winSPMBT and WinSPWW2 and VISTA

Crusher_Bob · #1 October 4th, 2007, 05:58 AM

New Vista machine for me. Have 8800gts and am using pretty recent driver revision.

There may be some slowdown when opfire is being displayed, but it might just be that I've turned up the message delay up. It's certainly not enough slow down for me to bother to look at the message speed settings, in any event.

DRG · #2 October 4th, 2007, 09:59 AM

OK...

Tombell has a new machine with Vista and so does Crusher_Bob

Toms machine is using a nvidia 8800 GTX and Bobs is using a nvidia 8800 GTS.

Toms getting the screwed up colours on full screen and Bob isn't. The other person I know of who is getting the screwed up colours is using a NVidia GeForce Go 7600 .

Tom, have you checked for the latest drives for your card?

Don

tombell · #3 October 4th, 2007, 04:46 PM

All drivers are the latest. I dont get screwed up colors in windowed.

DRG · #4 October 4th, 2007, 07:44 PM

Nobody gets screwed up colour in windowed mode. Right now I'm trying to narrow down why it happens in full screen mode.

Don

tombell · #5 October 4th, 2007, 08:35 PM

ROGER!

Crusher_Bob · #6 October 5th, 2007, 02:22 AM

Hmm, maybe related to new Vista interface? I have the interface turned to 'windows classic', so I don't have any of the Vista bells and whistles.

tombell · #7 October 5th, 2007, 04:03 PM

Me too. doesn't help

tombell · #8 October 5th, 2007, 06:56 PM

I cant run SPWAW either. I get start screen then black screen

tombell · #9 November 26th, 2007, 10:42 AM

Any luck yet DRG?

DRG · #10 November 26th, 2007, 11:25 AM

Nope, without info from Vista users it's pretty hard to get an handle on it as I have said neither Andy nor I have a Vista Machine and even if we did get one there is no telling what problems we may or may not encounter

However......

I have been told that there is a way to set up programs in Vista to..." set affinity to "Windows XP mode"" for older games and to "Set affinity to "Single core processor"" if you have a dual-core processor.

Here's what I found on on Dual-Core and Multiprocessor Systems and I assume the process is much the same for setting up "Windows XP mode"

Quote:

Monitoring and optimising applications on dual-core, quad-core, and multiple-processor systems

Windows XP and Windows Vista set running processes to run on all of the available processors by default. In Windows XP and Windows Vista, which both support dual-core, quad-core, and multiple-processor systems, you can set which of the processors runs a particular program or application. This is known as setting the processor affinity. However, note well that you should not use any third-party utility to set the processor affinity for operating system files, because doing so could cause system instability, system crashes, and data or system loss.

Here is how you set the processor affinity for Windows Explorer:

Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del key combination to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Open the Processes tab with the mouse pointer. Windows Explorer is explorer.exe. Right-click on explorer.exe under Processes, and choose Set Affinity. This brings up the Processor Affinity window, which has boxes for 32 processors (CPU0 to CPU31). In a dual-core system, which uses two processors, the two processors are called CPU0 and CPU1. They are both enabled by default, which is the best setting for Windows Explorer, but, because explorer.exe is a Windows program, not a system file, you could choose to have just one of the processors running it by removing one of the enabling check marks to disable that processor from running it. You can assign a processor to run any of the processes (programs and applications) listed under Processes.

Monitoring and Optimizing Apps on Dual-Core and Multiprocessor Systems -

http://www.awprofessional.com/articl...&seqNum=2&rl=1

Maybe this will help....maybe not. I assume you are using the DL version of the game ? The alternative is to buy the CD and use the game in Windowed mode at the higher resolution settings

Don