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This isn't a "sky is falling" thing or a "my game is on fire" thing, but more of a "what's the difference" kind of thing that I thought maybe someone here would have more insight into than I clearly have,

Okay, so I (obviously) own the GOG version of Emperor which installed fine & is running (in widescreen no less) with zero problems so far (especially now that I learned how to disable the opening movie) with the incredibly minor *quirk* that when I launch the game my desktop changes to "Windows Basic" from its usual state. No big deal (it reverts the moment I close out the game) & causes no issues that I am aware of.

However when poking around in my files today I stumbled across my old "no-cd exe" patch version of Emperor (thought it was on my old computer; totally forgot I ever installed in on my laptop!) & decided to launch it & take a gander at some of my old saves there, to help jog my memory about city layouts & such. It worked fine - save for not being in widescreen & having to skip that dang movie - but the thing that struck me as odd was that this version didn't *require* the temporary switch to Windows Basic that the GOG version does.

So I guess I'm just curious why the GOG version (which would theoretically be the newer, *improved* version of the two) needs my laptop in Basic mode while the *older* version doesn't. Like I said, not a game-crashing question, just something that I was curious about. I plan on removing the old no-cd version soon & sticking with the more *user friendly* GOG version; I just thought I would ask about this odd little quirk before I consign that version to the recycle bin.

The laptop in question is an older HP (Pavilion dv6) with an AMD processor & Radeon HD graphics. It is happily running on W7 Home Premium (64 bit) with the "Aero" desktop theme, & both versions of the game launch fine & run great. Thanks for any addition light anyone can shine on this odd quirk.

- ZW

(I should add that the no-cd exe version in question was not a pirated thing but was installed to save my precious game disk, as I'm sure most folks here will understand. Didn't want to leave the *wrong* impression!)
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ZirconiaWolf: So I guess I'm just curious why the GOG version (which would theoretically be the newer, *improved* version of the two) needs my laptop in Basic mode while the *older* version doesn't. Like I said, not a game-crashing question, just something that I was curious about.
My assumption would be GOG likely set that compatibility shim as they saw greater stability/performance/whatever across the assorted supported Windows versions on their various hardware at the time they tested the game.