This works quite well for most games that use High Colour, with one significant caveat: the game must be run in a window. Now, Microsoft weren't entirely oblivious to the problems this change would cause and included another compatibility setting: Reduced colour mode ( fig.2). This also removed the option of using the old "Disable Desktop Composition" compatibility option, which was a universal panacea for many older games to run under Windows Vista and 7. Aero, and thus has to remove the option of setting global colour depth to anything other than 32-bit True Colour. Specifically, in order to incorporate the new Metro interface seamlessly into Windows, Microsoft has permanently enabled Desktop Composition, a.k.a. This corruption results from certain incompatibilities of the latest Microsoft OS with 16-bit High Colour graphics, such as those used by Commandos.
I am not responsible for your thesis being rejected because you decided that I know what I'm talking about. (Disclaimer: This is me talking out of my posterior, going on rough understanding of others' explanations. In some situations, this makes the game practically unplayable.
Running the game on Windows 8 is known to cause graphical corruption in certain situations, in particular the sniper lens, the level loading screen, and possibly others. I consider this a WORK IN PROGRESS! Please, TEST these solutions, REPORT any problems, SUGGEST and TEST any additional improvements you think of! Spinorial: This thread aims to explain the problems people face when trying to run Commandos 3 under Windows 8/8.1 (and possibly future versions), provide some limited solutions, and offer further avenues of improving the player's experience.
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