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Star Trek™: ArmadaWeird sounds, ships not shown, no cutscenes, interface buttons missing(26 posts)(26 posts)
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Posted December 13, 2021
So this is on Windows 10.

The game launches fine and the menu works. When I launch the first mission (or Instant Action), cut scene doesn't play. I get the planet and a rumbling sound, but nothing happens. I eventually hit the spacebar and the camera goes to the centre of the map. There is a revealed area (no fog of war) in the top left corner, but no vessels are visible and I cannot select anything.

Most of the buttons are also black. I can access the menu (since I remember where the button was originally) and then go back to the main menu. I don't think any models have been loaded. It's broken, for whatever reason.

Something similar happens in Armada II. *Some* models load. When I select the space station, the textures turn black. No ships are visible or selectable.

Changing the DX settings doesn't seem to improve or otherwise change anything.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I tried installing the 1.3 patch, but it did nothing. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I also uninstalled and re-installed Armada 1, but it didn't change anything.

Really looking forward to playing this again...
Post edited December 13, 2021 by JoshoB
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Posted December 13, 2021
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JoshoB: ...
First of all, if you didn't already, manually install DirectX 9.0c and reboot your PC so it's loaded: https://cncnz.com/features/technical-support-help-guides/installing-directx-90c/

Secondly, disable all but one monitors (OR force the game to run in a window in dxcfg.exe), since I've heard a report from someone who can't run the game with 2 monitors on.

Thirdly, try manually enabling DirectPlay via the .reg files in the game directory.
Posted December 13, 2021
Thank you. I don't have multiple screens, so that couldn't have been the problem. I installed DirectX 9 and rebooted. No effect. I also double-clicked the registry file -- no effect.

The game is still broken; see the attachment. I honestly have no idea what the issue could be.
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Post edited December 13, 2021 by JoshoB
Posted December 13, 2021
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JoshoB: Thank you. I don't have multiple screens, so that couldn't have been the problem. I installed DirectX 9 and rebooted. No effect. I also double-clicked the registry file -- no effect.

The game is still broken; see the attachment. I honestly have no idea what the issue could be.
Ouchhhh that's the worst I've seen the game appear as. Have you tried upgrading/downgrading your GPU drivers?
Posted December 13, 2021
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Plokite_Wolf: Ouchhhh that's the worst I've seen the game appear as. Have you tried upgrading/downgrading your GPU drivers?
My Nvidia drivers are up-to-date.

As much as I love Armada, I won't downgrade the drivers, because I play other games on this system, too. This is GeForce GTX 1050, BTW, so not exactly a recent card either.
Posted December 13, 2021
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Plokite_Wolf: Ouchhhh that's the worst I've seen the game appear as. Have you tried upgrading/downgrading your GPU drivers?
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JoshoB: My Nvidia drivers are up-to-date.

As much as I love Armada, I won't downgrade the drivers, because I play other games on this system, too. This is GeForce GTX 1050, BTW, so not exactly a recent card either.
Mine's a 1060 and it runs it just fine. I'd contact GOG support, this is very very VERY odd-
Posted December 13, 2021
Support: "We're sorry but we were not able to create a ticket."

This is not my day, is it?
Posted December 13, 2021
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JoshoB: Support: "We're sorry but we were not able to create a ticket."

This is not my day, is it?
Truly :/
Posted December 13, 2021
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JoshoB: So this is on Windows 10.

The game launches fine and the menu works. When I launch the first mission (or Instant Action), cut scene doesn't play. I get the planet and a rumbling sound, but nothing happens. I eventually hit the spacebar and the camera goes to the centre of the map. There is a revealed area (no fog of war) in the top left corner, but no vessels are visible and I cannot select anything.

Most of the buttons are also black. I can access the menu (since I remember where the button was originally) and then go back to the main menu. I don't think any models have been loaded. It's broken, for whatever reason.

Something similar happens in Armada II. *Some* models load. When I select the space station, the textures turn black. No ships are visible or selectable.

Changing the DX settings doesn't seem to improve or otherwise change anything.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I tried installing the 1.3 patch, but it did nothing. Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I also uninstalled and re-installed Armada 1, but it didn't change anything.

Really looking forward to playing this again...
Aramda has had issues with NVidia for a mong time. Works fine on AMD and Intel. If also have an onboard graphics card like the inbult intel chipset and you have a diffeent VGA/HDMI slow for that then connect your monitor to that and see if it works.
Posted December 13, 2021
Thanks for the suggestion, but plugging my HDMI cable in another port doesn't do anything.

I tried about a dozen times with the f$#king chatbot that passes for support these days and finally got through, so there's a ticket now with my name on it. Curious to see if this will get solved.

Incidentally, I used to have an installation of Armada I and II on a USB drive that worked flawlessly, including on my Nvidia systems (I've only had problems with AMD cards in the past). I wish I had kept those versions of the games.
Posted December 13, 2021
You might have to reenable that card in the bios but not 100 percent sure
Posted December 13, 2021
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TCell32: You might have to reenable that card in the bios but not 100 percent sure
I tried to do that, but there's no option in the bios to do so. :-/
Posted December 14, 2021
Can you try a VM instead, with an older version of Windows? Those tend to use a generic video driver for emulation that just might be better. Worked for many of the older Star Trek games that just don't play well on my overpowered RTX 3070 in Windows 10/11.
Posted December 14, 2021
Umm..

How many monitors? what resolutions? and what refresh rate?

If more than one monitor, try using just one.

If your desktop res is more than 1920x1080 then set it to that and set the dx wrapper settings to suit.

If higher than 60Hz refresh rate, Set V-sync to lower it, or manually do it in windows.

Other from that i dunno sorry. :)
Posted December 14, 2021
Dunno if it works with the GOG version but here's a Windows 10 patch:

https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/wiki/Star-Trek-Armada-1
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