Help with MTW on Win 7 64 bit Series 6 laptop

[MarshaldeSaxe]

Speaking of MTW, it just occurred to me that the game will be... 20 years old... next year.

Update to this problem:

Before the update, I was just playing the original MTW on my WinXP SP2 old Dell Dimension 3000 desktop. Works fine. When this machine dies, there goes MTW. One of the finest pc games around and still very playable after 20 years. I would also recommend Patrician III. I have Patrician IV and cannot figure out even the basic game controls because they changed the user interface. I am old and therefore have no patience with complexity and technique changes.

I have MTW2 on my Win 7 laptop, and the Kingdoms edition addon, and they both work fine. I use the built-in Intel graphics processor to run them. In fact, come to think of it, I never take any action to switch the Nividia graphics card on or off for any games, so I guess the built-in Intel card runs everything.

The Sega help desk technician who took over from Anna wasn't as engaging, and after trying yet another fix which failed, he said goodbye and goodluck after it failed. So, I am back to square one.

I will see if the game will run on my wife's Win 10 all in one, but I doubt it will. So, when the XP desktop dies, I will try to run it on her old XP desktop which doesn't have the extra juice mine does, and see what happens. I expect it will run. If not, I will try Steam, even though I will bite through my lip having to do so.

[macsen rufus]

I will see if the game will run on my wife's Win 10 all in one, but I doubt it will. So, when the XP desktop dies, I will try to run it on her old XP desktop which doesn't have the extra juice mine does, and see what happens. I expect it will run. If not, I will try Steam, even though I will bite through my lip having to do so.

It's worth having a look to find a Dell refurbisher near you - I managed to find a replacement XP Desktop this way for not a lot (~£100 / $150) for a quad core 760 with 250GB HD. Runs MTW and RTW fine, and I can even play EB for the first time in years without horrible load times.... (and on the integrated graphics card, at that!)

I think Win 10 is a no-go except via Steam

[MarshaldeSaxe]

macsen rufus, do you mean to imply that the Steam version of MTW will run on Windows10? (I mean the version of MTW sold on Steam.)

[edyzmedieval]

Yes, Steam version of MTW runs on Windows 10 but there are some issues - one which I am experiencing right now. I cannot play the game fullscreen!

[MarshaldeSaxe]

I have the same problem with Patrician III, which runs widescreen on my Dell XP desktop with a 23 inch monitor but will not run widescreen on my Acer Win 7 laptop with 17 inch screen. Changing the display in the options to widescreen does nothing.

BUT! At least I know that MTW leased from Steam will run on a Win 10 machine, (probably but not possibly not certainly, since some machines will be configured differently by the manufacturers I am guessing.)

[edyzmedieval]

It works almost perfectly for me, on Windows 10, but keep in mind that it's not a fullscreen. I've tried various tactics but it won't work.

I think it might be a better idea for me to just find a cheap but powerful second hand computer built in like 2005, with Windows XP or Vista, that will run it perfectly.

[MarshaldeSaxe]

It works almost perfectly for me, on Windows 10, but keep in mind that it's not a fullscreen. I've tried various tactics but it won't work.

I think it might be a better idea for me to just find a cheap but powerful second hand computer built in like 2005, with Windows XP or Vista, that will run it perfectly.

I have my wife's old Dell Dimension desktop which does not have a Nividia graphics card but does run XP. I am going to set it up this coming week and install MTW on it to see it is runs.

Will advise.