Hey I just want to report in and say I have the same exact problem Jaitsu has also with GOG Version. Double click exe, screen goes black I here music and then it disappears. the program is still running and if I click in the screen goes black and desktop immediately focuses again. If I hover over emperor in the task bar I can see it running.
Hey there! Loving your work, it worked flawlessly with Zeus+Poseidon (GOG), but I'm having trouble with the Emperor version.
It seems that when I apply the generated resolution (1920x1080), I can launch the game well, but when I get past the point of creating a profile and choose a mission, tha game seems to lag and the audio stutters and gets distorted to the point on unplayability.
What is even more strange, when I hit the ESC and the "Do you want to leave the Empire?" menu pops up, the audio plays fine! It's really weird, I've done every troubleshooting step: compatibility mode, DPI overrides, Run as admin, but nothing seems to work. I even close the Nvidia app so that the overlay doesn't impede anything.
I've also encountered this issue when running a vanilla native installation, and have opened a support ticket with GOG. Since you've mentioned seeing an increase in people complaining with launch and instability issues, maybe this is something that GOG could use your help in addressing? It's just an idea, maybe they could use your expertise.
If you have any troubleshooting ideas, I would appreciate them! I'm running Windows 11, Gigabyte RTX 4090 and Intel I9 14900K, and I could provide a DxDiag if you need it!
Since you're having this problem with the original unmodified game itself, I don't see anything that I can help with. My patcher requires that the game be 100% working before you start using it. All I can suggest is to try seeing if anything in the FAQ or rest of the readme helps. If not, I'm not sure what else yo can do. I don't have detailed knowledge about the game's rendering that I could call on to figure out the problem.
I wouldn't know what to do with a DxDiag and I don't believe I can contribute anything that would help GOG. And on top of that, I don't feel like donating my time to help GOG with anything after the way they and (especially) their community treated me during the release of the Daggerfall Unity GOG Cut.
I'm having this exact issue. I've tried everything it seems myself. Ensured single affinity for CPU usage from task manager for Emperor, tried seemingly every compatibility setting from the compatibility tab from the executable including running in compatibility mode for windows XPS3 and all the rest, capping framerate limits from nvidia control panel, even tried running the program from dxwnd just to see and nothing.
I'm running the GOG version as I'm not really sure where else you could pick up a copy other than a physical one of course.. If you find a fix please post, I really want to play this and this is just awful as it is, I refuse to experience the game like this for my first time playing.
As per today (02.02.2025), i made the game run on my windows 11 PC with 2560x1440p screen by using the mod to make the game run on 1280x720p resolution full screen.
Window mode of the game doesn't work with the mod.
No! 2560x1440 works perfectly fine on Windows 11 and in windowed mode. It sounds more like you're using a non-standard DPI scaling setting and didn't read my documentation to learn the correct way to handle this.
In future, please do so before posting inaccurate bug reports. Or "improved" installation instructions that provide an inferior user experience.
Huh. Not sure whats going wrong. applied the patch, moved the files over, and now when i try to start the game my screen goes black for a moment and then nothing. Didn't have this issue with the Zeus patcher.
Are you using the GOG version, by any chance? I've noticed a recent surge of people complaining about that exact problem for the Zeus version, and one said that the GOG version of Zeus had this problem whereas the Steam version didn't.
hi, i have the GOG version and is using porting kit to run it on my mac. I managed to run the patch but when i try to launch the game, it gave the no CD error, sg3 and 555 files not found.
As per the FAQ, the German version is not listed as one of the supported versions. I have adding support for that edition in my backlog, but I don't have an ETA for when that will be done.
Also as per the FAQ:
What limits are there to the resolutions this program can set?
The width component also needs to be divisible by 4, as major visual bugs happen if this is not the case.
1366 is not divisible by 4 and so it will not work. This is a limitation with the game's engine and I can't do anything about it.
Hello and thank you for your excellent work. I have a couple of issues however.
Slight bug with text on the right side of the screen: Emperor- ROTMK text bug.png . EDIT: This is a consistent problem, I think? It certainly was with one mission and I skip reading the text most of the time now.
1. Are you talking about that "... wood within nafe!them. months." problem? If not, I can't see what the problem is. But either way, did you check whether this problem is in the original game, or did you assume that my program is patching this bug into the game?
2. Same thing as 1; did you check whether the original game no longer has a CD-check, or did you assume that my program is patching DRM into the game? You cited the PC Gaming Wiki, but who put that info on the page, and what proof does he/she have to support this claim?
Hello, would it be possible to include a polish version of 1920 x 1080? I've downloaded the "My old widescreen fixes pack" and I see that there is a polish version in there it's called "Polish version of 1280x1024". Could you please make the same one but with 1920x1080?
I think you're misunderstanding what my mod does. It patches the EXE you have to run at the resolution you type in. I don't make game EXEs for specific resolution values. As for the old widescreen pack, as I said in the description it is provided as-is.
I'm in the process of adding support for the Polish version of the game, but (thanks to work and college) I have very little free time nowadays, so I can't give an ETA for when that will be done.
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It seems that when I apply the generated resolution (1920x1080), I can launch the game well, but when I get past the point of creating a profile and choose a mission, tha game seems to lag and the audio stutters and gets distorted to the point on unplayability.
What is even more strange, when I hit the ESC and the "Do you want to leave the Empire?" menu pops up, the audio plays fine! It's really weird, I've done every troubleshooting step: compatibility mode, DPI overrides, Run as admin, but nothing seems to work. I even close the Nvidia app so that the overlay doesn't impede anything.
I've also encountered this issue when running a vanilla native installation, and have opened a support ticket with GOG. Since you've mentioned seeing an increase in people complaining with launch and instability issues, maybe this is something that GOG could use your help in addressing? It's just an idea, maybe they could use your expertise.
If you have any troubleshooting ideas, I would appreciate them! I'm running Windows 11, Gigabyte RTX 4090 and Intel I9 14900K, and I could provide a DxDiag if you need it!
I wouldn't know what to do with a DxDiag and I don't believe I can contribute anything that would help GOG. And on top of that, I don't feel like donating my time to help GOG with anything after the way they and (especially) their community treated me during the release of the Daggerfall Unity GOG Cut.
I'm running the GOG version as I'm not really sure where else you could pick up a copy other than a physical one of course.. If you find a fix please post, I really want to play this and this is just awful as it is, I refuse to experience the game like this for my first time playing.
Window mode of the game doesn't work with the mod.
In future, please do so before posting inaccurate bug reports. Or "improved" installation instructions that provide an inferior user experience.
Any idea on how to get this to work?
thanks!
Additionally, I can't set it to a resolution of 1366x768 (for a chromebook).
Also as per the FAQ:
- Slight bug with text on the right side of the screen: Emperor- ROTMK text bug.png . EDIT: This is a consistent problem, I think? It certainly was with one mission and I skip reading the text most of the time now.
- According to the game's page on PCGamingWiki, the v1.0.1.0 patch removes the disc check but with your res hack it's still asking me for it (yes, I still rock an optical drive). Is the article wrong? I tried modding a cracked exe but got to see your stance on piracy instead! ;)
Cheers.2. Same thing as 1; did you check whether the original game no longer has a CD-check, or did you assume that my program is patching DRM into the game? You cited the PC Gaming Wiki, but who put that info on the page, and what proof does he/she have to support this claim?
I'm in the process of adding support for the Polish version of the game, but (thanks to work and college) I have very little free time nowadays, so I can't give an ETA for when that will be done.