Star Trek™: Starfleet Command III

Simplified version of the Starfleet Command series. Some will prefer this, but so much has been taken out it loses much of the flavor and strategy. There aren't even any extended & unique firing arcs. But the return of officer ranks is interesting. TNG really features some ugly ships outside of the iconic designs. (Mods and converted ship used to be available but those sources seemed to have mainly died.) Goofy problems with Win8 & 10. Not worth the hassle of figuring out so I have been playing around with this on my older Win7 machine. (Which works fine.) As mentioned, it seems like the mod community has flopped over for the most part on the SFC series, which is a shame. (There seem to be a few all-in-one mods still available.) Meh.

Would not run on my Windows 8 laptop. Took 3 months to receive my first reply from support, and then I've spent another 3 with tech support, exhausting every fix they could think of, and it still doesn't work. I wish it did. I've wanted to play this for years. Very dissatisfied with the entire experience. Except the Support guy was polite and honestly tried to help.

It's currently not working, giving the error "No compatible Direct3D device detected" when I try to launch. It also doesn't have a support page yet, so I'm unable to get support or request a refund. I have fond memories of this game from my childhood, so I'd like to be able to play it again some day. That day has apparently not come yet.

I am enjoying this game immensely but it is extremely buggy. I couldnt get the campaign cinematics to play. And I glitched the fed campaign so I cant play the plot mission anymore without going to an old save. It is a very leisurely paced game. I also havent played a game in a long time that requires you to play the tutorial. Not because it makes you but because you have to actually learn the controls

sucks