Difference between revisions of "Chess Titans"

Revision as of 06:59, 4 December 2013

Key points

Requires a workaround on Windows 8 and newer (see Run on Windows 8 and newer).

General settings.

Chess Titans and other bundled games are unavailable after upgrading to Windows 8.

The steps below make the Windows 7 version run on Windows 8 (there is no fix for the Vista version yet).

Instructions

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	Aero-capable WDDM 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

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 #  Download a hex editor (e.g. [http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ HxD]).
 # Open <code>Chess.exe</code> in the hex editor.
-#* If Windows 7 was 64-bit: search for the hex values <code>3B C6 0F</code> and change them to <code>39 C0 0F</code>
+#* If Windows 7 was 64-bit:
-#* If Windows 7 was 32-bit: search for the hex values <code>7D 04 83</code> and hange them to <code>EB 04 83</code>
+#*# Search for the hex values <code>3B C6 0F 4C D6 8B</code>
+#*# Change to <code>39 C0 0F 4C D6 8B</code>
+#* If Windows 7 was 32-bit:
+#*# Search for the hex values <code>7D 04 83 65 FC 00</code>
+#*# Change to <code>EB  04 83 65 FC 00</code>
 # Move the <code>Chess</code> folder to its default location (it will only work with this location):
 #* If Windows 7 was 64-bit: <code>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games</code>