StarCraft freezes after 1-5 minutes of playing
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they won't care. and to be honest I think it's microsoft who should care, not blizzard. they made that game 11 years ago, and it's ms's responsibility to be backwards compatible, not blizzards. altough it would be nice of them to care.
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Aral
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Agreed, but blizzard isnt doing much still, not to mention bnet connectivity is the worse i have seen in an online game in a long time..
Anyway im installing vmware, hopefully that'll let me play in decent conditions
Anyway im installing vmware, hopefully that'll let me play in decent conditions
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Whoever fixes the freezing issue will be our hero. 
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Aral
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someone tried disabling the "throtling cpu" or such in the options during the game ?
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No, the problem is not that simple to fix.
I've recently upgraded my NVIDIA drivers to the new version that just came out, and it now stretches it to completely fill my 1920x1200 widescreen instead of having two empty black spaces on the side. But it still freezes quite often with the music still playing...
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dbgoldberg323
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Just a heads up, nothing on all 7 pages of this thread have worked for me.
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Windows 7 RTM 7100 x64
HP dv7-1175nr with:
Core2Duo T5800 ( 2GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB L2 )
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NVida GeForce 9600M w/ 512 Dedicated Video up to 2GB Shared
And Starcraft with Brood Wars.
Today, I was doing exceptionally well with Terran against 1 computer opponent (yes, I'm a noob, and I'm not ashamed haha), and then right as I was about to launch my first attack, it froze.
Please help, or I might just give up on Starcraft 1 until SC2 comes out. Maybe if we're lucky there will be a "special pre-order edition" that will come with Win7-compatible SC1...
I have:
Windows 7 RTM 7100 x64
HP dv7-1175nr with:
Core2Duo T5800 ( 2GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB L2 )
4GB RAM
320GB HDD
NVida GeForce 9600M w/ 512 Dedicated Video up to 2GB Shared
And Starcraft with Brood Wars.
Today, I was doing exceptionally well with Terran against 1 computer opponent (yes, I'm a noob, and I'm not ashamed haha), and then right as I was about to launch my first attack, it froze.
Please help, or I might just give up on Starcraft 1 until SC2 comes out. Maybe if we're lucky there will be a "special pre-order edition" that will come with Win7-compatible SC1...
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squall leonhart
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its not that simple... and since it affects far more games then just Starcraft.. though in starcraft it is the most prominent (age of empires usually runs perfect once you have got it to the main menu)....
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What's funny is that I now try to save every 5 minutes or so. Then when I forget, the freeze comes. Pretty frustrating, but I still like running Starcraft in Win7 rather than XP Mode because I don't have to set things up.
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dbgoldberg323
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I'm confused, what do you mean by that?
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I mean that I installed StarCraft into a virtual Windows XP, but it requires that you first start up the virtual machine before you can play. It takes less than a minute, but it's a slight nuisance.
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So two questions then:
1) Does SC1 work in VirtualPC (the one from Microsoft)?
2) Does SC1 work in XP Mode (available from the same site)?
I guess I lied, I haven't tried all of the solutions (this being the only one). I know we shouldn't have to do something else to play a simple computer game on Vista/Win7 but if I have to spend 30 seconds loading X program to play SC1 without interruption or the graphics glitch, I'll do it.
1) Does SC1 work in VirtualPC (the one from Microsoft)?
2) Does SC1 work in XP Mode (available from the same site)?
I guess I lied, I haven't tried all of the solutions (this being the only one). I know we shouldn't have to do something else to play a simple computer game on Vista/Win7 but if I have to spend 30 seconds loading X program to play SC1 without interruption or the graphics glitch, I'll do it.
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Aral
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yes it works (see the other thread) but you dont get the same confort than when playing on native (the mouse isnt as precise, and you have to deal with sizing issues)
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Aral, the mouse works very good in my virtual XP. For best performance, your processor needs to be able to support virtualization. (Intel-VT or AMD-V)
As for the sizing issue, it is a bit of a hassle to have to zoom in and lock the screen every time you want to play.
As for the sizing issue, it is a bit of a hassle to have to zoom in and lock the screen every time you want to play.
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Aral
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it works but i find it to be less sensitive than in the regular windows
For the sizing i cant get it to work in VMWare, how do you do it in virtual XP?
For the sizing i cant get it to work in VMWare, how do you do it in virtual XP?
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No, it doesn't. It works in VMware Player though since 3D acceleration is enabled.
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Did you read the last post in my thread? After you start up the game, press Ctrl + Alt, press the Windows Key, hold it down, then press + to zoom in. If that doesn't work then your Windows Key doesn't work and you have to use the On-Screen Keyboard.
You've never tried the new Windows 7 zoom feature?
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- 6GB (3 x 2GB) Kingston DDR3 1333 SDRAM
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- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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- Onboard 7.1 Sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung 24" SyncMaster 2422
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1200
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- 500GB Sata II 3.0GB 16MB 7200RPM,
Western Digital 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
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- Kingwin 700 Watt Power Supply
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- Silver X-Cruiser 2 Mid No Power
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- Asetek 120MM Watercooler
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Aral
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haha i just realized how it was working
i thought it was a vmware feature
Ill try it with starcraft
edit : ok well its not that usable, when you move the mouse, the screen is going left and right, and i still feel like my cursor is lagged..
edit 2 : ok you can lock the mouse, i figured it out now
Ill see how it works
i thought it was a vmware feature
Ill try it with starcraft
edit : ok well its not that usable, when you move the mouse, the screen is going left and right, and i still feel like my cursor is lagged..
edit 2 : ok you can lock the mouse, i figured it out now
Ill see how it works
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After you get the screen fitting how you like it, lock it in place, and click the VMware screen to input in StarCraft. It's not that hard, is it?
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- 6GB (3 x 2GB) Kingston DDR3 1333 SDRAM
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- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
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- Onboard 7.1 Sound
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- Samsung 24" SyncMaster 2422
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- 1920 x 1200
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- 500GB Sata II 3.0GB 16MB 7200RPM,
Western Digital 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
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- Kingwin 700 Watt Power Supply
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dbgoldberg323
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Meh, I just downloaded Chaos Launcher and it works beautifully. No lame virtual crap, just Chaos Launcher and that's it.
This will work until MS puts out a fix for games this old.
This will work until MS puts out a fix for games this old.
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- 52" 1080p LCD HDTV (Samsung)
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- 1920x1080 progressive
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320 GB External
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- Logitech Cordless Desktop
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- MX 5500 Revolution
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