Zhu Lee
Pleb
posted 03-06-17 11:51 ET (US)
Hello.
I recently got myself Pharao + Cleopatra via steam.
Reliving the days where I hadnt to worry about a thing, you know?
Anyhow the animations of the buildings are missing.
No goldminers in the mines.
No guards in front of the palace.
Despite the fact that the building were fully staffed.
I looked already into it and I found that I had to untick the
"Disable visual themes" box.
But since Windows 10 the devs removed that option.
Is there a way disable it on any other way?
Cheers.
Zhu Lee
Pleb
posted 03-06-17 18:55
ET (US)
2 / 9
Hm. That didnt solved the problem. I tried many variations.
Zhu Lee
Pleb
posted 03-07-17 05:52
ET (US)
4 / 9
Didnt helped either.
I think I have to untick the "Disable visual themes" box.
But since it was removed in Windows 10 I need to execute it with codelines.
Is this somehow possible?
Brugle
HG Alumnus
posted 11-05-18 16:27
ET (US)
7 / 9
I have had building animations disappear a few times over the years, but restarting the computer has always fixed it before now. It happened to me yesterday (or perhaps the day before), on both Pharaoh/Cleopatra and Caesar 3 (both from GOG.com), using Windows 10 Home on my laptop. I haven't installed anything for months, except for occasional Microsoft or Firefox updates.
I run Pharaoh/Cleopatra with compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3), and I've tried several others. I've tried running as Administrator. I've tried the suggestions linked from reply #1 and #3. Nothing works. Since the animations fail for both games, I doubt that both game installations are bad.
Has anyone else seen this happen recently? Anything else I should try? If I don't find a fix, I dig out an old clunky laptop that has Windows 7 (and the CD versions of the games).
Brugle
HG Alumnus
posted 11-06-18 08:23
ET (US)
9 / 9
Hi Serrataur,
The posts on the GOG.com Pharaoh forum didn't seem worthwhile, but perhaps I missed something.
I will eventually try redownloading and reinstalling, but now now. At the moment I want to spend what little game time I have on building Heh, either without building animations or on the old laptop which still works. (I could buy several old computers just for these games--one will probably last until I'm too senile to play.)