc.
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): Yes
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

Description: Modem #1 Line Playback (emulated)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID:
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 81
Type: Emulated
Driver Name:
Driver Version:
Driver Attributes:
WHQL Logo'd:
Date and Size:
Other Files:
Driver Provider:
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0x0
Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: C-Media Wave Device
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: cmuda.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0049 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Debug
Date and Size: 5/12/2005 13:21:08, 1332544 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Description: Modem #1 Line Record (emulated)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name:
Driver Version:
Driver Attributes:
Date and Size:
Cap Flags: 0x0
Format Flags: 0x0

Thanks in advance

[TevashSzat]

I don't really know regarding the pixel shaders question, but from the specs of the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000, it would be a strech at best.

If it actually does run, expect to run it at lowest resolution with lowest graphics settings at the lowest unit size. Even then, there may be lots of lag. I don't know about, you, but that would really destroy the experience of the game with me

Also, that card's like 5 years old which is like 50 years old in everything else time.....M2TW is just 2 years old so yeah...

[Critical Bill]

Oh well.

Thanks for your time.

As a complete hardware dunce, I've managed to check out my motherboard (K7VT4+) specs and seem would seem I'm limited to AGP8X/4X compatible cards. What's the chances of getting a card that will work?

[Critical Bill]

Right then, so I upgraded RAM and graphic card and got M2 today :)

Battles are so laggy as to be unplayable - I'm currently downloading the 1.2 patch and will try Faction Heir's tuturial for removing lag, but could someone tell me whether there's still a problem with my specs?

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: VIA
System Model: K7VT4A+
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) 2600+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 1536MB RAM
Page File: 485MB used, 2439MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x9596)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9596&SUBSYS_00281787&REV_00
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Much appreciated, and Happy Christmas.

[Ygfbv]

Should I be able to max this @ 1680x1050?

SPECS (the only ones that matter):
E4500 @ 2.2ghz
2.0 GB DDR2 667 RAM (G.SKILL)
HD4850 @ stock

[JustJoey]

Anyone have any idea if this will play M2 ok? low settings are fine for me..

Dell 450
XEON CPU 4.0GHZ (2x2GHz)
1GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB AGP8 Graphic Card

I'm not great with the hardware side off stuff, I would really apreciate the help.

Thanks ...

PS: Conquer or die fellas!!!

[gaiusjulii]

I think this is the correct place for this, I am running

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 530
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 2036MB RAM
Page File: 1301MB used, 3008MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

and monitor res at 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz).

with a built in graphics card pants i Know, What I wanna know if the Nvidia Geforce 8600GT 1GB is worth buying to play MTW2, will it run?


cheers in advance guys.

[Cyrus]

Hello!
i had to uninstall the game for problems, i tried reinstalling it and after accepting the license agreement it wont let me install it because my C:/ hard drive is too full! I have 3 hard drives , one of wich has more than 600 gigas but it wont allow me to choose!! I remember i had the choice when i installed it the first time, why not anymore?
Ps i have the gold edition

[josep]

Is it possible to make MW2 to work on a Windows Vista? Thanks.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Yes.

[josep]

I am trying M2TW on my widows vista and while the campaign map works fine when i try to fight the battle it lags like crazy. I have 2 gigs of RAM. Do you think the problem is widows vista, my video card or what?

[Galain_Ironhide]

Not that I am the most technical minded member here, but you might want to let us know your computers specs and then someone may be able to answer your question. Windows Vista works fine with M2TW btw.

Graphics card could be the problem though.

[Cecil XIX]

I'm planning on buying a new computer in the near future, and was wondering if someone could give me a general idea of what I'd need in order to run MII:TW on it's highest settings, so I could get an idea of what the most I'd want is. Thanks in advance.

