winSPMBT and WinSPWW2 and VISTA

DRG · #1 September 8th, 2007, 10:15 AM

FYI

To date we have not had a single report I am aware of that either game will
NOT run under Vista in Windowed mode. We have had some reports of "sluggish"
response in full screen mode in Vista and also reports that the problem had
been corrected with driver upgrades or procedural changes.

We supply both games in both Windowed and full screen mode to ensure that
one OR the other ( or if we're lucky....both ) modes will run the game in
all the various Windows operating systems. But we do not guarantee the game will
work in both modes under all the various different Windows operating systems and
hardware combinations. In most cases the game will but both modes are provided
to ensure one or the other WILL run the game

If anyone has tried to run the game under Vista in Windowed mode without success
I would like to hear about it please and I would also like to hear from people
sucessfully running the games in full screen mode and Windowed mode in Vista

Thanks

Don

reverend · #2 September 9th, 2007, 07:08 AM

*raises hand*

Originally, fullscreen wouldn't work at all, windowed was okay.

After a driver update to the latest Catalyst (7.8), both fullscreen and windowed mode run fine, I didn't notice any slowdowns.

Smersh · #3 September 10th, 2007, 03:27 AM

I haven't tried recently, with new drivers, but I was getting very sluggish performance in full screen mode.

It's not very important to me since I play the game windowed.

Shadowcougar · #4 September 10th, 2007, 09:54 AM

I have some problems with sluggish play with firing in both windowed or full screen mode. I just live with it as its not so bad to be unplayable.

DRG · #5 September 11th, 2007, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Shadowcougar said:
I have some problems with sluggish play with firing in both windowed or full screen mode. I just live with it as its not so bad to be unplayable.

Have you upgraded your drivers?

Don

Smersh · #6 September 11th, 2007, 11:56 PM

There are also several tweaks and perference changes you can make to have firing faster. What are your preference settings?

DRG · #7 September 13th, 2007, 06:08 PM

Yes, a change to a new operating system may require tweaking of the individual preferences settings. It would be helpful to know if you have tried altering them in any way. It makes it easier to help others when we know what has or hasn't been tried if problems arise. Every machine if different in it's hardware and softwear combinations.

Don

Horses · #8 September 14th, 2007, 03:57 AM

Some time ago I tried both WinSPMBT and WinSPWW2 under Vista, but on my system they ran only good in windowed mode. Fullscreen was nearly unplayable due to lags/slowdowns.
Meanwhile, I purchased the CD-Version and play in windowed mode, but for me the fonts are quite too small at all resolutions in windowed mode.

DRG · #9 September 14th, 2007, 09:52 AM

Was this machine built for Vista or an upgrade? If an upgrade to Vista from XP did you upgrade your video drivers or try to alter the games graphics delay etc. settings?

Don

Horses · #10 September 14th, 2007, 12:58 PM

It was a complete new clean system installation of Vista.
The Video drivers were the latest from Nvidia. In my opionion, these lags/slowdows are caused by the video drivers.