Windows® 8 Cliffs of Dover Fix (is here).

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by theleif

Hate to bring sad news, but it does not work for me. Steam tries to install VC redist package and then nothing. I've copied the files to the COD directory and I've ran CloDer both in normal and admin mode. I've verified files through steam and reapplied the patch, but nothing.
Sadface.

Installing CloD has a separate issue - this patch is a 'loader' to provide a work-around of a security issue when trying to run the game in Win8. I didn't re-install CloD when moving to Win8 as it is on a second drive. Try mazex's fix here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=30096&page=7

[theleif]

Originally Posted by Platypus65

theleif -

Make sure you launch the game by selecting the new exe file "CloDer".

Did that. Get the spinning circle for a second and then nothing. Can it be because I have Steam on another partition and not in program(x86)?

Originally Posted by TonyD

Installing CloD has a separate issue - this patch is a 'loader' to provide a work-around of a security issue when trying to run the game in Win8. I didn't re-install CloD when moving to Win8 as it is on a second drive. Try mazex's fix here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=30096&page=7

Tried that as well, Steam now skips the "install part" but get the same error as above.

Cheers

EDIT: And I've installed the DirX from the redist folder.

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by theleif

Did that. Get the spinning circle for a second and then nothing. Can it be because I have Steam on another partition and not in program(x86)?

No, but the 'CloDer.exe' and 'CloDer.dll' must be in the same folder as the 'Launcher.exe' (My Steam folder is in D:\Games\). You then click on 'CloDer.exe' to launch the game, but obviously Steam has to be running else you will get that error message

Originally Posted by theleif

Tried that as well, Steam now skips the "install part" but get the same error as above.

Cheers

EDIT: And I've installed the DirX from the redist folder.

Sounds like you've solved the installation error, and you do need to run the DirectX install, but not doing so shouldn't prevent the game from running.

[sYk0]

@theleif:

Please ensure that you are running "CloDer.exe" and NOT "Launcher.exe" (you shouldn't have to run the application as Administrator, it is not required).

Please ensure that "CloDer.exe" and "CloDer.dll" are both in the same directory (for ease of use, place both files in your Cliffs of Dover directory [same folder as "Launcher.exe"]).

Your Steam installation shouldn't (I'm guessing here) install any of the VC++ 2012 or .NET 4.0 run-times, the ones that come with Windows 8 are newer than the ones required by the game (I will however double check this, if it is the case I will implement a workaround into "CloDer").

Unfortunately, I can't help you any further at the moment but I'll have an in-depth look at your problem a littler later (when I get home).

To aid myself (and the community) in solving your problem please post some additional information:

1. Windows 8 (Standard or Pro)?
2. Build number?
3. System Type (x86 or x64)?
4. Graphics Driver version?
5. If possible, please provide some information about your computer hardware.
6. Have you successfully run Cliffs of Dover on a previous version of Windows (with the same hardware)?

Regards,
sYk0.

[theleif]

Originally Posted by sYk0

@theleif:

Please ensure that you are running "CloDer.exe" and NOT "Launcher.exe" (you shouldn't have to run the application as Administrator, it is not required).

Please ensure that "CloDer.exe" and "CloDer.dll" are both in the same directory (for ease of use, place both files in your Cliffs of Dover directory [same folder as "Launcher.exe"]).

Your Steam installation shouldn't (I'm guessing here) install any of the VC++ 2012 or .NET 4.0 run-times, the ones that come with Windows 8 are newer than the ones required by the game (I will however double check this, if it is the case I will implement a workaround into "CloDer").

Unfortunately, I can't help you any further at the moment but I'll have an in-depth look at your problem a littler later (when I get home).

To aid myself (and the community) in solving your problem please post some additional information:

1. Windows 8 (Standard or Pro)?
   
2. Build number?
   
3. System Type (x86 or x64)?
   
4. Graphics Driver version?
   
5. If possible, please provide some information about your computer hardware.
6. Have you successfully run Cliffs of Dover on a previous version of Windows (with the same hardware)?

