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**General Malaise** · 06-20-2010, 01:16

Does a black and/or flickering screen pop-up? If so, you might want to try a program called D3DWindower: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/603613-d3dwindower/ . When I've had problems like that with some games using program that to force the game into a smaller window/resolution and having the program emulate some older directx things worked. Click the plus+ button to find the .exe then the folder to change the settings and click on all of the directx ones and the computer icon to run it. Might help.

**Barkhorn1x** · 06-20-2010, 15:24

Originally Posted by General Malaise

Does a black and/or flickering screen pop-up? If so, you might want to try a program called D3DWindower: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/603613-d3dwindower/ . When I've had problems like that with some games using program that to force the game into a smaller window/resolution and having the program emulate some older directx things worked. Click the plus+ button to find the .exe then the folder to change the settings and click on all of the directx ones and the computer icon to run it. Might help.

Thanks but the darn thing will not even initialize/run - no matter what compatibility mode I use. Ahh well...I have my memories.

**Rob** · 06-20-2010, 16:54

Shame that the online community has shrunk since STW. Some of us might come out of retirement for STW2 though :)

**Catiline** · 06-21-2010, 12:34

Old faces!

I'm tempted to fire it up on the clock work PC at home next week. The online play's completely dead now I suppose.

**Togakure** · 06-24-2010, 19:06

Originally Posted by Catiline

Old faces!

I'm tempted to fire it up on the clock work PC at home next week. The online play's completely dead now I suppose.

S1TW fakeserver software is still around to my knowledge, and is not very complex to install and set up. The problem we had over and over was that players' router settings interfered with hosting games--most could not figure out how to get around it, and interest died when those few who could host weren't available as often as people wanted to play.

Playing S1TW online is not impossible. Last I heard, 7Bear7 had the last up-and-running S1TW fakeserver. BearBottom was hosting and maintaining it.

**Duke John** · 06-24-2010, 19:40

R:TW was the last TW game I played and still I "regularly" check the Org on the latest news on new versions and reviews of people to decide wether I should buy the next TW game. Incredible how the Org keeps pulling back me after 5 years.

It is encouraging to see so many MP players anticipating S:TW2. If CA can deliver a good platfrom then I will be looking forward to waiting in the foyer again for a next game (still fondly remember those M:TW MP games with the Mizu clan).

Cheers, DJ