Vista vs SE4

[Azselendor]

Anyone else having the game hang while loading? I've been fighting it for a while now, but no luck tricking it into running on Vista.

Funny thing is that SE1,2, and 3 all run fine for me on vista.

[Fyron]

Its best to install it outside of Program Files.

[Azselendor]

Hrm. The game only hangs when I install the SE4 to Deluxe patch.

[capnq]

The Deluxe patch changed the music from CD tracks to .mp3 files. Could it be a sound issue?

Does patching Deluxe from v1.93 to v1.94 or v1.95 help?

[Azselendor]

Right now I see a few options

1.) Find my SE4 Gold CD again and install from that (yes, I still have and use my SE4 standard) and then upgrade to deluxe
2.) Maybe I should eject the SE4 Cd before running the game. Perhaps a bug where it tries to read the music still?
3.) Stab vista in its cold black heart
4.) Investigate why SE4/D needs firewall access

I should also note the game might not load outright or load and show the pre-game menu then hang

[Azselendor]

Another clue, track 8 produces an access denied error

[Fyron]

Turn off the music in Settings.txt?

"4.) Investigate why SE4/D needs firewall access"

SE4's TCP/IP engine opens network sockets when the game loads, not even waiting for one to start a TCP/IP game.

[Azselendor]

There it was, under my nose. "Allow CD Music : True"

Set to false, it works perfectly.

On a side note, after I eliminated track 8 from the settings filed and tried it, the game loaded and I started a quick game which loaded then froze up. My home system: Oornot

Anyhoo, Thanks.