Freezing on startup in Windows 8

[JJinVenice]

I am running V1.4

It ran successfully the first two times I tried. I was able to create a bot and fight a match. The third time I tried to start RA2 it freezes during the Infogrames intro screen and will sit there as long as I will let it.

I ran it through the compatibility troubleshooter without any improvement.

Any ideas?

Thank you

JJ

[JJinVenice]

Update:

I deleted my original install and started fresh. The game will now start, the music starts, I get to the menu, and somewhere within the next minute it will freeze. Once when I was trying to change the resolution, once when I was trying to select my bot.

Something is causing it to hang.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

JJ

[Mr. AS]

Update:
Once when I was trying to change the resolution, once when I was trying to select my bot.

Copy this into your RA2.cfg (THE CFG NOT THE CFZ, otherwise you'll corrupt your game)

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[Begin Graphics Config]
3DHardware=1
FullScreen=1
FSDisplayWidth=1024
FSDisplayHeight=768
FS3DDisplayWidth=1024
FS3DDisplayHeight=768
BitsPerPixel=32
GfxDetail=1
MagMinFiltering=Linear
EnableDepthStencil=1
DepthStencilFormat=D16
DisplayDriver=Default
[End Graphics Config]
[Begin RA2 Config]
EventNumBots=4
GraphicDetail=2
GraphicEffects=1
GraphicMessages=1
ArenaIntros=0
SoundVolume=-1578
MusicVolume=-600
MusicMuted=0
SoundMuted=0
DefaultCamera=orbit
UpdateInterval=0.050000
AllowNonStandardMultiplayer=1
[End RA2 Config]
[Begin Multiplayer Config]
[End Multiplayer Config]
[Begin Input Config]
device0 = guid 12c66a30 1e25 11de 80 1 44 45 53 54 0 0; deadzone 500
device0 = guid 418e8fa0 4ed7 11dd 80 1 44 45 53 54 0 0; deadzone 500
device0 = guid 418e8fa0 4ed7 11dd 80 2 44 45 53 54 0 0; deadzone 500
[End Input Config]

RA2 doesn't like being run windowed on WIN7 or later.

[Thyrus]

really? windowed mode works fine for me

[Badnik96]

The trick with windows 7/8 is to be really fast in the popup menus. When you pick your robot you gotta be really fast or it will freeze.

[JJinVenice]

The graphics settings provided by Mr. As has stabilized the game! I was able to play for several hours without incident.

Thank you!

JJ

[Avalanche]

I play fullscreen and it works fine for Win 7.