Re: I need some technical Assistance
 

I don't think that the dom install touches the windows registry at all. It basically just creates a folder and plops the game files in it...

Ah.

I renamed my original dom3 directory and did a fresh install.
Vista is your problem. (Have I mentioned anywhere that I HATE VISTA?)

I created a new game with the new install and low and behold, no saved games folder appeared in my new dominions3 directory.

I named the game StupidVista and then clicked through a hundred buttons to make vista search the entire hard drive and not just the "indexed" locations (thank you very much MS...) and found the game here:

C:\Users\Ballbarian\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Pro gram Files\dominions3\savedgames

Well of course! Why didn't I think to look there in the first place. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Probably the easiest solution to your troubles would be to just copy the game folder back from your old PC again and put it in a location that makes sense to you.

Mine is in: C:\Games\dominions3
Then just make your own shortcut by right clicking on the dom3.exe and put it on your desktop, or in your start menu.

Hope this helps. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: I need some technical Assistance
 

LOL Guess what guys. It works now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
I dont know exactly what I did that made it work but this is what I did.

I erased every trace of the game from my Laptop. Then I took all the files from the Dominions CD and threw it on my Hard Drive. From my hard drive I installed the game. When I finished installing it a Windows Warning popped up that said something along thses lines " Your installation might have encountered some problems would you like to re-install " I said Yes. Then I installed the new patch and WAALAA. It worked.

=D thanks for your help guys. I hope this helps if something like this was to happen to anyone else in the future. It is probably a VISTA problem.

Re: I need some technical Assistance
 

Just wanted to add that if you ever need Shrapnel's support folks you will be in for a treat. They have been helpful, responsive and pleasant every time that I have contacted them.