Windows 8 and games

shankly1985 · 10 Nov 2012 at 20:12

Nutella33 said:
crysis 2 has a dx11/win 8 problem. "undefined resolution" that cant be solved without flicking to dx9.

Thats been an issue with all crysis 1,2 and even Crysis 3 Alpha. They not fixed the 1080p full screen bug when using a HDTV. To get it to work you need to setup a custom resolution 1920x1076 and select that in-game.

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 Nov 2012 at 20:23

Anything that uses GFWL might be a pain. I know I had fierce trouble with Arkham City but then things may have improved since the release candidate.

Purdy · 10 Nov 2012 at 20:26

Closed a windows account as there was a mistake with it, tried to reopen, I can't and now has a 30 days cooldown. This'll be fun not being able to log into stuff.

Gimpymoo · 10 Nov 2012 at 20:52

Murray said:
Every game I've tried so far has worked.

This.

End of.

Witcher1979 · 11 Nov 2012 at 01:24

Gimpymoo said:
This.

End of.

Same no problems at all what so ever. But tonight running mumble and WarZ was causing a few crashes when using alt tab. Bug not present in win 7. Apart from that win 8 has been the same imo as win 7 game wise.

~>Dg<~ · 11 Nov 2012 at 02:17

some may not have issues but a lot of people also do

way up your own descisions is all i say

for those that say cod4 works fine searcg cod4 windows 8 problem for eg its not a few either and if you get the issues its annoying .

i had similar issues with bf3 some dont but as said above a lot also have problems with windows 8 and bf3

also i play dirt 3 a lot also another game efffected

i do actually like win 8 though despite the problems.

Nutella33 · 11 Nov 2012 at 09:08

shankly1985 said:
Thats been an issue with all crysis 1,2 and even Crysis 3 Alpha. They not fixed the 1080p full screen bug when using a HDTV. To get it to work you need to setup a custom resolution 1920x1076 and select that in-game.

how do you do this? ive tried the suggested game.cfg edits but it hasnt worked.

SickoJay · 11 Nov 2012 at 14:57

I've come across 2 games that don't work so far, which are GTA IV and Bioshock.. Nothing happens when I try to play them.

stooeh · 11 Nov 2012 at 16:37

Just tried Bioshock and it started up fine.

GTA IV I have tried earlier and worked after manually installing GFWL (I think only Bioshock 2 was GFWL and that also didn't work until the manual GWFL install).

shankly1985 · 11 Nov 2012 at 19:39

Nutella33 said:
how do you do this? ive tried the suggested game.cfg edits but it hasnt worked.

Not sure about Nvidia control panel. But on Amd CCC you can Add a custom Res So I edit the 1920x1080 to 1920x1076 and save. Then load up Crysis and go into settings and select the new Resolution you made.

Done

trentlad · 11 Nov 2012 at 22:47

Sounds like we would be wise to wait a few months before using this as the main OS.

I hate the transition period and all the bugs that come with it... is it my drivers... why am I the only one with this issue... why doesn't this install... ah I cant use this hardware... why was I so impatient.

Windows 7 was utterly phenomenal though, not a single issue and I still love it.

K1LLSW1TCH · 11 Nov 2012 at 23:22

Murray said:
Every game I've tried so far has worked.

Same here, though I've only tried Company of Heroes and Fallout: New Vegas.