GTP Work with Vista?

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:02 pm

Well I have a Vista, and when I open the file all that happens is i see the outline of the window for .5 seconds then nothing, doesn't show it on task manager or anything. I've also tried with xp compatibility mode and it does the same thing. So does anyone know if Vista just won't work with it?

Oh and when i tried the first time it said it was missing a .dll which i got off the web tho.

Thanks

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:14 pm

First Vista is not backwards compatible with XP. So any software that runs on XP needs a patch in order to work on Vista.

Second if you want to try to make it work again, try using the "run as Administrator" option.

Third as above mentioned the beta (or is it alpha) version of the game is written for XP.

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:17 pm

Dang, I knew i shouldn't have bought a Vista

and ive already tried running as admin

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:37 pm

Do you have an XP install CD? If so, go to Microsoft's website and download Virtual PC 2007. You can make a virtual XP machine to install and run things on. (I use it as a convenient sandbox web server.)

Don't worry about it. The PC version was dropped a long time ago (the "alpha" isn't as much a game as it is a tech demo sorry marshall), and <a href="http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=18944">the project's been canceled</a>. All you're missing is an actually-kind-of-cool street and hill simulation where you control a camera with no clipping.

PeglegJimmy · Post by **PeglegJimmy** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:39 pm

Nope I haven't ever owned an xp, I went from windows ME to Vista, to bad marshall quit

I hope he starts it up again.

Post by **Skyone** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:36 pm

Sparkfist wrote:First Vista is not backwards compatible with XP. So any software that runs on XP needs a patch in order to work on Vista.

?!?!

When I ran Vista, it ran every game and program that didn't have a patch available. The only problem you'll have with Vista and software is if the software deals with direct memory editing and/or kernel debugging, and that's 2% of the software.

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:05 pm

bicostp wrote:Do you have an XP install CD? If so, go to Microsoft's website and download Virtual PC 2007. You can make a virtual XP machine to install and run things on.

Can you explain the advantage to this over a simple dual-boot setup?

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:11 am

Skyone wrote:
Sparkfist wrote:First Vista is not backwards compatible with XP. So any software that runs on XP needs a patch in order to work on Vista.
?!?!

When I ran Vista, it ran every game and program that didn't have a patch available. The only problem you'll have with Vista and software is if the software deals with direct memory editing and/or kernel debugging, and that's 2% of the software.

I find that hard to believe as Microsoft themselves said Vista is not backwards compatible, that I had to use two patches to get Visual Studio 2005 installed, and a friend tried installing Nero 6 on a Vista machine and found it just wouldn't work. If you've been able to get programs working without having to patch them, or make any alterations then you're just lucky.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:32 am

Out of all the XP software (without any patches) I tried installing on my Vista setup the only apps that failed to work correctly were Nero and ATITool. So I would have to say that it is mostly backwards compatible.

-iam