Game keeps crashing

[Stroopwafel]

I downloaded the game from here, just the standard version but when I try to do practically anything that may involve some loading the game crashes and microsoft makes my close it. So when I change teams, when I go from the testing back to the building, when I go to the main menu, practically anything. There is no mods installed at all however I fear it has something to do with windows 8 being the most hateful piece of technology I have ever come across. (Don't laugh, it was a present).

[Trovaner]

Without going into the pros and cons of Windows 8 as an OS, I'll just say that RA2 is still supported by it.

Are you getting "not responding" messages? Unfortunately, RA2 predates this feature so the its programmers didn't think to add code that let the OS know that it didn't freeze. As a result, many of of these messages go away if you wait a little longer.

[Stroopwafel]

Without going into the pros and cons of Windows 8 as an OS, I'll just say that RA2 is still supported by it.

Are you getting "not responding" messages? Unfortunately, RA2 predates this feature so the its programmers didn't think to add code that let the OS know that it didn't freeze. As a result, many of of these messages go away if you wait a little longer.

It says "Robot Arena 2.exe has stopped working" and then if I click the box the game will close. How long exactly do I need to wait for?

[Trovaner]

Okay, "stopped working" is different than "stopped responding."

Have you tried running it on the desktop?

[Stroopwafel]

Yeah that's where I've been running it from.

[Sage]

Try editing the ra2.cfg file in the main RA2 folder. Use notepad. Change fullscreen = 1 to fullscreen = 0. That's fixed it for a lot of people.

[BurningWreck]

Another tip: I had problems until I ran the game in "Compatibility Mode" for XP.  I'm using Windows 7 and just rediscovered this game forum.  I didn't know people were still playing it!

I downloaded the standard version from the link on this site.  It crashed a lot until I used Compatibility Mode.  To do this in Windows 7:

- Go into the install folder and find the game exe, Robot Arena 2.exe
- Right-click on it and pick "Properties"
- Pick the Compatibility tab
- Check the box for "Run this in compatibility mode for:" and pick Windows XP (Service Pack 3), then click the Apply button and the OK button.

Now try running it again - this may clear up the problems you were having.