Compatibility Mode??

[Snake]

Why does Steam not have a "Compatibility Mode" available in their short Cuts, or do they somewhere? Now that I have WOS 10, I run into problems with older games. Thanks

[Brian9824]

Because steam doesn't design the games. They can't make a compatibility mode for games they don't make. If you post in the games forum they will usually help you get them running on a modern system.

[Crazy Tiger]

Compatibility mode isn't actually always the answer. Sometimes it's related to older not installed drivers, or certain modifications one should make to an .ini or something. It's not some general setting that one can toggle.

Most older games have at least one good guide on geting the most out of the game on a modern system. Or bookmark PCGamingWiki.

[adz]

what games? i play old games on steam they all work on windows 10 from ut/quake/doom/duke/sw/blood like a massive amount of old games they work out of the box also. my recent activity just shows some that work.

-edit- forgot to say to i installed all my steam library over a few months of course and they all work on windows 10, some i had to tweak but rest were out of the box experience. any that didn't i just pulled from library considering w10/11 is the way windows is heading as xp/7/8 have been retired.

[crunchyfrog]

I can only agree here with adz.

I have about 1400 or so games on here. I returned to Steam after an absence of a few years last February. I installed all my games on this Win 10 laptop.

You know how many gamers don't work? 2. Killing Floor and one of the Lageacy of Kain ones.

Windows 10 is pretty damned good at running older games, and I've only had to fiddle with three to put into compatibility mode. The rest are all down to other issues, which you'd be best off searching in that game's thread for as a matter of course.

Games like System Shock 2 are a pain on any modern OS, and there's a few things you can do to get that working well. None of that is down to compatibility mode. So it ain't the solution you think it is.

[NS Plover]

Setting compatibility mode isn't that hard - (in library) right click on the game and choose Properties and then Local Files then Browse .

After that examine the properties of .exe file to alter the compatibility to whatever you want. If I think I need compatibility mode - I usually pick either windows xp or windows 7.

If in doubt - check what the store page says is recommended...

[Crashed]

Originally posted by adz:

what games? i play old games on steam they all work on windows 10 from ut/quake/doom/duke/sw/blood like a massive amount of old games they work out of the box also. my recent activity just shows some that work.

-edit- forgot to say to i installed all my steam library over a few months of course and they all work on windows 10, some i had to tweak but rest were out of the box experience. any that didn't i just pulled from library considering w10/11 is the way windows is heading as xp/7/8 have been retired.

The original version of Quake targeted Windows 95 so Microsoft had 2 decades to ensure it works.
The remake is designed specifically to run on Windows 10+.

[Snake]

The game in question is Darksiders 1. I loads and plays, but no "Chaos" point accumulate, i.e. Chaos is useless.

[Snake]

Originally posted by NS Plover:

Setting compatibility mode isn't that hard - (in library) right click on the game and choose Properties and then Local Files then Browse .

After that examine the properties of .exe file to alter the compatibility to whatever you want. If I think I need compatibility mode - I usually pick either windows xp or windows 7.

If in doubt - check what the store page says is recommended...

Thanks , .Perfect. I did it but still no change in the game, but it seems easier.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Snake:

The game in question is Darksiders 1. I loads and plays, but no "Chaos" point accumulate, i.e. Chaos is useless.

Not tried that. Might give it a go later and see what happens to me as that truly is a weird one.

If I had to guess what's going on there, that sounds like a file permissions issue. If the chaos is somehow stored in a file and the permissions to write isn't there, it could easily do something like that.

And besides, that is an issue I've seen before running older games on Win 10. Maybe have a nose through all the folders to see if there's anything looking awry there and change permissionsif poss.

[adz]

Originally posted by Snake:

The game in question is Darksiders 1. I loads and plays, but no "Chaos" point accumulate, i.e. Chaos is useless.

hey mate awesome game. like i said i installed all my library 594 games and they all work on windows 10. i used to have 3,300 games but i permanently removed them due to not working on windows 10, no interest in playing or just cheap indie games. some were games like godfather 1 for example thats rare but the thing wouldn't even run so i removed it. i had another like 50-100 titles that you cant puechase on steam like Jericho but didn't work on w10, i had problems with the original stubs the zombie not working so i pulled that.

OP as a guide i already have done the work but like i said i have successfully installed all my 594 games and they all work perfect on windows 10. some needed tweaks but minor. rest were fine out of the box.

[Snake]

It's OK now. I just realized that one does not get 'Chaos" until defeating "Tiamat", the bird thing. Thanks to all.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Snake:

It's OK now. I just realized that one does not get 'Chaos" until defeating "Tiamat", the bird thing. Thanks to all.

I'm so glad you posted this update as I downloaded and played some and couldn't work out your issue.

[Crashed]

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

Originally posted by Snake:

It's OK now. I just realized that one does not get 'Chaos" until defeating "Tiamat", the bird thing. Thanks to all.

I'm so glad you posted this update as I downloaded and played some and couldn't work out your issue.

I wouldn't expect a gameplay bug to be OS-related, more like poor performance, crashes, etc.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

I'm so glad you posted this update as I downloaded and played some and couldn't work out your issue.

I wouldn't expect a gameplay bug to be OS-related, more like poor performance, crashes, etc.

True, to a point.

Though it CAN happen. I've experienced things like this myself. Hell, I've even seen differences on revisions of different console versions.