I began my wargaming hobby well over a decade ago with CMBO. I dug out my original disks to enjoy these great games again but I can't get them to run on my newer system. Ideas & help appreciated.
First, my rig - Dell XPS L521x, Windows 7 Pro, Core i7@220Ghz, GeForce GT640M, 16g of ram. I have the latest nVidia drivers (334.89). My system also has an Intel HD Graphics 4000 on-board card and the system manages the 2 GPUs with Optimus. I'm running DirectX 11.
Second, what happens. I've installed the original games, for example, CMAK and patched up to 1.03. When executed, I get flashing black screens as the program attempts to find a resolution. After a minute or so of it trying resultions, I get the "failed to initialize Direct3D" error.
My native resolution is 1920x1080. I've set the resolution to match what should work for CMAK with the same result.
I've checked "run as administrator" .. same result
I've attempted to choose a GPU for the program, both Intel and nVidia with the same results.
I've created a profile for CMAK in the nVidia control panel with the same results.
I've tried XP compatibility mode but no joy.
I've run DxDiag and have confirmed that all DirectX Features are enabled in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes.
I've also downloaded the latest CMBB and CMAK demos (supposedly running the 1.04 Vista patch) and get the exact same behavior and error.
Any ideas?
Thanks