Can't load MM8 in Win7

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Hi all,
I am trying to get MM8 working for Windows 7. I read here and in other forums that people managed to do so, so I am hopeful

Installation worked fine (both from CD as well as from the harddrive after I copied all the files there)
I applied the Grayface patch
Tried to run the MM8.exe as Administrator as well as tried out every single compatibility mode - always the same message: 'Some files are missing - please reinstall".
Can't open the MM8 setup file either to change anything

Specs of my PC
Win 7, 64bit
Intel Quad, 2.66 GHz
4GB Ram
GeForce GT240
DirectX11

Any ideas ? I appreciate any help with this, thanks

[vladimir-maestro]

yougot official 2 CD game - you should have 1 CD in ROM to make it work.
or dowload portable version of MM8 that do not require installation.

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Hi Vladimir-maestro,

I tried to start it from both, CD and folder where I installed it. No success. I tried it with both CD's.

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Oh and I forgot to add that if I try to start when I have the CD inserted, it gives me the error message "Unable to load language file".
The game is in German.

[vladimir-maestro]

does it worked before?
maybe CD is corrupted and can't read this area...or you installed grayface's wrong patch - did you tried this one?
http://sites.google.com/site/sergroj/mm ... edirects=0
if so i strongly recomend to use another mm8 version cause i got the same system and making MOD on it =)

[Draco Agariz]

@Vlad:

I don´t know, if this version of the patch is working for the german version of M&MVIII. The only one I found (For the german version) is the 1.3.


@blue:

Try this site...this problem sounds similar to your problem (Original Post by Barroth of Mightandmagicworld.de-Forums) If not, then PM me and i´ll try to help you:

Für alle die Probleme mit dem Fehler "Some Files are missing" beim Spiel starten(mm8.exe), und dem Fehler "Unable to load language file" beim starten vom MM8 Setup(mm8setup.exe)

Nach ca 4h ergebnisloser versuche das Spiel zum laufen zu bringen hab ich es letztendlich doch geschafft/den Fehler gefunden(deutscher Client).Der Fehler war,dass in der Registry bei der Installation ein falscher Eintrag in dem String language_file gemacht wird( bei mir stand "english" drin).

Um das Problem zu beheben muss man den Wert in der Registry ändern. Dazu folgende Schritte:

1. Start --> Ausführen --> regedit.exe

2. Navigieren zu:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\New World Computing\Might and Magic Day of the Destroyer\1.0

3. Rechts im Fenster ist jetzt der Eintrag "language_file" zu finden. Den Eintrag doppelklicken, und den Wert ändern auf: "german"
(ohne die Anführungsstriche "")

4. Im gleichen Fenster rechtsklick --> Neuen DWORD(32 bit) Wert erstellen, umbenennen in: "Ran once" doppelklicken und Wert auf 1 ändern. (wieder ohne die Anführungsstriche "")

Der 4te Schritt dient dazu das Intro nach dem starten mit ESC überspringen zu können, da beim Intro öfters Fehler auftauchen.

Nachdem man das gemacht hat lässt sich das spiel und auch der Hardware Setup (mm8setup.exe) problemlos starten und benutzen. MM8 läuft jetzt problemlos und auch mit hardwarunterstützter Grafik auf Windows 7.


Oh and...which patch of grayface did you install?

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That nailed it Draco Agariz !!

Thanks so much for that, I would have missed playing this game

Everything works fine now, only one small issue remains:

How do I get this game to run in Full screen mode ? At this stage it is only a small window. I tried to adjust it via setup and also the usual maximising keys, but didn't work).

Any idea ?

[Draco Agariz]

Do you use Hardware or Software Mode?
I never got it to work on Win7 on Hardware Mode but in Software Mode it works perfectly. And try to disable Hardware Sound in the launcher (Only if you activated it).

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Hi Draco,

It was disabled already. May have been the patch that did it. Anyway, it works fine now. And I got that Full screen now, F4 worked now for some reason

Thanks again for your help guys !