Can't run on wondows 10

[davidmarkie22]

Hi all. Cossacks 2: battle for europe was running okay when i had windows 7 now i have upgraded to windows 10 it will not launch :( anybody have any suggestions?

[ManOwaR]

What do you mean by "dosnt use my graphics card" ?

[mr.noname.kingdom]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ManOwaR:

What do you mean by "dosnt use my graphics card" ?

the game runs only on integrated intel graphics and not on my nvidia gpu. even though i set it in the nvidia control panel to only unse the gpu

[ManOwaR]

How did you get to know the game is running on iGPU? It is always uses default graphics card. So, basically, it uses what Windows offers.

[ManOwaR]

Already found. It is shown in task manager - GPU tabs.
What I've just found - nVidia Optimus does not support legacy games which utilizes Direct3D8 API :(
I'll take a look if it is possible to easily switch to D3D9.

[mr.noname.kingdom]

Opprinnelig skrevet av ManOwaR:

Already found. It is shown in task manager - GPU tabs.
What I've just found - nVidia Optimus does not support legacy games which utilizes Direct3D8 API :(
I'll take a look if it is possible to easily switch to D3D9.

alrighty thanks.

[Arnie_75]

I also experience the problem that Cossacks 2 runs with 8 frames per second on my I5-4770S. It seems there is no fix? Already tried what's posted in this thread.

[Mat Bloody Cauthon]

Opprinnelig skrevet av davidmarkie22:

Hi all. Cossacks 2: battle for europe was running okay when i had windows 7 now i have upgraded to windows 10 it will not launch :( anybody have any suggestions?

you need to open direct play from legacy components on programs and features

[Louis Mangion]

Hi, i've got the old cd version and i've tryied all : it still doesn't work.
Is there a way out to fix it without buying the game again?

[zeppeh]

What is exactly your problem? Does it even start the game?
Have you installed the newest Patch?

[GrayFoxCZ]

Opprinnelig skrevet av PorcSauvage:

Hi, i've got the old cd version and i've tryied all : it still doesn't work.
Is there a way out to fix it without buying the game again?

Download beta patch if there is one

[david.hutmacher]

# Cossacks 2 - Napoleon Wars (DE) - Tested on Windows 10 2004 in FullHD on GTX 1080 (Native - No Compatibility Mode needed)
# Patches are taken from patches-scrolls(dot)com/cossacks2.php

# Install Cossacks

# Install Patch c2_patch_v1_2.zip

# Extract D3Dengine.dll & startengine.exe from c2-hoae-3d-patch.zip to Cossacks2-Folder\Data

# Copy d3d8.dll from C:\Windows\SysWOW64 to Cossacks2-Folder\Data (Win32-Subsystem on x64 Windows) - If you dont have the file in the folder then you need to install DirectX SDK (June 2010) from Microsoft

# Install legacy DirectPlay-API (As Administrator)
Dism /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:"DirectPlay" /All

# Consider always installing the following components to get all the dll's you need and circumvent various common problems with old games:
# DirectX SDK (June 2010) - uninstall VC Redistributables, when you already have them to avoid Installation Error S1023
# Windows SDK
# VC++ Redistributable 2005, 2008 SP1, 2010 SP1, 2012, 2013 and 2019 (includes 2015 & 2017)

[Aldude007]

"VirtualAlloc heap reserve failed" I fixed by:

- Restarting PC.
- Increased the minimum/maximum paging/virtual memory.
- Set compat to XP pack 3.
- Do not launch through steam, go to the directory and set a shortcut to your desktop.

Hope this helps someone.

[Zeromancer5]

@akela Thank you for the suggestion it worked like a charm, have a good one my guy.