Seeking modpacks that will work on Windows 8.1

[waywardclam]

Hey all,

My BTS works just fine on my new Windows 8.1 laptop, but I've tried three different modpacks now, and they all crash to desktop when I try to load them.

Can anyone recommend either a way to stop this, or a modpack that people know is 8.1 compatible?

I've tried many of the comprehensive modpacks on my old Vista computer, and liked them all... I'm a special fan of bigger maps, longer games, and more civilizations, but I'm interested in pretty much anything people can recommend.

Thanks!

 

[vincentz]

Did you upgrade to 3.19? Which modpacks did you try?

 

[waywardclam]

I've got 3.19, yeah.

Failed so far: yours (Platy, shame, I wanted to try that), Orion's Grand Inquisitions, and a third that I've forgotten the name of. Tried under various compatibility modes. I tried Civ GOLD, thinking gameplay was close to identical, and it actually worked, so at least I've gotten that on board...

 

[vincentz]

Iirc Civ Gold is only Civ leaders (which would work on previous versions), while both Orions and mine changes both Python and Gamecore.dll which requires 3.19 and is why I asked about if you updated to 3.19.

 

[strategyonly]

Did you auto update to 3.19 or manually do it, it MUST be done manually or it will not work correctly.
Also you need to make sure you go into your properties under 8.1 under Firaxis I believe and make sure you have Full Control checked. Might have to do in Advanced also. I am not too sure on this its been a loooong time since I worked with Win 8, I went back to Win 7 infact. But doing so wont hurt anything anyways. try this if it doesn't work then just write again here, and I will see what I can think of next ok.

 

[waywardclam]

Thanks both of you... upon further investigation, I don't think that my install *is* in fact updated properly after all. I will address that and then report back the results.

 

[waywardclam]

Update: Upon reinstalling the 3.19 update, I have VIP properly loaded and ready to go. Thanks for the help and advice!

 

[waywardclam]

Downloading Caveman 2 Cosmos next

 

[strategyonly]

Downloading Caveman 2 Cosmos next

Make sure you use the SVN copy and not the regular copy.

Also you are saying everything is ok now right?

 

[waywardclam]

Looks good so far, haven't had time for a proper stress test yet.

 

[waywardclam]

Packs working great, with one single, rather amusing anomaly:

Played Rise of Mankind and some kind of weird crash happened after I founded a city - the city somehow acquired 8.5 million shields. It finished its build immediately and converted the remainder into gold (!). Reverted to a previous save and it worked properly.

Haven't had any other glitches with anything else, in 3 mods tried. Thanks again for your help guys, and sorry it took me a few posts to fix the update issue, despite the fact that you immediately zeroed in on it.

 

[dbkblk]

Played Rise of Mankind and some kind of weird crash happened after I founded a city - the city somehow acquired 8.5 million shields. It finished its build immediately and converted the remainder into gold (!). Reverted to a previous save and it worked properly.

Do you mean Rise of Mankind (depreciated) or Rise of Mankind - A New Dawn?

 

[waywardclam]

A New Dawn. Seems to be a one time glitch, working fine since, and otherwise.

 

[dbkblk]

Ok. Fine, then