Tore

[Middlemoor]

Maybe you can help me. I'm trying to run Firestorm in Win 8, on a laptop. I have managed to find settings using your launcher that allow the game to work, but it's still very slow.

 

What could I possibly do? I've tried all the options and every single resolution available to me.

[Tore]

What settings are you using?

[Middlemoor]

I've tried pretty much all the settings in your launcher, I tried your alternative game.exe and I tried putting your ddraw.dll in the folder.

 

It loads the game on some resolutions/settings, but then it lags in-game. Pretty much unplayable.

 

Glad you're here btw!

[Tore]

Can you provide the link to where you downloaded this stuff? I'm not quite sure what you mean with "your" game.exe and "your" ddraw.dll as I have made none of that stuff.

 

The only way to get my launcher is through this installer and it and the install package and components are unfinished (it's a beta version): http://tore29.com/tsins/TSinstaller3-beta8r3.exe

 

The only way I get good framerates on TS on Win8 (and on Win7) is using ts-ddraw, but that is also experimental and it might crash the game after 10 mins of play.

[Middlemoor]

You posted the links in various threads. I kinda followed your posts around, hoping to get to the bottom of it.

 

I had your launcher and so far it's the closest I've gotten to the game working.

 

I think you're right that I got the game to work using ts-ddraw, but the framerate was poor. I wish there was some way to get the game to work but I think this laptop + O.S makes it impossible short of doing something like setting up a virtual machine maybe...

 

Good news is that Red Alert works.

[Middlemoor]

Set to Windows XP Service Pack 3. Problem now solved! Hurrah!