Anyone played Comanche 4 on Win11?

[mikeymikec]

I tried to install it and play it on my AMD7000 build last night and it refused to start. I tried playing around with Windows compatibility settings but it didn't help.

I don't mind getting it on Steam *if* it works (I tried feeding its product code into Steam but it wasn't recognised), but the big question is "does it work", "does it kinda work", etc.

 

[mikeymikec]

did you install VC_Redist runtime packages for Visual C++ 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022?

Comanche 4 was released in 2001.

 

[Racan]

That’s a blast from the past! DirectX 8 game.

Have you tried using a graphics wrapper like dgVoodoo2?

dgVoodoo 2 - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

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Steam Community :: Guide :: Getting Comanche 4 working on Win10 x64 - The easy way

I've avoided installing this game for the longest time on the basis that it seemed like people had such a hard time to get it running on Windows 10 x64. But today on June 20th 2023 I finally decided..

steamcommunity.com

 

[BoomerD]

I'd love to play BF2 and Call of Duty 2...but neither one will run on W10...so I feel ya, OP.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I'd love to play BF2 and Call of Duty 2...but neither one will run on W10...so I feel ya, OP.

Win 11 24H2 with Steam version of CoD2 plays perfect for me.

 

[mikeymikec]

I found that secdrv.sys was attempting to load but Windows blocked it, so I assumed this was a copy protection issue, found a no-cd hack and the game now works. Yay!

 

[BoomerD]

Win 11 24H2 with Steam version of CoD2 plays perfect for me.

Nice. I have the original CD retail install disks from around 2005. Worked fine even on W7 until a few years ago...an update killed it. I can't really justify buying the steam version of a game I already own. (I guess I don't want to play it THAT badly.)