Wing Commander IV DVD GOG doesn't run

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Blade72

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Hi guys,
I've already read the other posts and guides; my problem seems quite different:
Double clicking the wc4dvd.exe file does nothing, nothing happens, no error messages, no error windows, nothing (wc4dvd.exe appears for 1/2 second on Task Manager, then disappears).
My pc is old but I think enough powerful for a 1996 game!
Athlon Xp 2000+ 1,7 Ghz, 2 Gb Ram, Ati Radeon 3850 HD, Windows Xp Home Premium SP3.

Thanks for your help.
 

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If you have checked the compatability modes on the exes and such, and you have disabled any firewalls/antivirus software for at least the first-run and you are still having issues, the first thing I would recommend would be to redownload the game from GOG just to make sure you didn't get a corrupted or incomplete download.
 
AD said:
If you have checked the compatability modes on the exes and such, and you have disabled any firewalls/antivirus software for at least the first-run and you are still having issues, the first thing I would recommend would be to redownload the game from GOG just to make sure you didn't get a corrupted or incomplete download.
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Hi,
I redownloaded it twice, first time manually, second time with GOG downloader.
Integrity check passed.
Installed with Norton 360 deactivated (both firewall and antivirus deactivated).
Checked win 98/win Me compatability, 640x480 mode, even 256 colors mode, nothing worked.
Checked the video and audio codecs for corrupption, bad installation and such, seems all ok.

I wonder if it has something to do with Open GL, because also Wing Commander Saga (OpenGl based game) doesn't run.
 
Blade72 said:
I wonder if it has something to do with Open GL, because also Wing Commander Saga (OpenGl based game) doesn't run.
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Yes that's possible, though it concerns me that the game just isn't running at all.

Try downloading https://www.wcnews.com/chatzone/attachments/dwrap-1-0-1-test4-zip.5618/ and unzipping it into your WC4 folder. Basically, this will make the game use DirectDraw instead of OpenGL as a renderer. If your problem is OpenGL related, you should see an improvement.
 
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AD said:
Yes that's possible, though it concerns me that the game just isn't running at all.

Try downloading https://www.wcnews.com/chatzone/attachments/dwrap-1-0-1-test4-zip.5618/ and unzipping it into your WC4 folder. Basically, this will make the game use DirectDraw instead of OpenGL as a renderer. If your problem is OpenGL related, you should see an improvement.
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Hi,
I've installed it into WC4 folder, but nothing new happens; wc4dvd.exe appears briefly (1/2 or 1/3 sec) on Windows Task Manager but nothing happens.
May be I can try some debug tools, but I don't know how to do it.
 
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Hey,

Do you have ThreatFire installed? During my tests, i discovered ThreatFire prevented WC4 to run completely. Disabling wasn't enough either, a full uninstall was required.
 
HCl said:
Hey,

Do you have ThreatFire installed? During my tests, i discovered ThreatFire prevented WC4 to run completely. Disabling wasn't enough either, a full uninstall was required.
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Hi,
No, I have Norton 360 Premier Edition.
I disabled the antivirus during the download of Wing Commander IV and also disabled the firewall before installing it.
Of course I disabled it before playing.
I've also tried Game Booster 3.4, deactivating many services and freeing memory, but with no luck.
 
Blade72 said:
Hi,
No, I have Norton 360 Premier Edition.
I disabled the antivirus during the download of Wing Commander IV and also disabled the firewall before installing it.
Of course I disabled it before playing.
I've also tried Game Booster 3.4, deactivating many services and freeing memory, but with no luck.
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Have you tried going into the exe properties and choosing run as administrator?
 
AD said:
Have you tried going into the exe properties and choosing run as administrator?
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Hi,
I boot the pc as an administrator account.
Thanks for your answers, but I asked GOG to replace Wing Commander IV with another game.
Bye.
 
Hey,

Anti-virus is still my best guess at this point, as I saw the exact same behavior on my machine with ThreatFire installed. Disabling ThreatFire did not fix it, I had to uninstall it completely.

Still, I can run some tests with you and try to get to the bottom of it, if you're still interested.
 
Blade72 said:
Hi,
I boot the pc as an administrator account.
Thanks for your answers, but I asked GOG to replace Wing Commander IV with another game.
Bye.
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Not the same thing if you're on Vista on Win7, applications will still run as if not on an administrator account unless you specifically run as an administrator.

I did install the game at work today out of curiosity; I did find I had to install ffdshow before movie audio would work and I think I had to run as administrator too (the first time I ran the game it crashed out, the second time I ran as admin).
 
HCl said:
Hey,

Anti-virus is still my best guess at this point, as I saw the exact same behavior on my machine with ThreatFire installed. Disabling ThreatFire did not fix it, I had to uninstall it completely.

Still, I can run some tests with you and try to get to the bottom of it, if you're still interested.
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Hi,
thanks for your answers but I give up and get a substitute game.
Bye
 
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