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hi, just bought that game... some reviews said/say the game works only up to XP

As far as i can see, cause i just started playing it now i see a weird black fast refresh glitch or so, its not messing up the graphics but its a weird thing.

In the old days some computers had that and they needed to use vertical blank or something like that in their code to fix that.

I cant screenshot it cause it does not seem to be a messing up of graphics

This frequent 'glichting' is quite irritaing for my eyes, imagine playing the game for a periode of time...

my system: info from speccy

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67GHz
Lynnfield 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P7P55D LE (LGA1156)
Graphics
IBM C170 CRT (1024x768@85Hz)
1024MB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 (ASUStek Computer Inc)






You can also see it like if theres a bunch of birds flying across the window, of your room then you get that weird light dark aswell

it is quite annoying
This question / problem has been solved by Spinorialimage
When i disable some processes and disable the AV and antimalware and almost any other none critical process
then the game seems not to flicker anymore, of course i cant do without alt tab , cant shut off my av and antimalware protection, sometimes you have to alt tab to check something or look something up on the internet.

Another thing in noticed, i was playing the game and i lost again cause they can build faster armies then i can before i found out where to create the army, i was defeated again :D but thats quite funny and i can take that.

Sometimes i get a dialog and the text says that i should mouse over in order to see how each action might influence things.
But there were options one time and i mosue oevr , and only saw empty buttons when hover over the possible decisions.

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Post edited February 24, 2015 by gamesfreak64
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gamesfreak64: it is quite annoying
This is a side-effect of the compatibility fix for x64 Windows. There are two possible causes:
- Multiple GPUs
- Changing/dynamic background

For the former, check if you maybe have some on-board Intel graphics. If you do, find a way to force the game to run exclusively on them or on the GeForce. Both should work, just not together ;)

For the latter, minimise any open folders, windows, programs. If you have a changing desktop, CPU meter, live feed, anything that frequently refreshes your background screen, turn it off. Even your taskbar clock will show through though, at a rate of once per minute, it isn't much of a bother.

As for the game, remember that you always have the option to pause and issue commands. You can even customise when the game auto-pauses, though that can be a bit tedious.
Post edited February 24, 2015 by Spinorial
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gamesfreak64: it is quite annoying
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Spinorial: This is a side-effect of the compatibility fix for x64 Windows. There are two possible causes:
- Multiple GPUs
- Changing/dynamic background

For the former, check if you maybe have some on-board Intel graphics. If you do, find a way to force the game to run exclusively on them or on the GeForce. Both should work, just not together ;)

For the latter, minimise any open folders, windows, programs. If you have a changing desktop, CPU meter, live feed, anything that frequently refreshes your background screen, turn it off. Even your taskbar clock will show through though, at a rate of once per minute, it isn't much of a bother.

As for the game, remember that you always have the option to pause and issue commands. You can even customise when the game auto-pauses, though that can be a bit tedious.
thanks, you have solved this, i did expect that the game might have issues with uncommon things like background tasks, but i never had that with any old game i bought so i did not suspect that to be the problem.

open folders: yes i have lots
windows, programs. : yup

If you have a changing desktop, : nope
CPU meter, yup
GPU meter : also
Even your taskbar clock will show through though, at a rate of once per minute, it isn't much of a bother.: i have that too

yes i am 'guilty' on al almost all fronts but like i said, that is so uncommon cause i have 400 or more differnt kinds of games and only vicky (victoria) is having problems with that

i dont have much pardox games, i like the games but usually they are loaded with drm , need extra accounts and all that and i dont like DRM :D

so thats why i only got this one and the crusader kings complete, on gog (drm free)
i havent played crusader kings complete yet, so that might also have problems.

i am a kind of 'control freak' :D

Thanks for the solve
Post edited February 24, 2015 by gamesfreak64