SetDisplayMode Failed

[Kiryuu Sonya]

When I try to run the game, the intro cinematic starts playing, but if I try to skip it, I get this error. Could someone help me, please?

[Raydell]

That typically occurs when the game tries to run at a resolution which isn't supported by your screen.

Try running the P3Setup.exe (in your Patrician III folder) for the resolution tests.

Some people also reported success with that error by setting the Patrician3.exe's compatibility to Windows 7 (if you're running Win 8 or later) and checking "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" and "Run as Administrator".

Another potential solution that helped some players was to add the Patrician3.exe to the exceptions list for Windows' Data Execution Prevention.
That's done by going into the Control Panel --> System --> Advanced System Settings --> Advanced tab --> Performance (click Settings) --> Data Execution Prevention tab: enable the exceptions list and add the Patrician3.exe.

There's also some resolution registry fix from GoG.com, although that's for a different error, it's worth a shot if none of the above work:
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/212451369-The-resolution-800x600x16-could-not-be-initialised

Lastly, you can try downloading the resolution mods from my guide and see if you can run the game with one of those. Although crashing before the main menu suggests a problem with the menu's resolution, which is left unchanged by the mods so that may still not work but that's all I can think of for now.

[Rigolas]

Désactive le mode pleine écran

[Zutroy]

Originally posted by Raydell:

Some people also reported success with that error by setting the Patrician3.exe's compatibility to Windows 7

This fixed it for me on Windows 10. Thanks!