Possible "FATAL ERROR" Fix

[Mr_Peaches]

I've posted this in the FATAL ERROR discussion, but I thought I'd start a new discussion as well to communicate better that I've found one possible solution, and might have more coming as I play with the registry. I always take it a little personally when games and computers don't function as they should, and Bejeweled 3 is on my List. This is what I posted:

I've managed to get the game running fullscreen again by editing the registry. For those familiar with computers: set the "Screen Mode" value of Bejeweled 3 from 0 to 1. For those less familiar with computers, I've included what I hope are easy to follow instructions:

1) Press and hold the Windows key, and press "f" while you're holding it.

2) (Windows 8.1) Make sure you're searching "everywhere," not "files."

3) Search for "RegEdit."

4) Open Regedit.

5) In the navigation pane in the left column of Regedit, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Software --> SteamPopCap --> Bejeweled 3. Click on the Bejeweled 3 Folder. In the right column of the Regedit window you should now see several values.

6) Right click on "ScreenMode," and select "Modify."

7) In the "Value Data" field, change the value to 1 and click "OK."

For me, Bejeweled 3 now opens, but it opens fullscreen, and I can't make it do windowed mode. On the main menu the graphics on the lower half of the screen also get a little weird, but the game still plays. When playing the graphics are normal.

I'll keep playing with the registry to see if I can get windowed mode functioning again. Good luck!

[neizod]

Modify 'ScreenMode' with RegEdit let me able to play game again, with some lag.

Modify 'ArtRes' would be better (http://steamcommunity.com/app/78000/discussions/0/864975632548686323/#c684839199428327658), but this property is no longer exists in RegEdit(?)

So open up game directory, find and edit file name 'compat.cfg'. Look for 'GetAppDefaultArtRes' and immediately return value of 600, so this file should looks like:

function(int) GetAppDefaultArtRes
{
return 600; /* returns immediately */
if (compat_IsVista)
{
if ((compat_AppSysMemTotalMB >= 768) && ...
...
}
}

By reading the code, I think they didn't have plan to support for Windows 8 yet, also this way you do not need to mess up with RegEdit.

[dylan]

THANK YOU for the registry fix (changing "ScreenMode" to "1"), so the root of all evil is Windows 8(.1) and enabling the WINDOWED Mode. I wanted the game to start windowed but it never started again. Nothing helped, no direct .exe start or changing access rights or anything.

[Tired Dragon]

There is a different thread on this topic and someone suggested changing the language of the game. For me it worked better than the registry fix as it didn't cause any problems with windowed/fullscreen modes.

[2fab4u]

thanks fo rthis

[Suhsillyuh]

Thank you!!!! (Works for windows 10)

[Jazzy Waffles]

Alternatively, if your value is already 1, change it to 0. This fixed the game for me and allowed me to run the game in windowed mode.

[Cintra Guerra]

Thank you!