How to run truckers 2 on windows 10

At the time of this writing, this article has passed 18 years since the release of the famous truckers simulator 2. Despite the old age for such projects, it is still of interest to users. Unfortunately, many old games are not supported by modern operating systems and refuse to function. In this article, we will analyze the ways to launch truckers 2 on Windows 10.

Running the game truckers 2 on windows 10

The reasons for which we cannot start the game on the "dozen", several. The main is the incompatibility of the executable file with system components. In addition, the problem lies both in the starting method, or rather, in its parameters and in the settings of the game itself. Next, consider several methods that work most often in the complex, that is, it is necessary to apply them not one by one, but to combine. This procedure may be very laborious, so it is necessary to gain patience.

Method 1: Auxiliary Program

On the Internet, you can find several auxiliary programs to launch old toys on modern computers. One of them is DGVoodoo. It is an emulator, "fakes" system parameters, which allows you to "deceive" the game. You can download it from the official website of the developer.

Go to the download page and download the version "DGVOODOO V2.6".
Open the received zip-archive double click and drag two files - dgVoodoo.conf and dgvoodoocpl.exe - in the folder with the game installed.
Inside the archive, open the folder "MS".

Next, go to "x86".

Drag all four files to the long-range folder 2.
Run the program with double click on dgvoodoocpl.exe.
Here we need to check only one setting - the "Config Folder / Running Instance" field. There must be a folder in which we installed the game, not "APPDATA" in the user directory. If it was necessary to change the value, click "Apply".
Everything is ready, you can play.

Method 2: Configure Compatibility and Start Parameters

As we have already written above, the main reason for the refusal of the game is to be launched is its incompatibility with the current version of the OS. The system requirements of truckers 2 states that the newest supported windows is XP. This will be guided by selecting parameters.

Go to the installation folder and click the PCM on the executable game file. Depending on the version, it can be both Game.exe and king.exe. In the context menu, select the item "Properties".
We go to the Compatibility tab and set the checkbox specified in the screenshot. In the activated drop-down list, select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)".
Below, in the "Parameters" block are launch settings. Here we cannot give accurate recommendations, because different options are triggered on different computers. We will have to independently choose a suitable combination of flags. The parameter "Run this program on behalf of the administrator" can not be touched.
After each change before checking the performance, do not forget to click the "Apply" button.

Method 3: Create a command file

"Caprice" when you start the game can be due to the operating "Explorer" of Windows. The problem disappears if it is pre-stop. Make it in the usual way, using the "Task Manager" you can, but then all the folders will close and labels will be disappeared. Therefore, we resort to one tricks, which will help simultaneously with the start of the truckers 2 to complete the processes of the "conductor".

We go to the folder with the playing game and create an ordinary text document in it (PCM - "Create" - "Text Document").
Open the created file double click. You need to register three teams. The first, using the Taskkill.exe system utility, stops all the processes of the "conductory" (there may be two).
Taskkill / F / Im Explorer.exe
The second launches the executable game file. Please note that in your version it can be called differently, for example, Game.exe.
king.exe.
The third command launches the "Explorer" again.

Start Explorer.exe.
It looks like this:
In the File menu, select "Save As".

Select the type "All Files" and give a document any name with the .bat extension. For example, start.bat. Click "Save".

In the future, you need to run the game using this command file. Made by the usual way - double click.

Method 4: manual editing settings

Another reason for the game failure to start can be the screen settings prescribed in the special file in the installation folder - Truck.ini.

Configuration file with settings of the game truckers 2 in Windows 10

We open the file with a double click and look at the very first block under the heading [ENV]. If the data in it differs from those indicated in the screenshot, change them, after which we save the document in the usual way ("File" - "Save").

Changing the configuration file with the settings of the Truckers 2 game settings in Windows 10

Method 5: Reducing resource allocation

The old games that were created in those times when the number of cores in the processors did not exceed two, extremely reluctantly launched on modern multi-core systems. You can solve this problem, artificially limiting the consumption of processor resources. This can be done both for the system as a whole and for each specific application.

Restriction for application

This option will be suitable if the game is started, but after some time "crashes" to the desktop with an error warning or without one.

We launch the game, waiting for the new menu appearance and turn it out using the Alt + Tab keyboard.
Open the "Task Manager" by clicking the right mouse button on the Start icon and selecting the appropriate item.
Go to the "Details" tab and looking for the game in the list. We click on it by PKM and go to the point "Set similarity".
Remove the checkbox in the checkbox "all processors" and install in the very first - "CPU 0". Click OK.
We deploy the game by clicking on its icon in the "taskbar".

This method is very effective, but will have to repeat the procedure each time you start.

Restriction for the entire system

This technique allows you to configure each time the number of nuclei, but the inconvenience is that we artificially get a weak computer. This will inevitably affect all other processes.

Open the "System Configuration" application from the "Run" string (Win + R) command specified below.
msconfig
We go to the "Load" tab and open "Advanced Parameters".
Install the checkbox specified in the screenshot, after which in the drop-down list, select the number of cores equal to two. Click OK.
In the application window, click "Apply".
Restart the car.

Conclusion

We disassembled five techniques that allow you to start the game truckers 2 on Windows 10. We will repeat that they need to be used in the complex, that is, if after installing DGVoodoo problems are observed, work with compatibility and so on. Thus, it will be possible to achieve the desired result and once again enjoy the races on trucks under the "minus" of the group "Aria".