Negative reviews - is Win10, key not saving etc, are those problems still around?

[RunForRest]

I have very good memories of this game, i really loved it.
I still have the retail CD, but i guess installing it will cause major problems because of the f.cking starforce copyprotection, so i need to rebuy this, BUT...

When i look at the negative reviews in the shop, i wonder if its really worth getting this. Not being able to save the settings, having to put in the key manually everytime before gamestart and than using 3rd party software to MAYBE make it work on widescreen. Perhaps Win10 incompatibilities on top?
Hm can someone elaborate on this? Especially if this steamversion works flawless with the widescreen patch from http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=23880&start=13 with Win 10.
Thanks for your help in advance :)

[Sam Hotte]

There's an official no-copy-protection .exe for Platinum Edition CD. Go to official forum for this.

Don't know about widescreen and win 10, but saving settings and storing key is easily solved.

[RunForRest]

Oh that sounds good
I have only the base game CD, will try and check if theres something for that too.
Thanks for the help :)

[RunForRest]

So i tried installing "Spellforce The Order of Dawn" from original CD from 2005
First weird thing is the readme says its version 1.52
When checking offical forums it says its best to have Patch 1.11 for that version of the game (without Addons)
Trying to start the game with CD as admin - no dice, also no error
I cant find a No-CD for version 1.52 only for 1.52a
So i installed Patch 1.11 than No-CD for 1.11
Critical error when starting as admin and WIN XP compatibility or without that
error says:

[INFO][UTL]: Error reading the config file config.lua. Default values used.
[TERMINATION] Assertment failed
occurred at C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\compile\Eigene Dateien\project\release\candidate\code\Gd\GdResource.cpp:3108
Message: CGdResource::LoadBuildings: BuildingID > kGdMaxBuildingTypes (173)

So next step might be to try get help from official forums if that old CD can be used as install at all - i doubt anyone really knows tbh OR just buy the platinum edition right away mmm

[Sam Hotte]

Get the Platinum edition and save yourself quite some hassle (and get additionally huge content from the addons).
Really.

[RunForRest]

Jepp just did

[mikeiron]

Just read your conversation - would have 1 question:
I can not throw away my old PC because Platinum Edition is not running on the actual one (at least not on Win 8.1 , did not try to run it under Win10). Had similar problems, no way to save data, etc.
Is this Steam-Version actually running under Win 10? Is there some "handling" needed (like donwloading patches from the official homepage)?
Thanks in advance

[RunForRest]

So far what i can tell, the key is saved, settings are saved (adminrights), no Patches needed (Steam manages that)
This:
http://forum.spellforce.com/showthread.php?t=65716
works, but windowed kinda sux, i might try the widescreen fix from my 1st post
*edit
Ok so the widescreen executable doesnt work for me at all, damn

[Sam Hotte]

Originally posted by mikeiron:

Just read your conversation - would have 1 question:
I can not throw away my old PC because Platinum Edition is not running on the actual one (at least not on Win 8.1 , did not try to run it under Win10). Had similar problems, no way to save data, etc.
Is this Steam-Version actually running under Win 10? Is there some "handling" needed (like donwloading patches from the official homepage)?
Thanks in advance

The Platinum Edition runs on every windows up2 win 10 64 bit in principle. For the disc version, go to official forum for the cp-free .exe, you'd need it for win 8.1 64 bit.

The steam version is even easier, just install and have fun.

If it won't work, it's something with drivers or such.

[RunForRest]

YAY Success! After fiddling around with this crap for 1 hour i finally got it working 1680x1050 in fullscreen.
Just make sure that the spellforce.exe from WideScreenGamingForum is run as admin.
In config.lua remove this line:
ScreenResolution = x,
and also remove the other lines u might have put in to make it run in windowed mode:
ScreenHeight = 1050,
ScreenWidth = 1680,
Also dont forget to remove the -window from the steam startparameters if u used it before

Would have been nice if fullscreen would work with widescreen resolutions right away, but hey with all the alpha and beta crap nowadays we r used to that dont we.
Offering this as normal price for 9.99 is a f.cking joke

Any ideas how i can force my mouse cursor into the screen without leaving the screen to the left on my 2nd screen? Because of that i cant use borderscroll which is really annoying

[?]

I play on windows 10, never had these issues. So I don't think it's a compatability thing.

[Phileksa]

Originally posted by Mr.Daddy:

I play on windows 10, never had these issues. So I don't think it's a compatability thing.

just ducky. pure genius. that's certainly constructive feedback.

i go to access the options menu, and the game always crashes when i try. and recently it's decided it's time to stop saving the game without crashing, too.

since this is "apparently a driver issue," i wonder which drivers i should use? because obviously the drivers that came with my new PC are not the right ones. and obviously the updated drivers for my new PC are not the right ones. so what are the "correct" drivers?

one game i read needs DX9 installed. ugh.

edit: uninstalled it and reinstalled it on a different drive. still won't access the options menu without crashing.

[Sam Hotte]

The correct drivers are the one, that make the game work. That's as constructive as can be since your question was pure genius, too, in just telling your "new PC". Heck, how should others know about the specs?!

And yes, SF1 is optimated for DX9, so installing this may help indeed.

[?]

Lol I was just trying to help you get rid of a possible thing to check. The only thing that would make the OS count is if there was some corrupt files somewhere.

Tell you what though, if we're not helping.. Log steam support.

[Tyrax Lightning]

How does one check their Computer to see if it has DirectX 9 on W10 Home 64-bit? I'm among the inflicted with the "Options Button Crash" & was wanting to check this as part of my trying to resolve the issue then have realized i've forgotten how to do it.

[Sam Hotte]

Just re-install DX9 to make sure.

EDIT

Could also some other runtimes be missing, like c++ or .net framework or so.
There's a package (though in German) adding all of them in one go; you might consider installing them:
http://www.chip.de/downloads/All-in-One-Runtimes_37449838.html

(It even contains dx libraries, so you might skip installing DX9 on your own then)