Windows 8 and CloD (Merged Threads)

senseispcc · #1 03-01-2012, 04:50 PM

It does NOT work.
I did install Windows 8 X64 beta on a pc that did acept and play COD at a not to low graphic level and when I did change my OS to windows 8 x64 Steam had a little problem to install itself and COD does never launch itself.
Maybe with a x32 version maybe I shall try next week if no one trie before me. Sorry for this bad news.

Does now work download the fix as below.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=36078

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mazex · #2 03-01-2012, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by senseispcc

It does NOT work.
I did install Windows 8 X64 beta on a pc that did acept and play COD at a not to low graphic level and when I did change my OS to windows 8 x64 Steam had a little problem to install itself and COD does never launch itself.
Maybe with a x32 version maybe I shall try next week if no one trie before me. Sorry for this bad news.

Well, hardly bad news as the first beta for all previous Windows versions have also been very unstable... And this is the first beta. Wait until RC3 before you get worried

mazex · #3 03-01-2012, 05:28 PM

Which version do you run by the way? They only call the Server 8 Beta, but the consumer version is still called "Preview" (which is m$ lingo for alpha

).

Anyway, thanks for the heads up that there is a new version out. I'm downloading this version now from MSDN to try out:

Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Apps (x64)

senseispcc · #4 03-01-2012, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mazex

Which version do you run by the way? They only call the Server 8 Beta, but the consumer version is still called "Preview" (which is m$ lingo for alpha

).

Anyway, thanks for the heads up that there is a new version out. I'm downloading this version now from MSDN to try out:

Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Apps (x64)

Windows8-ConsumerPreview-64bit-English is my version all the other games (non steam) and application do work. For the little time I used this version of windows 8 and my previous exprience of it from November 2011 I find it a fine OS not easy to master but nice. And it is only a preview. I did post this only to advertise so that other should not try and make the same mistake.

Raggz · #5 03-01-2012, 05:48 PM

Run it in win7 compatibility mode and elevate its rights / run it as admin.

louisv · #6 03-01-2012, 07:49 PM

Wait...is the problem with Steam or with CoD itself ?

Or both ?

mazex · #7 03-01-2012, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by louisv

Wait...is the problem with Steam or with CoD itself ?

Or both ?

The problem is in Windows 8 Preview... It's an alpha, and very far from finished so what works and does not work is really not that interesting? Lots of stuff don't work in it.

priller26 · #8 03-02-2012, 12:34 AM

I can't understand why anyone would jump to Win 8. Windows xp worked rather well for me, Vista, as I understand, was an unmitigated disaster, ( I never used it) and Win 7 gets very high praises. Granted, Microsoft does always have to reinvent the wheel to earn revenue, but sometimes the "newest" is not necessarily the best.

senseispcc · #9 03-02-2012, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by priller26

I can't understand why anyone would jump to Win 8. Windows xp worked rather well for me, Vista, as I understand, was an unmitigated disaster, ( I never used it) and Win 7 gets very high praises. Granted, Microsoft does always have to reinvent the wheel to earn revenue, but sometimes the "newest" is not necessarily the best.

If you do not try how do you know it works or not? stupid is it?

Ailantd · #10 03-02-2012, 05:34 AM

I have it instaled in a VM for testing and while I think it may rule the tablet world, it feels no so good for desktop machines and completely fails with more than one screen IMO. You need to move too much the mouse for simple tasks, it feels annoying. I hope they fix that big usabily problem before final release. Other than that you can like the new interface or not, I personally don´t like it very much and I think I will not use metro apps in desktop.