Quote: "will the FPS Creator run on Windows Vista?"
Yes, but you will need to install DirectX 9 (Oct 2006 or later)
That is because Vista comes preloaded with DirectX 10 and you need DirectX 9 for regular FPSC.
Don't worry though, this won't affect other stuff because Vista can run DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 both.
So, you won't be reverting back by installing 9.
Quote: "and was wondering if there is a way to remove the blood and gore from the games that I would be making?"
Just edit the character's FPE script.
Here is the part of a WWII Officer's FPE, change...
;decals
decalmax = 2
decal0 = red
decal1 = blood
to ...
;decals
decalmax = 2
decal0 = red
decal1 =
...By omitting the 'blood' from decal1 and leaving it blank you have no blood effect for that character.
After you building that game you can set get the blood back defining decal1 = blood, like it was before.
You only have to change the FPE files of the characters that are being used for that game.
If you want all your games to have no blood then remove that from all of the characters FPE files.
NOTE: FPE not FPI, these are Entity scripts, not Intelligence scripts, for those who didn't know.
The FPE is usually in the same folder as the entities other files. (BMP, X, DDS, etc. in entitybank)