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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Will games built in XP run on a Vista PC?

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incense
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Will X9 games play in vista? I have XP Pro SP2. I had a friend try to play one I Sent to him on his Vista PC and he said that it got the load screen and crashed. Other friends that I have sent the games to that have XP didnt have any issues getting it ot run.

He didnt specify the errors but said there were a few.

Are there any known issues with X9 games in Vista?

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Airslide
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Posted: 4th May 2007 06:57
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Most should work...I think there is a compatibility thing or something, I'm not sure, I don't have Vista.

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AlanC
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I can find out in a few months.

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FredP
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Posted: 4th May 2007 08:27
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You might check out the current newsletter.There azre instructions on how to run DBP in Vista.You might be able to use those to figure out how to run FPSC.

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pdidy
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i have some working ok,
fpsc works fine ,
but had problems until loading sdk 2007,
even max works ok with the new extension pack.
most games requre you to run them as administrator
this could be a problem when geting error mesages,
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incense
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pdidy said:
Quote: " have some working ok,
fpsc works fine ,
but had problems until loading sdk 2007,
even max works ok with the new extension pack.
most games requre you to run them as administrator
this could be a problem when geting error mesages,"


As for running FPSC in Vista:
Running FPSC in Vista is not the issue.

Quote: "Will X9 games play in vista?"


Thats the issue.

Key words being:
Quote: "Will X9 games play in vista?"


Not FPSC its self, Just the games made using FPSC on the XP Pro SP2 Platform.

As for running Max in Vista:
Not an issue

As for running the games as admin in Vista:
That was tried and it failed.

But thanks for the info pdidy.

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pdidy
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Posted: 5th May 2007 00:19
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all the fpsc demos work and all mine created in v104.
did you send them on cd they wont run from cd rom,
as you prob know,
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mister shakes
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As Airslide was saying, you can run programs in XP compatibility mode. Right click the executable..

Properties->Compatibility(tab at top)

There is a checkbox to run in compatibility mode. Nice thing about that is as long as the exe isnt removed that setting will stay.

I would also say that your friend might want to dl the most recent dx9 just in case DX10 spits it out.
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incense
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Posted: 5th May 2007 01:27 Edited at: 5th May 2007 01:29
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It was not on a CD and XP compatibility mode didnt work.

I have been using FPSC for almost 2yrs now. I am aware of both the fact that it wont run from a cd and how to run it in compatibility mode.

Good thoughts though.

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mister shakes
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Posted: 5th May 2007 02:21 Edited at: 5th May 2007 05:35
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Well a thought just popped in my head...FPSC runs fine on Vista for me. I had to get dx9 to make it run though. That said, if the engine runs ok for me the games should too.

I will test this out when I get home from work tonight and post back.


EDIT:
Ok so I built the scifi.fpm and it loads and runs and everything. I don't think Vista matters because you need dx9 anyway.

2nd EDIT:
If you can find out what the errors were maybe we can help a little more.
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Posted: 5th May 2007 06:15 Edited at: 5th May 2007 06:17
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@incense

Well it runs thats for sure, but I dont know if it was worth it for this....

(Scifi-2 stock fpm)
built with:
full lightmaps
512x512
dynamic lights and shaders
1.05 rc2

YUCK

X10 save me!

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Dreadfully Despized
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Posted: 5th May 2007 15:06
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works fine on my end, using windows vista ultimate 64bit. a few minor hiccups but nothing I have to restart the program for.
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@Dreadful

I would love to know what build settings you are using because every setting I used screws up the shaders and the entities.

The version of Vista makes no difference so what are running in your PC as well, just for the sake of comparison.
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Posted: 5th May 2007 17:28 Edited at: 5th May 2007 17:48
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Like I said it was a game that I built on my PC. Tried to run it on a friends PC. I am waiting for more info from them.

I'll Let ya know.

Later!

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Edit:
Ok I have some new info but it wont help. This is what the error said when he tried to run the game:


its a general error

Like I said not really helpful.

This is info from his event log:


He has Vista Ultimate 64bit and has DX10 installed .

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Posted: 5th May 2007 21:26
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Is Farstone the name of your game?
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incense
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mister shakes said:
Quote: "Is Farstone the name of your game? "


Untill I decide to change it, Yes.

Any input on the issue, or does it have to remain one of the great mysteries of the universe?

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mister shakes
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Posted: 6th May 2007 21:13 Edited at: 6th May 2007 22:28
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I just asked because I have a CD emulator and Farstone is the name of the company producing it. I wasn't sure if it was your game or some software they made. Nevermind I guess.

Sorry man, apparently I am the only one with Vista trying to help you out and it looks awful for me.


EDIT:
Downloaded the OCT/06 SDK and the shaders and lightmaps look better, but the entities are still rearranged. I would say even if your game didn't crash, it probably wouldn't be worth playing after what Vista does to it.
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mister shakes, I appreciate your input. Im sure that you are doing your best in the comunity spirit. Many thanks to you.

I will just have to keep plugging away and see what I come up with.

Thanks again.

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Alright well good luck.

Vista vanquishes yet another foe
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