Warning: VISTA-SP1 and WinSP:WW2/MBT problems!

[Mobhack]

Helge

On the Game Options screen (if you can get there) - try setting Show Introduction = "No".

(if you cannot get to there, go into the /game data/Camogame.ini file and change the setting as follows, then try again:

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

If everything runs OK - then Vista SP1 seems to have borked DirectShow ?. If so, then sound may also become a problem with Vista SP1 as well..

We are only using DirectShow to splash up a timed JPEG (we could have used it for intro movies but decided not to bloat the package size up way back, for something 99.99% of end users would simply skip). However DirectShow is also the basis for the games sound system, as unlike DirectPlay, it handles MP3 (and other non-WAV) file playback.

DirectShow has been part of the Microsoft DirectXX system since before DirectX7, so it should be stable. Probably a(nother) driver issue with the new version of Vista?.


Cheers
Andy

[TheDesertFox]

Hi Andy,

thanks for the tipp. I checked it out on machine #3 and indeed disabling the intro did the trick. So it seems they somehow modified directshow in servicepack 1 rendering the intro dysfunctional.

Over the weekend I´ll reinstall Vista-SP1 on machines 1 and 2 and check if disabling the intro there will have the same positive effect.

cheers

Helge

[DRG]

Helge, did you disable the sound as well or just the intro ?

Don

[TheDesertFox]

Don,

I disabled just the Intro. Sound runs perfectly well.

Also, I now have reinstalled Servicepack 1 on both PC 1 and 2 and also there both WinSP:WW2/MBT run perfectly well in windowed mode (1600x1200 on PC 1, 1280x800 on PC 2 and 1280x1024 on PC 3). Drivers are 169.25 for both Nvidia cards on PC 1 and 3 and 8.2 for the ATI on PC 2.

Soundcards are Soundblaster X-Fi on PC 1, Realtek Onboard on PC 2 and Soundblaster Audigy on PC 3.

Everything seems to be fine now, except the Intro which kills the games on all PCs when Vista Servicepack 1 is installed.

cheers

Helge

[RobertWink]

woo, thanks guys!

got me up and running again on my Notebook.. I assume it will work the same at home! excellent! I was going crazy!

[Horses]

Dear all,

yesterday I installed Vista including SP1 and all works fine except WinSP:WW2/MBT.
My Machine is Intel-based, Nvidia 8800GTS with Drivers 169.25. I have both CD-Versions of WinSP:WW2/MBT and wish to run them under 1280x1024 (=native solution)in windowed mode (as in Windows xp).
I'm very annoyed, because no "solution" works. Disabling the intro,changing to fullscreen,changing settings in the Compatability tab doesn't work. The Game options screen opens, but when I press "Play WinSPww2" nothing happens now. At first after a fresh install of WinSPww2 it started but the menue was stretched and unreadable.

Looking forward to any help to run these great games in Vista.

@TheDesertfox
Can you post your Nvidia driver settings please ?

[TheDesertFox]

Horses said:

@TheDesertfox
Can you post your Nvidia driver settings please ?

Hi,

sorry, no special settings. I use the default settings and haven´t changed anything since.

Which Intel chipset do you have ? My both i965 and i945 based Mobos work fine as you can read above.

Do you use the newer 512MB based 8800 GTS (G92 chip) or the older 640MB version (G90 chip)?

You mentioned the menu stretched. Do you use a widescreen monitor (native 1280x800 or 1440x900 or 1680x1050) ?

BTW: I now have the beta 169.44 drivers installed and they work well on my machines as did the 169.25 before. Also the new 8.3 ATI drivers aren´t causing any problems for me on the notebook.

cheers