win11 issues

[adamoneil]

So, I've been running classic GR on a Win8 machine for many years, but I really want to retire that machine. I did get a new Win11 laptop and installed GR. It does start and the menu screens work. But as soon as you launch a mission, the program freezes and it exists full screen. I know it's probably a long shot to get it working in Win11. I even broke down and bought GR Breakpoint to see if I could stomach it. That's another conversation, but I find after a couple days that no, Breakpoint is not going to do it for me. I've already uninstalled it. I've tried Ground Branch as well. Again, another discussion. It's impressive in many ways, but too difficult in single player. Ground Branch could work well with friendly AI/squad controls, but I digress.

Does anyone have any feedback/ideas regarding getting classic GR to run in Win11? I've tried turning on Win8 compatibility mode on GhostRecon.exe, but to no effect.

[Eisenhauer]

https://www.ghostrecon.net/forums/index.php?/topic/62626-install-gr-on-windows-10-11-with-great-graphics/&tab=comments#comment-621358

[Ubi_TheBerry]

Originally posted by adamoneil:

So, I've been running classic GR on a Win8 machine for many years, but I really want to retire that machine. I did get a new Win11 laptop and installed GR. It does start and the menu screens work. But as soon as you launch a mission, the program freezes and it exists full screen. I know it's probably a long shot to get it working in Win11. I even broke down and bought GR Breakpoint to see if I could stomach it. That's another conversation, but I find after a couple days that no, Breakpoint is not going to do it for me. I've already uninstalled it. I've tried Ground Branch as well. Again, another discussion. It's impressive in many ways, but too difficult in single player. Ground Branch could work well with friendly AI/squad controls, but I digress.

Does anyone have any feedback/ideas regarding getting classic GR to run in Win11? I've tried turning on Win8 compatibility mode on GhostRecon.exe, but to no effect.

Hey there adamoneil,

As Eisenhauer's response has been marked as the solution, may I know if this helped you at all or if you still need assistance?

Thank you!

- Ubisoft Support

[adamoneil]

I haven't actually tried this yet, but I'm working on it now

[adamoneil]

ok, so, amazingly, the game started working on Win11 without my doing anything that I can tell. I do appreciate the responses here, but I'm not sure why it started working.

[Ubi_TheBerry]

Originally posted by adamoneil:

ok, so, amazingly, the game started working on Win11 without my doing anything that I can tell. I do appreciate the responses here, but I'm not sure why it started working.

Thanks for the update adamoneil, glad to see it's now working, albeit seemingly randomly!

The steps are there should you ever need them in future and if there's anything more we can answer or help with at all, please let us know!

- Ubisoft Support

[Thermal Lance]

If anybody else got issues, here's an even more simple solution.

1- Add Narzhoul's DDRAW.DLL wrapper to the game's directory.
https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/tag/v0.4.0

2- Delete dbghelp file from the game directory. That file it known to prevent the game from starting on some system. Why? Beats me. But, removing it can work if the game dosen't start at all.

3- Reduce mouse speed to the absolute minimum and just adjust the dpi of your mouse to the desired effect. On some system, aiming can sometime feel jagged and not smooth at all, this fixes it.

[Ubi_TheBerry]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

If anybody else got issues, here's an even more simple solution.

1- Add Narzhoul's DDRAW.DLL wrapper to the game's directory.
https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/tag/v0.4.0

2- Delete dbghelp file from the game directory. That file it known to prevent the game from starting on some system. Why? Beats me. But, removing it can work if the game dosen't start at all.

3- Reduce mouse speed to the absolute minimum and just adjust the dpi of your mouse to the desired effect. On some system, aiming can sometime feel jagged and not smooth at all, this fixes it.

Thanks for sharing these suggestions here too Thermal Lance, although we must advise that players exercise caution when downloading files and adding them to the game, as this can result in compatibility issues with the game.

Thank you!

- Ubisoft Support

[Thermal Lance]

Originally posted by Ubi_TheBerry:

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

If anybody else got issues, here's an even more simple solution.

1- Add Narzhoul's DDRAW.DLL wrapper to the game's directory.
https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/tag/v0.4.0

2- Delete dbghelp file from the game directory. That file it known to prevent the game from starting on some system. Why? Beats me. But, removing it can work if the game dosen't start at all.

3- Reduce mouse speed to the absolute minimum and just adjust the dpi of your mouse to the desired effect. On some system, aiming can sometime feel jagged and not smooth at all, this fixes it.

Thanks for sharing these suggestions here too Thermal Lance, although we must advise that players exercise caution when downloading files and adding them to the game, as this can result in compatibility issues with the game.

Thank you!

- Ubisoft Support

Kind of a funny point to bring up over something that is meant to fix compatibility problems but whatever.

I just had way better results with that wrapper than with dgvoodoo2 when it comes to Ghost Recon. Plus you dont have to bother with the scaler to preserve aspect ratio or turn off the watermark. You just drop the dll and be done with it.

[Ubi-Thrupney]

Hey Thermal :) It's more that this isn't an official fix that we've fully tested from our end, so we can't vouch for it and we're limited on what support we can offer for modified installs. That said, we're still happy for such fixes to be discussed here among the community.

- Ubisoft Support

[Hiccup]

I also am having the issue. It was very strange but the game worked perfectly the first time it ran but now when I launch a mission it will freeze after a couple seconds and my graphics card completely cuts out. Even with Optimus turned on to force the card to power the standard screens. I’ll try this fix and hopefully it works…

[DaNoob]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

If anybody else got issues, here's an even more simple solution.

1- Add Narzhoul's DDRAW.DLL wrapper to the game's directory.
https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases/tag/v0.4.0

2- Delete dbghelp file from the game directory. That file it known to prevent the game from starting on some system. Why? Beats me. But, removing it can work if the game dosen't start at all.

3- Reduce mouse speed to the absolute minimum and just adjust the dpi of your mouse to the desired effect. On some system, aiming can sometime feel jagged and not smooth at all, this fixes it.

hey I am trying this rn and i still cannot get this to work can you help me?

[mike.j76]

I bought breakpoint about a month ago, it's never worked (Win 11 3060TI etcetc). Why in gods name is this still for sale if modern machines can't tun it? I'm really disappointed in UBISOFT and Steam over this one. Tired of wasting money really.

[Eisenhauer]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2231380

then please write in the right forum

[GalerianXD1]

Had DLL issues when i tried to launch the game. Deleting the dbghelp file sorted it for me.

[bassius]

Originally posted by mike.j76:

I bought breakpoint about a month ago, it's never worked (Win 11 3060TI etcetc). Why in gods name is this still for sale if modern machines can't tun it? I'm really disappointed in UBISOFT and Steam over this one. Tired of wasting money really.

try this, worked for me https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3415697231