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Is there any possibility of getting the battleground series, ACW, to work with Windows 10?
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games works fine on windows 10

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Many thanks. I will give it a try.

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I recently downloaded the Battleground civil was game from Matrix.

Everything was going well until 2-3 days ago when I kept getting the message "cannot read battlefile."

The OS is Windows 10.

Many thanks.
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it maybe or sounds like an update has altered something, as if i worked before, and now it doesn't, then something has been altered, to test this, uninstall the game, make sure the folder is empty and clean, and re install the game and updates and also the pre requisites files, all of them, eve if you didn't un-install them, doing this will hopefully get the game back to a workable state, then if it does work, you know the update did something it was't meant to do, it happens, no idea why either.
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RE: Windows 10

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I downloaded JT's Battle Ground Civil War yesterday and as I begin to load a scenario, the game stops and the scenario does not open. I have Windows 10 and I went through the testing/administrator process that Zakblood put together but still the same result. My video card drivers are up to date (Geforce GXT 1060)
Any ideas?
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Hey Bott, exact same thing happened to me.
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RE: Windows 10

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Doesn't work with Windows 10.
I have this message then nothing :
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I have made a test with another computer with windows 7 , works perfectly !
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RE: Windows 10

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bradclark and terminator,

Did either of you figure out a way to make the game work in windows 10?

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No I didn't. I'm wishing a fairy would come with a fix.

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No, I did not succeed having tried everything. [:(]
The only solution that I found is to play on an old computer.
A remake of this already old game about 10 years would be welcome with an improvement of the graphics(zoom).
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RE: Windows 10

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Have you updated Windows 10 to the Creators Edition?

If you have updated, please try the following:

Turn Off the Game Bar:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/863 ... -10-a.html

Turn Off the Game Mode
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/759 ... -10-a.html

Disable Full-screen Optimizations:
Open the the game installation folder and find a file named "autorun.exe" and click with the right mouse button over this file.
Select in the dropdown menu "Properties". Click on the tab named "Compatibility".
Tick on "Disable Full-screen optimisations". Click "Apply" and "OK"


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Unfortunately, I tried everything that you listed here but it still does not open.
Any other ideas?
Thanks for your reply.

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

Have you updated Windows 10 to the Creators Edition?

If you have updated, please try the following:

Turn Off the Game Bar:



https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/863 ... -10-a.html

Turn Off the Game Mode
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/759 ... -10-a.html

Disable Full-screen Optimizations:
Open the the game installation folder and find a file named "autorun.exe" and click with the right mouse button over this file.
Select in the dropdown menu "Properties". Click on the tab named "Compatibility".
Tick on "Disable Full-screen optimisations". Click "Apply" and "OK"



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RE: Windows 10

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Could there be a conflict with the opening videos causing it not to run?
ORIGINAL: Bott

Unfortunately, I tried everything that you listed here but it still does not open.
Any other ideas?
Thanks for your reply.

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

Have you updated Windows 10 to the Creators Edition?

If you have updated, please try the following:

Turn Off the Game Bar:



https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/863 ... -10-a.html

Turn Off the Game Mode


https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/759 ... -10-a.html

Disable Full-screen Optimizations:
Open the the game installation folder and find a file named "autorun.exe" and click with the right mouse button over this file.
Select in the dropdown menu "Properties". Click on the tab named "Compatibility".
Tick on "Disable Full-screen optimisations". Click "Apply" and "OK"



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RE: Windows 10

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ORIGINAL: Bott

Could there be a conflict with the opening videos causing it not to run?

That was my initial thought and have asked the players who reported the issue on the Helpdesk, to rename the "MatrixIntro.avi" file as "_MatrixIntro.avi". But unfortunately they said the issue persisted.
Anyway, you are welcome to try.

I still believe that it's related with the last Windows 10 update,as this issue only came out very recently.
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RE: Windows 10

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FYI,renaming the MatrixIntro.avi file did not work for me either.
Thanks for your help.
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ORIGINAL: Bott

Could there be a conflict with the opening videos causing it not to run?

That was my initial thought and have asked the players who reported the issue on the Helpdesk, to rename the "MatrixIntro.avi" file as "_MatrixIntro.avi". But unfortunately they said the issue persisted.
Anyway, you are welcome to try.

I still believe that it's related with the last Windows 10 update,as this issue only came out very recently.
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I've tested in two different systems with the Windows 10 Creators update installed and unfortunately I wasn't able to reproduce the issue.
Could it be related with how you have Windows UAC configured? I have my UAC disabled by default (I know I shouldn't, but...).
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I disabled the UAC and still the game does not open. Bummer!! Thanks

ORIGINAL: VPaulus

I've tested in two different systems with the Windows 10 Creators update installed and unfortunately I wasn't able to reproduce the issue.
Could it be related with how you have Windows UAC configured? I have my UAC disabled by default (I know I shouldn't, but...).
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RE: Windows 10

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Where is the game installed? Which folder , what's the installation path?
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RE: Windows 10

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C:\Matrix Games\John Tiller's Battleground Civil War
ORIGINAL: VPaulus

Where is the game installed? Which folder , what's the installation path?
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