[Bilgediver]

A lot of the most basic gaming computers nowadays could probably run it on its highest settings. Can you tell of us of your price range? Normally I'd just max everything out I could but that ran me up quite a bit (probably well out of your price range, heh). I personally can run E:TW and N:TW on their highest settings so its prob a bit overkill for you, if all you want is M2:TW


My own computer is a laptop and its basic specs are in my sig (ordered from www.avadirect.com). Avadirect has newer models of Clevos, as well as MSI's, ASUS's, Compals and others online.

[Risasi]

Reporting in...

I bought one of the new 13" Macbook Pro laptops, and have it set up with a dual boot of OSX and Windows 7. It has the new Sandy Bridge Intel chipset (HD 3000 GPU). I installed Medieval 2 a few days ago. It defaulted all video setting to everything on high. It runs pretty smooth with those settings. I wasn't testing for high framerate, but instead trying to produce choppiness. It ran pretty good, but hot. I'll likely end up turning down some of the settings in an attempt to keep it a little cooler.

[totalwar123]

I have a HP 14"Notebook andwanted to know if I could run M2TW and if it does what settings would you recommend?

Specs:

Windows 64 Bit
AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M Processor
4GB DDR3 RAM
AMD Radeon 6520M GPU

Thanks

[calder]

I just wanted to know if my computer has enough power to run the game. I don't need the best graphics possible but it can't be so laggy that battles just don't work in single player.

Operating System: Win XP Home
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz
Memory: 1014MB RAM

I have an on board Video card and I know I will need to upgrade it inorder to play this game but was unsure of what type of video card to buy. Would love some advice.

[rickinator9]

Try this website: http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx

[the_eye_of_sauron]

Hi all.

Just took delivery of my new PC - Alienware X51 (I know...) - first gaming PC I've owned, couldn't afford a beefier model and couldn't be bothered to make my own, just want to play games like Medieval 2, Empire & Napoleon on higher settings.

The spec I have should be more than capable of maxing out all of the settings (with AA, grass & shadows off - don't care about them), but when I play M2TW (Third Age mod) on even medium settings it's laggy like on the PC I replaced! Empire & Napoleon work well on High/Ultra settings, but not Medieval 2?!?!?! WTF?

I have (according to systemrequirementslab.com):

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU 3.4 GHz Performance Rated at: 11.90 GHz
8GB RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX 555
DirectX 11.0

All of these spank the minimum and even recommended settings, so why is Medieval 2 still lagging badly on medium when newer games work fine?

I have a 23" monitor capable of 1080p or HD or whatever - could it be the resolution I'm trying to use (1920 x 1200 or something...)? Any recommendations?

[Nelson]

It's unlikely that MTW2 is optimized for the multicore processors currently in vogue. Or to exploit DX10 or 11. Plus you are playing a mod so all performance bets are off just for that if the unit sizes are expanded much. I haven't played Third Age on my current I5 rig but I did get lousy frame rates with multiple Mongol stacks on the field at the same time. Shogun2 runs great with 6000 men in combat but MTW2 becomes a slide show with that many.

And welcome to the Org!

[Lord of Terror]

Hi there!

I have a serious problem:
I unpacked the files with succeed.
I think I edited something from there.
I deleted the two files.
I started a new campaign playing as the Holy Roman Empire.
My first battle was with the Rebels.
I lost because of time.
Then, Poland attacked me.
And when it was ready to view the message, the game got black and it showed me a message from (not from the game):
Medieval 2 Total War has found an unexpected error and it will close now.

Please someone help me!!!

[Age]

I am wondering if there is way to load up MTWVI without the disk in drive.I know Activision likes this but how about CA?

Delete wrong forum.

[Kront the King]

posted 02 August 2015 00:24 EDT (US) Jermius Provius's Profile Edit This Message
I just uploaded my RTW installed BI, then I installed MTW2, neither work. Says the MSS32.DLL, is missing. Did the fixes posted in 2005 and 2011 on other forums. Still nothing, game wont run, get the same error, but only if I open the folder and run the exe from there. If I run from the desktop icon it doesn't say anything, but I have to routinely set my status to Admin, even though I set it to that by default on the compatibility. I tried to move UAC to the lowest bar. It's still borked....

