Sonovabich Posted March 18, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Just want to put up a couple of fixes for this for anyone who might be experiencing this problem, for a few weeks now when i boot up my PC in the morning i get a message saying i am running Steam in Compatibility mode which is not recommended and urges you to turn it off, not having a clue what this was or where i had to go to turn this off and not really seeing any difference in my Steam i just carried on playing, but over the last couple of weeks playing Insurgency and Attila Total War on the odd occasion my game crashed and on a few more occasions in the middle of a game it would just put me back on the Steam screen, game had not crashed i just had to click on the game icon and i was back playing but it is very annoying when you are in the middle of a Firefight in Insurgency when this happens, knowing that this is happening to a few of our Regular Insurgency breakfast club players too i decided to do a bit of research, this has never happened to me before but it seems to be a common problem, you, like me might have the "Compatibility" mode box ticked without even knowing it, anyway here are a couple of possible fixes for this problem, it's quite simple to do if you follow the instructions, hope this helps anyone who is experiencing this problem at the moment. http://joshmccarty.com/2012/01/turn-off-compatibility-mode-for-steam/ Edited March 18, 2015 by Sonovabich Joe Canadian 1
loaderXI Posted March 18, 2015 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 73 Topic Count: 397 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6443 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 6585 Achievement Points: 54697 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 32 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17 Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Posted March 18, 2015 @@Sonovabich once you get a correct fix or fixes for this could you please add a how to in our XI BILBLE http://www.xtremeidiots.com/page/public/bible/_/insurgency/ Thank you kindly loADER>XI< Stringer and eidolonFIRE 2 Awards
Sonovabich Posted March 18, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted March 18, 2015 Well today Insurgency never crashed or removed me from game and put me on the Steam screen or Desktop after i followed the first fix in the video i posted, this is the first time in about week this never happened, but i would like to see if this is the case over a few more days before i call it a success Loader, if everything is ok after that i will get in touch with you to see what's what. djMot and loaderXI 2
djMot Posted March 18, 2015 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted March 18, 2015 @@Sonovabich - Were you ever getting the error dialog that is shown in the video? Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted March 18, 2015 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted March 18, 2015 I have an odd glitch where I just keel over in the match. It's unlike anything I've seen before. Thankfully it doesn't happen often. How do you explain it and fix it? djMot 1
Sonovabich Posted March 19, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) @@Sonovabich - Were you ever getting the error dialog that is shown in the video? @@djMot no not the exact same message, mine was worded differently and in a black dialogue box, i think it actually came from Steam, i had to click "continue" link everyday to start Steam, it just told me i was running Steam in compatibility mode and that could cause problems to the running of Steam, since i "fixed" it yesterday this warning box has disappeared for the first time in about 6 weeks, the message advised me to click a link on how to fix it, the link did not work so i just Googled it and found these fixes, i used the first one (the easy fix) and yesterday i never had a problem with Steam and Insurgency. Edited March 19, 2015 by Sonovabich djMot 1
Sonovabich Posted March 19, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted March 19, 2015 I have an odd glitch where I just keel over in the match. It's unlike anything I've seen before. Thankfully it doesn't happen often. How do you explain it and fix it? Duck
Sonovabich Posted March 19, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5198 Achievement Points: 131537 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 9 Device: Windows Author Posted March 19, 2015 @@djMot Forgot to mention, when i right clicked on the Steam icon then "properties" and "compatibility" i found that my Steam was running in Compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3....how and why this was i have no idea, i have never touched any settings in my Steam properties before, there are many other options like running in Windows 7 Compatibility mode which would be logical as i am running Windows 7 but seeing as it was a message from Steam telling me "not" to run in compatibility mode i have left it blank as was advised in the video. djMot 1
djMot Posted March 19, 2015 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted March 19, 2015 I have an odd glitch where I just keel over in the match. It's unlike anything I've seen before. Thankfully it doesn't happen often. How do you explain it and fix it? Simple - stop playing naval games. There's no "keel" on the battlefield. You keel-hole. eidolonFIRE 1 Awards
7Toes Posted March 19, 2015 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted March 19, 2015 eidolonFire the keel over is you being keeled alot lmao Awards
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