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Originally Posted by EJ
Anyone knowledgeable,
I have recently bought a new laptop with win 7 os. I installed winspmbt and can't find the save or pbem folders. I have the cd version. The game runs fine windowed. Can someone show me how to run a pbem game in win 7 step by step? Excuse me for being "techie" challenged. I was used to running winspmbt on an xp machine. I also have NO win vista experience. Any and all helpful advice will be appreciated.  |
Not having Windows 7 myself, I can only suggest what has been discussed in the various Vista and Windows 7 threads. (Windows 7 is just Vista with a new name, really).
My guess is that since you cannot find any of the game sub-folders, your vista/7 install has done the strange thing that vista/7 seems to do by squirrelling folders away in strange places decided by itself on a seeming whim.
Apparently the cure to this is to install the game
outside any of the Vista/Windows 7 'managed' folders, ie Programme Files or whatever Microsoft renamed these to after XP. (This applies to other XP programmes too, not just our game).
Uninstall Windows 7/Vista's failed attempt to install the game. (If the auto uninstall does not work, you may have to do this manually?).
Now try installing your game in its
own folder under C: in a new folder you create yourself (call it C:\mygames\spmbt say). Then install all the patches there too - you
will have to tell each patch installer where your game is, as they expect the regular \Program Files\Shrapnel Games\... etc.
IF that is the cure then you should now have the proper directory structure in your new folder, and vista/7 should not mess with it then.
Let me know how you get on.
Cheers
Andy