Minimizing at startup

[naut]

When I try to launch the game, it's all flickery and keeps minimizing to the desktop, then I'll open it back up and it will be further along loading, but will minimize again. I thought this was just the issue with the intro movies and whatnot, but even if I let it get all the way to the main menu, it still minimizes a second or so after I open it. Is this a known issue, and what might the solution be?

It only occurs if you have other software open at the same time. Do you have your web browser also open in the background minimised? If so close it. Or if you have anything else open in the background, close them and then alt-tab back to your game. The issue should no longer occur. It happens to me all the time. I just have to remember to open MTW/whatever other old game and only the game to prevent it from happening.

[caravel]

To add to Rythmic's comments; also create the empty text file "skipcredits.txt" in the MTW working directory (same directory as Medieval_TW.exe). It may be an issue with the starting movies causing this.

They don't make games like Torment anymore...

+1

[MorteTheSkull]

Ah, well, I'm working on a research paper and have about 12 browser windows open with various journal articles up, so I probably won't be able to test this immediately, but hopefully having stuff open is my issue because that seems like an easy fix.

Also, I have my doubts it's the opening movie, just because I let it progress all the way to the main menu and it still had the issue. That said, I'll give that a shot if simply closing everything doesn't solve the problem.

Also also, Torment is amazing, yes.

[MorteTheSkull]

Also also also, I tried closing everything else and it worked. Thanks for the help!

[naut]

Also also also, I tried closing everything else and it worked. Thanks for the help!

Simple solutions are my favourite solutions.