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Verified the games cache (to delete all the tinkering I had done).
Ran the game to create a new profile.
IMMEDIATLY ENTERED Ctl+Alt+Del to start Task Manager before the game crashed.
Then just exited task manager, as the game was not running.
Voila, a new profile with an options.cfg which I could edit.
Glad you got that working, but it is not the same issue. On some systems your issue does pop up, usually it had to do with not being able to get through the intro movie, game crashes before saving the config for the profile, so you have no config set up when you go back in, most frustrating. Glad you were able to solve your problem though.
For Intel gpus, meaning for the graphics chips, that will not solve the problem, it's a different issue, and one of longstanding.
However, a laptop with a decent graphics card can be quite costly. The cheapest laptops I have seen with a decent GPU are at least $600 new, whereas most people get the Walmart Special Laptop for about $300 give or take $100.
For clarification I understand that in this particular situation the game can run on Intel HD, but the problem could be worked around through programming. However, Im sure that the game would run smoother at higher quality with a real GPU.
What I'm getting at is look at the forums. How many of those same games don't run on an ATI. Or don't run correctly. Maybe 10-20 run wrong, at least. How about Nvidia, read the forums, say about the same. So exactly what is the point, I think it is fairly obvious.
This is a specific issue with the way the game and Intel HD Graphics. Sorry. It has nothing simply to do with the Intel HD gpu not being sufficient. You guys keep pumping this stuff out. Sure, it's not meant to run the most modern games at high or ultra settings. But I can run just about every new game I've ever tried fine at medium. This is an older game that runs fine on older AGP cards. It's an issue with this game's setup and the way it works with the Intel drivers and gpu. And yes, the Intel gpu runs plenty of the DOSbox games fine as well.
I went over this up above. It's already fixed on Wine. That's pretty sad, because basically, that's an emulator of the Windows environment running on an Apple operating system. Sure, I can and do have a graphics card that I will eventually put in if I decide to for running some games better. But in reality, I don't think that I will be able to run every game with either an ATI or Nvidia card either, because in the past, they didn't run all the games either, and many with errors. Just the way the reality is.
I was going for a specific solution. Let's not go the route here of preaching the old saw of get a bigger computer and spend more bucks when the solution is already apparent via software on another operating system that emulates Windows.
Please. Thanks.
I'll try to remember what it is, look it up and post in case. But it was for another older game, and several posters did find success in Wine's graphics environments over Windows.
So they are making some major advancements. In fact, they these players were actually using some of that under a Windows environment, as workarounds, and having success.
So if I can find that again, there may be some way around it. I think it was for Dungeon Keeper 2, and was being talked about on the Gog.com forum for it. It's ones of the methods being used to get some versions of Dungeon Keeper 2 to work.
At any rate, it used some of the graphics solutions in Wine to get around the issues. Makes you wonder who knows more about all this, the Wine guys or Microsoft, or what the various motivations are.
FYI, my favourite games are TWRome, Homeworld, and the Xcom/UFO series. Just found SotSE, which I think will be great. Also like Oblivion (better for spellcasters than Skyrim). I've been away from gaming for a few years. Any suggestions?
I know the first Rome Total War seemed very good, from what I played of it, I just got the collection when on sale at Gamersgate for $3.25. Medieval 2 and Shogun 2 are both very good also. I would not go back farther than the 1st Rome Total War because of likely incompatibility issues. Remember to get those, if you want to, on sale. 75% is so common, several times a year, that you really should not pay more. Steam and Gamersgate have them on sale 3-6 times a year, the bundles are often the best price which include all the DLCs. I'm holding off on Rome 2, don't forget most of these have lots of mods also, which as yet I have not tried.
XCom and UFO are excellent series of games. You could spend forever playing those. Each has their own sort of gaming philosophies. UFO Aftershock is probably the best of the UFO games. The old X-Com games are very good, but you have to be able to deal with the graphics and the interfaces. The modern XCOM games, like Enemy Unknown etc, are surprisingly good. They all play a bit differently, but are amongst the best games ever made.
