Hello, I had XWA working beautifully in Windows 7 64 bit, but recently bought 8.1, as my copy of 7 would not authenticate. I ran it, and initially I got an error before the game even started that said "directdraw failed at init 2". I then modified the XWINGALLIANCE.EXE file to run in Windows 7 compatibility. The game boots up correctly, but once I get in the cockpit, none of the models are rendered. Once I launch, the models are rendered (unreliably - disappearing in and out), and no textures are rendered. Here are my specs:
Intel Core i5 3ghz
8 MB SD-RAM
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
Windows 8.1 64-bit
I have been doing some reading the past week trying to figure out what the problem might be, but I have found nothing to really clarify the problem and offer a solution. I AM running with the upgrade installed, but I don't see how that would affect the rendering capability of the game. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