I downloaded WinAmp..borked.

What's up with this?

I have legit copies, and entered the ID key for MTW2.

I'm at a total loss, is Windows 10 doing this?
mox roma victrix
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Terikel Grayhair
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posted 02 August 2015 05:26 EDT (US) 1 / 6 Terikel Grayhair's Profile Edit This Message
I have zero experience with Windows 10, but if it reports a file being missing, I would look first for that file to see if it is there, or is indeed missing. That happens sometimes during installation, a file would get corrupted and not be recognized. So first see if the file exists, and then we try to figure out why the game does not see it.

If the file is not there, try a re-install. Sometimes that fixes it.

EDIT: Looking up MSS32.dll, I found that it is not a game file. It is a windows file. You might find solutions for your problems following this link or this one.
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Jermius Provius
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posted 02 August 2015 08:02 EDT (US) 2 / 6 Jermius Provius's Profile Edit This Message
Yeah, thanks for the swift reply. I'm gonna run ccleaner, and try to find the latest DX, But yeah, I forgot to mention, the file is in both directories. It's not that it didn't install, I even tried pulling it off the CD itself to replace the one in the directory, but it was no change, so I'm leaning on it being a Windows 10 Direct X issue.

I'm on a laptop, but it runs AoC so it shouldn't be a graphic's issue my spec's are way over what I would have needed to run it in 2005-2011. It has to be software relate, and God I hope it's not malware related.

Thanx a bunch for the links though.
mox roma victrix
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posted 02 August 2015 10:33 EDT (US) 3 / 6 Terikel Grayhair's Profile Edit This Message
You are welcome, and welcome to our forums.
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Jermius Provius
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posted 02 August 2015 18:38 EDT (US) 4 / 6 Jermius Provius's Profile Edit This Message
Thank, you for the welcome, and I'm happy to be member of the forum. I have read it for years but never had any real reason to join until this frustrating issue.

I had the games in mothballs until recently, but dug them out to take them for a spin on my new-ish HP.

It might be something to do with my ROM drive on my laptop.

It's a DVD-ROM, but the play feature only seems to engage for movie disks. Runs them like a LEDFS with no glitches.

But it's also a CD burner, so I can only see the option to erase the disk, or copy the files as if I was going to pirate it.

Can anyone tell me how to disable the writer so just the autoplay on my DVD-ROM works? I never burn anything anyway, and it seems like game makers wouldn't make disks and HP wouldn't make a drive this screwy if there wasn't a way to get it to play game disks.

But I have asked around and scanned the net. Nothing about what I need, only tips on disabling the autoplay I want to activate.
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Terikel Grayhair
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posted 03 August 2015 02:43 EDT (US) 5 / 6 Terikel Grayhair's Profile Edit This Message
I do not know much about disc drives, but I do know they should never write anything to a disc without you commanding it to (and often commanding through several layers of Are you Sure?)

I wrote a possible solution to you in your email. That works for me, and should for you, unless Windows 10 is so advanced that nothing on the market can support it.
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posted 03 August 2015 14:31 EDT (US) 6 / 6 Jermius Provius's Profile Edit This Message
Soooo... *sighs*

I did something unapproved and ran it through a VD, and got the same issues so it is totally software related. I bypassed the RD altogether so it's not my hardware. My HP Laptop is a chomping at the bit stallion waiting in a stall to run this bad boy, compared to anything from 2006, this is like alien tech, and it installed the RTW and BI disks a second time like a monster.

It has to be Win-Ten, and a syntax level problem. I'm guessing it ate or removed the driver used by DemoShield to run the game, because both RTW:BI and MTW2 use it, DemoShields logo pops up but then blips off.

Anyone understand why?

I'm stupid.....

*cries*

Posted from another site, sorry for the garbage attached, but has anyone else encountered a problem playing on new 2012-2015 computers?