By the way, there is supposedly a very good mod for XCOM:EU etc, it was highlighted I believe on PC Gamer, if you want to play again a bit differently. I still have to finish my current campaign though, time keeps getting harder to find and manage.
If you care to try Jagged Alliance 2 when on sale at Steam or Gamersgate, for example, plan on paying less than $3, and install the free 1.13 version available on the Internet at:
http://ja2v113.pbworks.com/w/page/4218339/FrontPage
In my opinion, and the opinion of many other JA players, this is the best version of any of the Jagged Alliance 2 games, don't waste your time on Wildfire unless you want to tear your hair out. 1.13 is very customizable, adds tons of features all which you can turn on and off, and improves the original very good JA2 to excellent.
Oblivion and Skyrim were great. If you can deal with the nostalgic look and want some surreal older fun, Daggerfall is available for free from Bethesda, and was an incredible game at its time. You could even climb buildings, and it was part of that Elder Scrolls universe. I personally think of the later games that Skyrim and Oblivion are best, since they are also heavily and actively modded, I don't think it is worth going with Morrowind, although that played differently. Besides, it will likely be a full mod for the others soon enough, if not already.
You probably meant Sins of a Solar Empire, which seems very good. Swords of the Stars 1 in that Enhanced edition seems very playable. There are built in tutorials, plenty of good features. The interface is excellent, which will allow one to progress well in involved campaigns. Ease of use seems to be a great strength for it. It's a good substitute for Master of Orion 1 and 2, although if you don't mind the graphics issue, those are good also, if not real-time and a bit dry compared to Sins of a Solar Empire.
This week I don't have much time to spend on posting, so I'll leave it at that. You can find quite a few games you might like in my library, I think that's available to browse. Of course, I own many other games not on Steam, mostly from Gamersgate.
Cheers.
X-Com Apocalypse was made by Microprose as were X-Com UFO Defense and X-Com Terror from the Deep (european names vary somewhat check Wikipedia for alternate names if overseas. Apocalypse was realtime pausable, but could also be played turn-based. In that regard it was like most of the UFO series of games (Aftermath, Aftershock, Afterlight), which also were realtime turn-based. UFO Extraterrestrials was turn-based like the early X-Com games.
XCOM both the Enemy Unknown and Enemy Within add-on, are more modern games with the use of cover dynamics and soldier classes, while being played in pausable realtime. They are very good also, but although the game theme is similar, they play quite differently.
I just picked up a back-up copy of Jagged Alliance 2 from Gamersgate as part of their Jagged Alliance Classics bundle for $3.25. If you wish to play it, as above I recommend the 1.13 free version at the address mentioned in previous post. It not only extends the game, but allows a higher resolution, customizable options, easier to modify, and allows you to play with more characters from other episodes while keeping balance good and AI is improved. It isn't a fight against aliens, but in almost all other ways it is very similar if not better than original X-Com series for turn-based combat.
All of these games are on sale often, so again, shoot for at least that 75% off target.
On sale you might also be interested in Knights of Honor or the King Arthur Collection of games, which are similar to Total War. But after a while it is hard to justify getting a ton of every type of game just because they are classic or close to it in quality.
Just wanted to follow up for clarity there.
Unfortunately, I don't run Wine. I'm on a PC and run Windows. That's what made the realization of what was going on with Wine solving the issues with UFO Afterlight so amazing. Likewise, how it seems to be a potential solution for Windows gamers working with Dungeon Keeper 2.
I just use Internet Explorer on Windows to access Gamersgate. Unfortunately, I have not used Ubuntu and cannot tell you how or if that is possible.
It is possible to email Gamersgate Support, I believe the option should be available from your account down on the lower left column of clickable options. Sometimes some of those are groupable clicks, by that I mean they open a larger menu of items to expand or hide the long list for each category. I found that usually Gamersgate Support can answer your questions within 2 business days and are quite helpful and friendly. You might also post a Game Tutor question and perhaps some Ubuntu users of Gamersgate may help you out.
I hope I did not mislead you unintentionally, I am not sure if the above games I mentioned do run on Ubuntu. I apologize if I have, I somehow did not realize or consider that in my replies.
Best wishes.