SH3 and Windows Vista

[Bill KUnert]

Has anybody tried SH3 on Vista? It installs fine for me but crashes to a black rectangle after the initial load screen. I've got 1.4b installed and run end-it-all to close open programs. I sometimes have a problem in XP if I run SH3 after using computer for a couple of hours. A reboot will fix that.
Thanks
Bill

[The Noob]

Vista is already out? WTF?!

Anyway, i'll guess Starforce is your Problem.

[Bill KUnert]

This is the public beta 5536 which was released recently. Release candidate 1 is just now out and should be publicly available within a week. The code is pretty decent at this point. Starforce was removed so shouldn't be a consideration.
Thanks
Bill

[kiwi_2005]

Your using a Beta expect some bugs when gaming, a mate has the beta 2 and has some trouble with games, at times he gets graphic gliches.

[Qairyl]

How similar/different is Vista to XP Home?

-Qairyl

[shegeek72]

How similar/different is Vista to XP Home?

-Qairyl
wikipedia has a good supply of info on Vista:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista

Here's a thread I started in the google group comp.sys.ibm.games.action on Vista and gaming:
http://www.gatago.com/comp/sys/ibm/pc/games/action/15950687.html

Vista is based on the 2003 server code base, whereas XP was based on win 2000. It'll probably be as different from XP as XP was from win98.
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[Bill KUnert]

Vista has a compatibility mode and I tried SH3 in XP compatibility mode but that didn't work. Much XP software runs fine but much doesn't. Perhaps when RC1 is made available it will get better.
Bill

[Achtung Englander]

slightly off subject - is Vista any good. I have seen demo vids and it looks nice but it looks like XP with Steroids.

The best functionality is probably the rolling window scroll, web surfing at a glance and WMP 11

apart from that it looks like XP SP3 if you know what I mean

[SubSerpent]

I will not go with Vista until a year or two after it comes out. I want most of the kinks out of it prior to getting it. Also I want most of the service packs to be out for it so I don't have to re-download everything from Microsoft everytime I need to format my hard drive.

[STEED]

It's bound to be full of bugs, so I am in no hurry what so ever. :smug:

[enaceo]

A lot of new and different things mean a lot of new and different problems.
I'm going to wait a bit -see how it preforms on other pc's ,see some reviews on the net ,maybe wait for some SP or patch to come out (and save some money for the damn thing,the prices scare me ) and maybe then "convert".