Regards,
sYk0.

Sorry for the late reply, but here it goes:
I have both files in the COD directory, in the same folder as launcher.exe.
There is a installation error where COD tries to install VC redist every time I launch the game. That has happened to me in other games, but it has never prevented me from launching a game. Anyway, I've used the workaround in the other thread to stop it from installing every time I launch it.

This is my specs:[*]Win 8 Pro Swedish [*]Build number: 6.2.9200 [*]System Type x64 [*]Graphics drivers are the latest (non beta) 12.10 drivers from AMD [*]My system:
Graphics: Gigabyte Windforce 7970OC (AMD)
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z77
System disk: Samsung 830 Series MZ-7PC128 128GB
Other disk (where steam are): Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 64MB 2TB in IRST mode with a 60 GB OCZ Vertex Plus.
Memory: Corsair 16GB DDR3 1600MHz (4x)
And CoD worked on my previous Win 7 build on the same hardware. I'm pretty sure It worked when I just did an upgrade from 7 to 8 as well, but I'm not 100% certain that was the case. I first made an upgrade instead of a clean install, which went smooth as hell (surprisingly). Decided to do a clean install anyway to start fresh with an new OS.

Cheers.
And thank you for the great job you are doing.
Edit: For some reason it seems to ignore my line breaks after the edit. Sorry for the system spec mess.

[sYk0]

Originally Posted by theleif

Sorry for the late reply

No worries mate

Originally Posted by theleif

I have both files in the COD directory, in the same folder as launcher.exe.

Sounds perfect.

Originally Posted by theleif

There is a installation error where COD tries to install VC redist every time I launch the game. That has happened to me in other games, but it has never prevented me from launching a game. Anyway, I've used the workaround in the other thread to stop it from installing every time I launch it.

The thing that worries me is that the game is insisting you install the c++ 2010 runtimes (this is something that shouldn't be ignored).
After some digging (and a fresh install of Windows 8 x64 in a virtual machine) around I have found out that Windows 8 does in fact require the VC++ 2010 redistributable package to be installed (I assumed that Windows 8 had these by default).

Without the VC++ 2010 runtimes the game silently terminates!

Could you please check your "%windir%\SysWOW64" directory for the existence and version of the following files (these are just a handful of the files I noticed the game requires):

1. msvcr100.dll : 10.00.40219.1
2. msvcp100.dll : 10.00.40219.1
3. msvcr110_clr0400.dll : 11.0.50709.17929
4. d3d9.dll : 6.2.9200.16384
5. d3dx9_43.dll : 9.29.952.3111
6. d3dx10_43.dll : 9.29.952.3111

Legend:

• Red = Visual C++ 2010 binary.
• Black = Standard Windows 8 binary.
• Blue = DirectX binary.

If you are missing (have an older version) some of the red files, please download (and install) the latest VC++ 2010 SP1 (x86) redistributable package from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...s.aspx?id=8328.

If you are missing some of the blue files, please install the DirectX runtimes from the "...\redist\DirectX\" directory.

Regards,
sYk0.

[theleif]

OK. These are the files I have:
msvcr100.dll : 10.00.40219.325
msvcp100.dll : 10.00.40219.325
msvcr110_clr0400.dll : 11.0.50709.17929
d3d9.dll : 6.2.9200.16384
d3dx9_43.dll : 9.29.952.3111
d3dx10_43.dll : 9.29.952.3111
So, I have them all, only difference, the msv files are more recent.
To be sure I did a repair with vcredist, but it validated all files.

Cheers

[arass]

want to have the menu again in German which I can make.nobody most idea

[sYk0]

Originally Posted by arass

want to have the menu again in German which I can make.nobody most idea

@arass: Was the game in German language before the Windows® 8 fix?

http://translate.google.com:

War das spiel in Deutscher sprache vor der Windows ® 8 fix?

[arass]

yes it was