Hello, I have spent the last day trying to get an old favorite of mine, Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force to work on my Windows 8 laptop. Unlike some others on the web, I was able to install and run the game setup easily, and the program installed without a hitch. However, whenever I try to play the game, I simply get a black screen. I can hear the game's intro cinematics and then the main menu but can't see or click anything. When I back out to my task manager however, it will often display a still image of the game but trying to get back into the game will just freeze it. Sometimes using this same method during the opening cinematics I can watch and hear them to completion, but as soon as I try to click on the game to bring it back it freezes instantly.
A couple of times I have managed to get the game to display right and play, but it seems to be at random. Once the game displays properly it runs perfectly on my machine from the menu screens through the actual gameplay, but once I exit the game and try to load it again the same problem happens and I'm unable to get back in.
I've tried all sorts of compatibility options but the game seems to randomly work or not work when I do get it running properly, there is no consistent compatibility setting that gets it to run. I have tried running the game directly from the CD, from folders in Program Files(x86) and Program Files, from direct copies of the game files from the CD to my machine, copying the game from a flash drive on my XP and directly accessing it on the Windows 8, and multiple times of uninstalling and reinstalling using different configurations on the Setup file.
Has anyone else gotten this game to work on Windows 8? I should note I have zero difficulties getting the game to work on Windows 7 and Windows XP SP3.
A couple of times I have managed to get the game to display right and play, but it seems to be at random. Once the game displays properly it runs perfectly on my machine from the menu screens through the actual gameplay, but once I exit the game and try to load it again the same problem happens and I'm unable to get back in.
I've tried all sorts of compatibility options but the game seems to randomly work or not work when I do get it running properly, there is no consistent compatibility setting that gets it to run. I have tried running the game directly from the CD, from folders in Program Files(x86) and Program Files, from direct copies of the game files from the CD to my machine, copying the game from a flash drive on my XP and directly accessing it on the Windows 8, and multiple times of uninstalling and reinstalling using different configurations on the Setup file.
Has anyone else gotten this game to work on Windows 8? I should note I have zero difficulties getting the game to work on Windows 7 and Windows XP SP3.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- Computer type
- Laptop