winSPMBT and WinSPWW2 and VISTA

[Crusher_Bob]

Never mind, have been unable to replicate the freezes in full screen mode.

[DRG]

Perhaps another program was running at the time that wasn't in later tests ?

Don

[jeffd150]

i get lockup in full screen mode for SPWII in Vista Home Premium- how do i make it open in windowed mode?

[Mobhack]

jeffd150 said:
i get lockup in full screen mode for SPWII in Vista Home Premium- how do i make it open in windowed mode?

This is described in the Game Guide - Game Options, "Help" tab, press the "Read the game manual" button, then go to the "Running WinSPWW2" section - Game Options Tab 1 (main) section, paragraph on the game mode button, and also read the "Tuning Your Machine" section of the GG.

Also - try turning the "show introduction" to no - as vista seems to have messed up DirectShow in the new service pack, at least for some drivers. Also - if this is actually your real complaint (the intro splash screen hangs and you cannot get to the GameOptions launcher program) - then simply navigate to the \game data folder and edit camogame.ini with a text editor,

;Skip (0) or Show (1) the introductory splash movie
ShowIntro=1

and set ShowIntro to 0


Also - since DirectShow is used for sound, if your vista drivers have problems with Directshow/Directplay after the installation of SP1, then try turning sound (both sound buttons) to off in the game preferences (and also set the mouse interface click off in GameOptions).

Remember that Vista is not an officially supported operating system, though most owners of it seem to be able to run the game.

Cheers
Andy