If game crashes USE this INSTRUCTION !!! It work!!!!

[adwan]

Hi!
Just tested an found solution for windows 7 and 8 crashes.
Follow this steps to workit out :

1. Go to steam folder
2. Find SteamApps folder and open it
3. Find common folder and open it
4. Find Etherlords folder and open it
5. Now find Etherlords.exe (that one witch its used to lunch game)
6. Right click on it
7. Choose properties
8. at top click on compatibility tab
9. tick Disable display scaling on high DPI settings
10. tick Run this program as administrator.
11. create shortcut to desktop and run it ;)
12. ENJOY

[s-4]

Открой файл "Run.cmd" в корневом каталоге игры и напиши слово "rem" перед строкой "set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
Должно получиться: "rem set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
И сохрани изменения.

Open the file "Run.cmd" in the root directory of the game and write the word "rem" before the line "set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
Must have: "rem set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
And save your changes.

Windows 7 SP1 x64

[Dale]

спасибо s-4

Thank you, s-4 fix worked for me.

[Xerxes Aragon]

S-4's suggestion appears to be working for me also, so far. I got through the first campaign against the fire demon after making this change to the run.cmd file.

[mithras]

This should be stickied - the s-4 solutions works! Also, there's a program in the Steam directory Steam\steamapps\common\Etherlords\AutoRun.exe - it has some setting options for the game.

[Funkster]

Folllow S4 solution and make sure you run as admin. Works for me now on Windows 10.

[boyamilucky]

Follow both adwan & s-4 instructions. adwan's step 11 is optional. I am currently at adwan's 12th. step.

[Corlain]

I did both of those things and the game still crashes after the intro.

[buraggio]

Originally posted by s-4:

Открой файл "Run.cmd" в корневом каталоге игры и напиши слово "rem" перед строкой "set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
Должно получиться: "rem set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
И сохрани изменения.

Open the file "Run.cmd" in the root directory of the game and write the word "rem" before the line "set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
Must have: "rem set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
And save your changes.

Windows 7 SP1 x64

I strongly recommend this solution- works fine on Win10x64; this post should be pinned or fix for Run.cmd should be part of installation

[amasleev]

thx

[Stormrice]

Thx !!!!!!

[Pelucifer]

thx it worked!

[MarioFanaticXV]

This worked for me on Windows 10, thank you!

[DePhoegon]

Originally posted by s-4:

Открой файл "Run.cmd" в корневом каталоге игры и напиши слово "rem" перед строкой "set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
Должно получиться: "rem set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
И сохрани изменения.

Open the file "Run.cmd" in the root directory of the game and write the word "rem" before the line "set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
Must have: "rem set __COMPAT_LAYER=WIN2000".
And save your changes.

Windows 7 SP1 x64

Honestly a working solution.

Though I've found that running the 'Troubleshoot compatibility' option on the main EXE, letting the system apply the settings (it hit winxpsp3) and doing what is above, but using WINXPSP3 instead.
This had better results.
--- far more stable & less likely to lockup under rapid clicks [which seemed] or weird menu / tooltip accessing.
--- I notice a few rapid flashes of 'Direct Draw' loss, where I was getting locked up before.
== Yes these can mostly be avoided if you don't do rapid clicking or click to fast on too many different elements... but I hit more than I care to admit to just going back & forth reading menus & looking at things.... soooo ya know... it happens.

it came out like this in my settings file.


Current build (windows 10 pro [10.0.18363] )

The game reacts .. exceptionally poorly to losing focus x}
windowed mode is interesting (not worth using for this game)

Though, i'm sure that I am missing things, but honestly the game honestly seems to be very rock solid..... outside the poor aging from what's likely windows 9X based code to NT base methodology with a good 20 years of development.


I can run the game exe without the bat file (though ya know steam hours & such, so I keep the bat file around)

Very interesting game so far.

[Funkster]

Please Pin this thread. It solves all problems getting the game to work on Windows 10. And thank you to adwan and s-4 for the fix, very much appreciated.