I used to take some amount of pride in having once successfully installed this game under Windows 7 as it was a lengthy, incredibly complicated, multi-stage process with no guarantee of complete success (e.g., sometimes the soundtrack wouldn’t load properly). Now I never have to worry about going through that ridiculous hassle ever again! After a quick and super-easy installation, the game ran perfectly under Windows 10 and is a joy to play once more, just as it was originally intended. Thanks, GOG!
Takes everything that made “Panzer Corps” one of the most satisfying hex-based wargames of all time and artfully translates it into the Warhammer 40K universe with meticulous craftsmanship and loving attention to detail. Be warned, however, that it’s easy to get entirely lost for untold hours in the game’s finely honed environment and highly addictive, “just one more turn” dynamic.
Notwithstanding the somewhat dated graphics and limitations of the venerable Genie engine, this is a tremendously fun game with endless replayability. To get around the problem of running it at a higher resolution on a dual monitor setup, simply follow this process: 1) Download and install the widescreen patch from the PC Gaming Wiki website; then 2) run the program in windowed mode through the DxWnd utility (which can be obtained from Sourceforge). The path should reference the modified widescreen executable, which is wide_battlegrounds_x1.exe. All the settings in DxWnd can be left at default although I've found that tweaking it to start with the game centered on the main display and the resolution set to 1588 X 907 is the ideal setting for a 1920X1080 desktop. The reason for that odd dimension is that it avoids stretching and produces the clearest text display (that otherwise can look distorted and/or unfocused). It should be noted, however, that you can still re-size the window to any dimension you want simply by dragging on the sides with your cursor and that once in game the cursor will be bounded by the window frame allowing for proper scrolling.
