fallout 2 on windows 8 problem.

[FireFly]

i bought and started fallout 2 but it wont run. it keeps telling me its in compatibilty mode. does this mean it cannot run on windows 8 or if theres something i have to do.

[SurvivorKym]

yep love buying games that I cant play when it cleary says I can hope they get a fix soon for now it will be FO3 & FONV

[DracoDeathclaw]

After a sleepless night, i FINALLY fixed this problem. Here's what you do. Backup your fallout 2 files (of course). Create a file in C:/ for Fallout 2. Download modderspack 3.1 for Fallout 2. Extract the files to the Fallout 2 C:/ folder you created. (It will not work for some reason if you try to put them directly into your steam Fallout 2 folder) Once it's extracted find ddraw.ini, on mine it was just called ddraw. You will find a line that says skipcompatmodecheck=1, make sure the value is 1 and not 0. Copy the folder back to your steam/steamapps/common folder and overwrite everything it asks you to. Enjoy! I tried everything imaginable to get it to work including deleting the registry setting for the game, fo2 resto project, patches, you name it and it still would not work. Also, this will make the game work with the restoration project, however, you get a big red message that wont go away saying something like revert back to previous .dll or be murdered, so make sure you don't have the restoration project installed or you will have to uninstall it for the game to work properly. I hope this helps because it took me forever to figure out. Any questions or problems feel free to message me.

[ANDREW_G322]

引用自 Starro：

i have installed that patch nothing works

Try uninstalling the game and uninstalling Steam, deleting the patch and trying agan. Thats what I did. It worked the 2nd time around.

[cyborgjesus369]

I am also having the same issue. I contacted Steam suport and they told me to comtact the game studio for support. The issue wit that is the suppory page they have is old and useless. I also downloaded the killap restoration project with NO RESULTS. It would be nice if they would at least give us our $ back. To be honest I would rather play the game but after spending HOURS trying to make it work I give up.

[FireFly]

i feel you dude, i do wanna play this game but i spent to much time trying to fix it, and i just given up now

[Gaunter Goliath]

if steam doesnt fix this soon i dont know what im gonna do,all I know is, it will scare gabe newell into making half life 3.

[BigBoomChamalow]

I found a solution ! I had the same problem
You have to right click on the launcher ( fallout2.exe ) and click on property -> compatibility -> change the colors on 8bits (256) ! And that's work !

[FireFly]

u sure that deosnt cuase any other problems

[malfunction]

im running it on XP and dont get all the problems your having, but still experience some here and there. i find the game runs better when loading it through the fallout2.exe, loading it via steam i will get CTD's and freezing.

[BigBoomChamalow]

After several hour of play, no problems with this dolution !

[Uncle TwinkleNutz]

ive run it for about 12 hours on windows 8 and have no problems at all, only thing i can think of is that by default i have steam itself set to run "as administrator"

[Steelfold]

Had the same problem with Win8 telling me something about a compatability mode that is already running. All I have to do is delete the registery key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\ pointing at Fallout2.exe before I start to play.

For some obscure reason this key is automatically created every time the game starts and that is just not wanted for it to run properly a second time around. Don't ask me why it is created as it won't run when it's been created. I stopped searching for logic. Microsoft too so it seems, for this kind of thing keeps popping up all the time concerning legacy modes/applications. When the cart gets too heavy to tow you just kick off some of the deadweight (so they seem to think at MS, fingers crossed and Hail Mary; I can almost hear them sigh with every new presentation, I feel for them, I'm an ex-software engineer myself.)

[FireFly]

the help is greatly appreicated, but is the registery key the thing underlined, im not sure where it is. i usally dont go deep into anything on steam so i dont do damage

[Ligeiro]

http://joshmccarty.com/2012/01/turn-off-compatibility-mode-for-steam/

[SurvivorKym]

the one above this fixed it for me thank you so very much