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JTCS Won't Launch - 12/10/2009 2:26:34 PM   
Lordgray1986

 

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Status: offline 		Good Evening,

I have just recently installed JTCS on my laptop with Windows Vista. I can’t get any of the games to launch. EF,WF or RS. No matter how i try to launch them, through the launcher or through they .exe files in the folder the screen turns black and i see a wait icon then nothing. Eventually I Ctrl-Alt-Del and it shoes "Talonsoft" not responding. I’m patched to 1.04 from a fresh install. I deleted completely and reinstalled it and I’m still having the same problem. if anyone know what to try I’m all ears.

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Mark Jericho
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RE: JTCS Won't Launch - 12/10/2009 2:58:39 PM   
Joshuatree

 

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Status: offline 		Maybe it has to do with the colour scheme? .... I do this from my memory but I think the game does not support 32bit colour depth, and it wants to play it in 16bit colourdepth. When I start the game up windows says the game changed the colourscheme, but it does this automatically, and it returns to the original state after I quit JTCS. Maybe your laptop doesn't do this automatically and you will have to do it manually. So change desktop resolution to 16bits colourdepth and try again.

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RE: JTCS Won't Launch - 12/10/2009 3:42:20 PM   
Lordgray1986

 

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I tried your suggestion and it didn’t work. However I did resolve the problem. Each of the games individual .exe launch applications are automatically set to run with "Windows XP Service Pack 2 edition" all I did was uncheck the box to run in the compatibility mode for a different version of windows and it worked. I double checked this by doing it only with EF then launching and it worked fine. Then I tried to launch WF and RS without changing and it wouldn’t work. So I changed each one and they launch fine now and play fine. I also tried setting the compatibility for different versions other then windows XP sp2 and it wouldn’t work with any of them. That box had to be unchecked. Well at least I got it working, and maybe that little fix will help someone else having problem with vista.

Thanks for the help,

Marc Jericho

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RE: JTCS Won't Launch - 12/10/2009 10:22:58 PM   
Joshuatree

 

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Status: offline 		Glad you got it figured out. And the solution you mention has already been posted... somewhere buried deep in this forum. I did read it, but forgot about it too.
This game *is* a golden oldie, but apparently the game engine is in serious need of a major overhaul.

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RE: JTCS Won't Launch - 12/29/2009 11:56:54 PM   
Norry

 

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Status: offline 		Where is this check box located? I'm having a similar problem but I do not know how to find this check box you refer to.

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RE: JTCS Won't Launch - 12/30/2009 1:30:51 PM   
Josh

 

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ORIGINAL: Norry

Where is this check box located? I'm having a similar problem but I do not know how to find this check box you refer to.

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Right click on the JTCS icon on your desktop, a pop up menu appears--> select properties--> select compatibility--> uncheck compatibility mode. I also have it unchecked.
(Note, my Vista version is Dutch ofcourse so the words "compatibility mode" etc, might be slightly different)




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RE: JTCS Won't Launch - 12/30/2009 1:52:28 PM   
Josh

 

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