How-to: fixing AMD legacy drivers on Windows 8 & 8.1

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What graphics cards affected by problem?

All ATI/AMD graphics cards that not supported by latest drivers: HD 2XXX 3XXX 4XXX.

What wrong with AMD legacy drivers on Windows 8 and 8.1?

Windows 8 and 8.1 have built-in drivers that distributed by Microsoft and some graphics card use them. Unfortunately those built-in drivers don't have working OpenGL which required by this game.

Main problem that AMD legacy driver installer can't replace built-in properly.

How do I fix that problem?

There is only known way to fix that problem:

• Open Device Manager (video how-to)
  
• Find "ATI Radeon HD XXXX" in "Display adapters" subsection.
  
• Uninstall built-in driver (check this screenshot[thewindowsclub.thewindowsclubco.netdna-cdn.com]).
  
• Now download and install "Latest Beta Driver" from AMD website:
  http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?product=legacy2&os=Windows%208%20-%2064

You might also need go to "Device Manager" again and select driver for your graphics card.

Workaround #2

This workaround taken directly from Broken Age forums, all credits to them!

Originally posted by DF Vic:

If you're on Windows 8.1 with an ATI/AMD graphics card:

1] Download the Catalyst driver package here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop/legacy?product=legacy2&os=Windows
2] Uninstall all the AMD drivers, removing all AMD components from the computer
3] Use the install option of the Catalyst driver package to do an "Express install" of the driver. (There might be some warnings, but it should say that the driver has installed successfully. If you got a message that the driver was NOT installed, you might have missed something during step 2, so try it again)

Then you just have to change the display adapter to use the new driver:
1] Go to "Control Panel" -> "Hardware and Sound" -> "Devices and Printers" -> "Device Manager" -> "Display Adapters" -> (your graphics card)
2] Right-click on your graphics card and open "Properties"
3] Click on the "Driver" tab and then "Update Driver"
4] Select "Browse My Computer for Driver Software"
5] Select "Let me pick from a list.."
6] Select your graphics card (without "Microsoft Corporation")
7] Click "Next" (the driver should start installing and you'll see some screen flickering).

For more info on this fix, go here or here[answers.microsoft.com].

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