Windows 2008 R2 compatability.

[miller330i]

I have Windows 2008 R2 and I am trying to make the program run so far unsucessfully. I have tried the compatability modes. I can run every other windows game so far but this one. My computer specs are more that adequate for this game. The program seems to download fine, accepts the code, installs fine, and the screen come up when you click the icon. Te error code is below. Does someone know why this game does not like Win 2008 R2? Is there something that needs to be turned on or activated for it to run? Please help!! I really want to get this thing going! Thanks in advance.

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: PanzerCorps.EXE
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4e11e37c
Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll
Fault Module Version: 7.0.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bda6f
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000097e9
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.272.7
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[Rudankort]

Do you see the intro video when you run the game, or it dies before the video gets a chance to display?

[miller330i]

No, nothing happens. It dies before anything happens at all.

[miller330i]

I also found this in the game file.

KERNEL MEMORY CHECKING IS **OFF**

[miller330i]

Just to let you know, I also ran the compatability troubleshooter and it wanted me to run it in Vista 2 mode, even though I believe the kernel is closer to Windows 7.

[miller330i]

Version 1.00 (Jul 4 2011)
WINDOWS VERSION: 5.1.2600. Platform ID: 2. CSDVersion: Service Pack 2

[Rudankort]

During beta testing I've seen once or twice that the game died when trying to show intro video. Some codec issue. Could you please try to go to the game's installation folder and rename Video subfolder to something else (e. g. _Video) so that the game does not try to play the video file? Default installation folder is %Program Files%\Slitherine\Panzer Corps.

[miller330i]

But I wish I could see the videos! I have Shark007 codec pack. I am able to watch the video by itself now. Game works with that mod! That may be a good post for others who may be having a problem. This brings back old memories of PG 1.2.3. but not 3D! That would be totally awesome if this could morph into 3D! Is there any way to mod the flags so that they are historically correct? Thanks!

[Rudankort]

But I wish I could see the videos! I have Shark007 codec pack. I am able to watch the video by itself now. Game works with that mod! That may be a good post for others who may be having a problem. This brings back old memories of PG 1.2.3. but not 3D! That would be totally awesome if this could morph into 3D! Is there any way to mod the flags so that they are historically correct? Thanks!

I think, the issue you faced is not related to codec per se, but to the combination of the codec and API I use to play the video. So, it is quite hard to fix. I'll see if I can fix this, but it will take time.

3D mode for the game is a possibility, but something for a more distant future.

Yes you can mod all flags the way you like. There are several sets of flags used by the game (rectangular ones, round ones etc.), but all of them are plain image files and can be replaced with anything else. Check out the following locations inside game's install folder:
- Graphics/Overlays/flags.png
- UI/flags
- UI/purchase/flags

[miller330i]

How would you convert the flags to png? One file has all the flags on it. How would you convert just one of them? What size and resolution should the files be? Thanks!

[miller330i]

To get this to work with Win 2008 R@ simply rename the Video subfolder to _video and it will work no problem! Thanks guys!