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tanksone -> vista (6/27/2008 12:56:25 AM)

Hi, I've been lurking here for a while. With WitP AE and BTR still not out and the B-Day around the corner I'm look for a new game. I'm guessing this has been asked before but I guess I missed it. Will this game work with Vista.



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acarney -> RE: vista (6/27/2008 1:06:19 AM)

I'm running Vista Ultimate, and have only problem: Think twice before running HCE w. large fonts. You will have trouble reading some of the messages, because they are geared for small fonts. Doubt that this is OS-specific.



Warhorse64 -> RE: vista (6/27/2008 6:02:15 AM)

Running 32-bit Vista Ultimate, works fine or me.



TonyE -> RE: vista (6/27/2008 7:44:55 AM)

acarney, http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=228 is your friend if you run with large fonts.  Run it to clear the window size settings, then start the game, you should have much better results.

tanksome, I even develop the game on Vista 32-bit.  The scenario editor being a 16-bit application will not run on Vista-64 without an emulator but everything else will work (and it all works on 32-bit Vista).



NefariousKoel -> RE: vista (7/4/2008 9:14:44 PM)

Yep, and Aero seems to work with it too.  Pretty HCE. [:D]



Nite92 -> RE: vista (7/7/2008 2:44:32 AM)


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ORIGINAL: TonyE

acarney, http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=228 is your friend if you run with large fonts.  Run it to clear the window size settings, then start the game, you should have much better results.

tanksome, I even develop the game on Vista 32-bit.  The scenario editor being a 16-bit application will not run on Vista-64 without an emulator but everything else will work (and it all works on 32-bit Vista).


Which emulator do you use with Vista 64? My new laptop comes with it, and I'm fine with the GE, but like you said the SE doesn't play. I have little to no idea about what I need when we start talking about emulators.



TonyE -> RE: vista (7/7/2008 11:20:13 PM)

I happen to run VMWare Workstation (http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/) but if all you are doing is running the SE, that's tremendous overkill.  If you manage to get a legal VM from someone, you can use VMware's Player (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) but the legal part there is tough since you can't create a new virtual machine with VMWare player (but someone could send you a Linux VM and you install Windows over it, I leave that ethics discussion for others).  What you end up doing with VMWare is creating a virtual computer within your computer and installing another copy of Windows on that virtual computer (32-bit Vista or XP or...), then run the SE on that.

Since I use VMWare I'm not well versed in the Vista mumbo jumbo in hopes of using a free copy of Virtual PC.  I know some other HC players use Virtual PC but I don't know the related legal/ethical answers but if you have Vista Ultimate or Enterprise you stand a good chance of keeping everyone happy :)  http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/3/3/3052


And before someone gets to it, yes, there is a good chance the SE will move into the late 1990s at some point, it just isn't going to be two or three weeks from now.



Stalintc -> RE: vista (7/8/2008 8:45:13 AM)

I run Vista 64 and to use the SE I install a copy of XP into a Microsoft Virtual PC session.

It costs nothing as long as you have a valid Windows licence and you can get it here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=04d26402-3199-48a3-afa2-2dc0b40a73b6&DisplayLang=en

Very useful tool, there is also a Service Pack 1 availalbe for it, which would be worth downloading too.

Not as powerful as VMware, but it does the job if you just want to use the Scenario Editor.



acarney -> RE: vista (8/4/2008 1:30:07 AM)

Thanks Tony!

Finally got a chance to test it. Worked like a charm.



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