SOLVED: Win10 Issues for SWBFSpy

[Anyder]

Apparently a SWBFII player called ulqui told me that he's not able to play swbf2 anymore (after replacing the SWBF2 exe for SWBFSpy)
He says it's cause of DirectX 11 or something like that, is anyone (who has win10) able to tell him what he can do to fix it ?

[Led]

Can you find out if he is using steam or the disks to have installed the game?

[Ultimo]

With Win10, it could very well be the updated DirectX. I wonder, if he used the Disk version, did he choose to install DirectX version that comes with the BFII install? (that may be automatic but I don't recall)

[Anyder]

With Win10, it could very well be the updated DirectX. I wonder, if he used the Disk version, did he choose to install DirectX version that comes with the BFII install? (that may be automatic but I don't recall)

That would be an older Dx version and he doesnt wanna downgrade in case he's not able to play newer games

Can you find out if he is using steam or the disks to have installed the game?

disks

[Led]

That would be an older Dx version and he doesnt wanna downgrade in case he's not able to play newer games
disks

Windows 10 wont let you downgrade to 9 anyway.

I have installed using disks on windows 10 and I will give it a try.

Right  now, the stock game works, downloading patch now.

Update:
I have direct x 11.2 on windows 10, and I installed the game from disks, then udpated to v1.1, then installed the patch and it works fine.

[Ultimo]

That would be an older Dx version and he doesnt wanna downgrade in case he's not able to play newer games
disks

Very true. I really had not considered that.

[Anyder]

In theory, the problem got fixed

when I have external mic/hardrive plug in, sometimes it crashes

[Led]

Yes, issue resolved:

Nativ ulqui_: but I might have an idea why it doesnt work
Led: ok
Led: please let us know
Led: in case other have trouble
Nativ ulqui_: when I have external mic/hardrive plug in, sometimes it crashs
Led: oh
Nativ ulqui_: yeah
Nativ ulqui_: allright!!!
Nativ ulqui_: fixed it ;D
SWBFSpy|Anyder: awesome
Nativ ulqui_: it was indeed a prob with the headset mic
SWBFSpy|Anyder: thanks for telling us, hopefully it will help other people
Nativ ulqui_: when it doesnt recognize the external audio, the game just crashs
Nativ ulqui_: I plug my headset and it worked
Nativ ulqui_: let's play then ^^
Led: ah, nice
Led: glad it works!
Led: weird bug, though
SWBFSpy|Anyder: happens a lot with swbf2, there are a lot of problems with audio stuff

[Ultimo]

Yes, issue resolved:

Nativ ulqui_: but I might have an idea why it doesnt work
Led: ok
Led: please let us know
Led: in case other have trouble
Nativ ulqui_: when I have external mic/hardrive plug in, sometimes it crashs
Led: oh
Nativ ulqui_: yeah
Nativ ulqui_: allright!!!
Nativ ulqui_: fixed it ;D
SWBFSpy|Anyder: awesome
Nativ ulqui_: it was indeed a prob with the headset mic
SWBFSpy|Anyder: thanks for telling us, hopefully it will help other people
Nativ ulqui_: when it doesnt recognize the external audio, the game just crashs
Nativ ulqui_: I plug my headset and it worked
Nativ ulqui_: let's play then ^^
Led: ah, nice
Led: glad it works!
Led: weird bug, though
SWBFSpy|Anyder: happens a lot with swbf2, there are a lot of problems with audio stuff

Does that have anything to do with the Stereo Mix device you have to activate under the Recording tab in your sound settings? I know on older computers, SWBFII would crash if that device wasn't active, and I had speakers plugged in. On Windows 10, it comes automatically activated, but is there a chance his is deactivated?

[IGF-SueKrueger13]

if someone has any crash problems, I added a list of suggestions that have helped people here:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/6060/discussions/0/357287304422604380/

maybe it will help someone