Migration to Win7

[bert8for3]

I'm considering finally moving to Win7 from XP. I'm sure this is an "old" question and very possible a non-issue, but since I know zilch about Win7:

Are there any particular problems installing on Win7? (I assume not as sh5 is post-Win7). Should I go 32 or 64 -bit?

Is there any difficulty copying over save-game folders so as to resume career?

[Sammi79]

Windows 7 is fine for SH5 either 32 or 64 bit. As an OS on its own, it's pretty much Vista only how it was meant to be. I.e. it looks pretty, it is fairly intuitive to learn the new ways and settings, doesn't use too much ram etc...

64bit platforms support more ram (4Gb+) whereas 32bit platforms are limited to 4Gb. Some CPUs/Mainboards do not support 64bit OS so make sure yours does before you get 64bit version.

I can't forsee a problem copying your save files over to the new folder, however anything can happen. If your saves are synced online with Ubisoft, theoretically you will not need to migrate them. I have not tried this though so I can't be certain.

[Trevally.]

I can't forsee a problem copying your save files over to the new folder, however anything can happen. If your saves are synced online with Ubisoft, theoretically you will not need to migrate them. I have not tried this though so I can't be certain.

I did this and it worked - took a long time when I first ran game after change.

delete any unwanted saves first.

[Catfish]

XP to Win7, just did that.
(Congrats for evading Vista ;) )

Win7 runs good, but some internal processor threading changes have taken place, so your FPS especially in e.g. Rise of Flight will be worse than with XP, on the same machine - but ONLY if you have a dual processor and Win7 32bit, there is no problem with 4x processors, or a dual proc. with 64-bit Win7.

SH4 or 5 - wise there is no problem. Also older games seem to work. Just be sure to run them as administrator, right-click on the program and left-click "run as.." You can also choose to run them in all kinds of compatibility modes, and even DosBox works.

What i do not like is the forbidden access to parts of directories even as an administrator, the idiotic search function (completely broken when having shut off the indexing service - as if you could not search the harddisk without indexing - BS, Microsoft !), and the network settings which are a chore to adjust.

Win7 works better than Vista, also a tad quicker in response than XP. Just look whether you get a cheaper upgrade from XP or Vista, if you can.

Greetings,
Catfish

[bert8for3]

Tks everyone for the good pointers. :salute:

[GT182]

If you have large enough hard drive, try a dual boot system. You'll have to partition your drive tho to do it. That way you can have a dual install of SH5 and see which OS you prefer over the other. If you have problems with Win7 and don't care for it, you won't have to reinstall XP. ;)

I suggest you use a 1GB SATA2 HDD. Seagate's are good and very inexpensive right now.

[Pisces]

With Vista and Windows 7 the Program Files folder and it's sub-folder and files are protected. Programs and games that were developed before them might still assume they can do whatever in-there as they did with XP. Or whenever you want to mod some of those game files you will get denied access. What Catfish said. But you do not need to have administrator permissions to run the game if you install the game in another folder somewhere on your harddrive. You do however need administrator permissions for installing or patching anything. I allways install my games into c:\Games\name-of-game No troubles anymore ever! Just pay attention to change the install location instead of using the default location.

[bert8for3]

@GT182 and Pisces. Tks both for your input.

Installed Win7 and pretty smooth, just have graphics issue now with sh5 which trying to sort out.