Campaigns on the Danube v3.0.4 out

[Asid]

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3884743

[Grim.Reaper]

It installed fine and runs fine on my Win 8.1 system, by the way.

It looks kind of like the new patch features the whole game as a reinstall, so if you have your disc code that may work...?

Good call...seemed to work from the patch...strange though...my original install file was like 30-40 MBs bigger than the patch file....maybe better compressed.

[JasonPratt]

You might not have installed the pdf instructions?

The UI has changed quite a bit since release, but I doubt that's the difference.

Oooooh... that alternate map looks nice, Asid!

[ArizonaTank]

My original attraction to this game was the feature that allowed you to fight battles with miniatures...making it a kind of miniature campaign system.  But I remember trying it oh so many years ago, and having it crash...so I gave up in frustration.  Does this work now?

Also, any hope for getting the game to run on a more recent OS like Win 7 / 8 or 10?

[-budd-]

I just bought it and loaded it up in win7 64 without issue. Opened it and looked around haven't played yet.

[JasonPratt]

It runs fine on my Win 8.1 (in a window only, by the way, not full screen). That was after I patched it, I think, so I don't know whether it runs on Win 8.1 originally. (I installed from an original release disc.)

Well, I say "it runs fine", I haven't sent orders out to start a day's turn yet. I've been writing up introductory material for my AAR. (Which can still be shifted to a multiplayer game, btw, as long as the other side is playing France in the standard 1805 scenario.) For all I know it may crash. But meandering around, it hasn't crashed yet.

[JasonPratt]

Okay, it looks like Asid and I may be playing; we'll see if we can get things set up for PBEM.

[panzerde]

I just finished a complete game, with Chemkid's map and counter mod, running on Win 10. Not a single hiccup or problem. The game ran great and looks really nice with the alternate map. I tried the various different sound options and they all worked well. The alternate map really enhances the feeling that you are in your tent, planning the campaign, issuing orders, and receiving reports.

Once you get into the flow of issuing orders and understand what the different options mean, the game really flows. I was able to trap the Austrians against the Danube south of Regensburg and north of Passau. Between Davout and Lannes with support from the Guard and the Bavarians Charles didn't get north of the river with much of a functioning army left.

Honestly, the system for issuing orders to corps and handling supply is so elegant once you know what you're doing that the game became really relaxing to me. It's been ages since I felt relaxed when playing a wargame! It was really cool to see my corp commanders deploy their corps to achieve their missions. At one point I ordered an advance by Davout south along the Danube from Regensburg, and not only did he scout the path with cavalry, he deployed an advance guard of infantry and a rear guard of infantry and cavalry to cover his advance from the remnants of an Austrian force he'd beaten the day before.

I played the Crisis on the Danube scenario, which runs from early April to May 10th, 1809. I think I'll try the full 1809 scenario, next.

[JasonPratt]

Heh, I saw you playing it through a Steam connection last night, P! (Not actually on Steam, but by a shortcut assigned to Steam's gamelist.)

[panzerde]

Heh, I saw you playing it through a Steam connection last night, P! (Not actually on Steam, but by a shortcut assigned to Steam's gamelist.)

Yep!  :)  Though I actually left it running overnight after finishing the scenario and wasn't really playing it all night!

[JasonPratt]

Note: I may have misunderstood Sid, so while we may still be doing a game, if someone else wants to volunteer to French up first, I'll ...

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...man, there are some things which sound so much worse when I actually type them.

[JasonPratt]

Okay, still doing game with Sid. 8)

[ArizonaTank]

So I decided to take the plunge.  Unfortunately the game is hanging on my Win7 rig.  Even trying various compatibility settings.  Sigh...

[chemkid]

So I decided to take the plunge.  Unfortunately the game is hanging on my Win7 rig.  Even trying various compatibility settings.  Sigh...

...you've updated to the latest 3.0.4 version, i guess...
anyway, capaigns on win7(x64) here, too - no compatibility are needed on my laptop. weird!  ???
if you can't make it work try the matrix-forums and sent frank hunter a pm or mail - just my 5c.

[panzerde]

So I decided to take the plunge.  Unfortunately the game is hanging on my Win7 rig.  Even trying various compatibility settings.  Sigh...

Hmmm...very odd. I definitely ran the game on Win 7 x64 without issue in the past, and now on Win 10, again without issue. My suspicion would be something with your video driver rather than compatibility settings. What graphics card are you using?