Hello, I am new to this forum. Sadly, I came bearing bad news about my experience with the TFD. It used to work with my old laptop flawlessly (except for a few color issues). That old laptop has now gone into the afterlife and I got a new one. Anyway here are my issues:
CnC
- Menu screens and cut scenes have messed up coloring fixed
- In-game screen is shifted all the way to the top left corner. fixed
- In-game screen seems to "scatter" or get stuck in the regions where it isn't at (it's shifted to the top left) fixed but still happens sometimes
fixed with the patch suggested below
RAI
- Messed colors on cutscenes, images, and in-game
- Getting in-game is hard, I can't see the menu even if I ALT+Tab
- Can't see my pointer/cursor on menus and sometimes in-game
- slow visuals on "score" screens in missions but otherwise perfect
fixed with the patch suggested below
TS and TS:FS
- Works flawlessly, cutscenes and everything, in-game colors. The only issue is the main menu, it seems to get frozen and can't see my pointer. I ALT+Tab and I may or may not see the menu.
Renegades
- Perfect
RAII + YR
- In-game and cutscenes are perfect. Images are perfect too.
- The menu sometimes gets frozen, ALT+Tab may or may not show the menu properly. Even so, it's only a one time remedy.
- For some reason, I can't do the "random map" thing where I set the parameters of the map and the game generates it for me. On that note, the map selection's right column menu only gives me two options "Random Map" and "Exit." The description on "Random Map" is pretty much "select map."
- Most frustrating IMO because this is my favorite game in the series
Generals and ZH
- Both games do not even start. I simply get a window that says "technical difficulties" that says something to the effect of my computer having too weak of a hardware or due to viruses.
- Frustrating...my second favorite game in this collection.
My TFD is patched with the unofficial 1.03r4 patch from here.
My current laptop has:
Processor: i7-4700mq @ 2.4-3.4Ghz
RAM: 8GB (2 4GB sticks) 1600mhz
GPU: Dual Nvidia GTX 765M in SLI (2GB vRAM each)
OS: Windows 7 sp1 64-bit
Screen: 1920x1080p 60hz
I am running GeForce Driver 347.88 (latest driver from Nvidia)
NOTE: I've tried some of these games when I am on integrated graphics and some of these games work. My old laptop had a 2.4Ghz i3, no dedicated graphics card, 2 2GB RAM, and same OS and all the games ran properly on that one (laptop was running hot though).
Can someone guide me to a fix regarding this matter that wouldn't involve playing these games on integrated graphics or getting rid of TFD altogether?
