New to SH4 and Vista, Need a little help

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Not entirely true. SH4 will be loaded to the X86 files.

1. uninstall SH4
2. Create a root folder off the hard drive. Name it what you want (Don't bother partitioning, waste of time IMO)
3. Instal SH4, when prompted to where it will load the game, navigate to your new root folder you created. Once found, click OK.
4. Go find your Desktop icon in the MY GAMES folder that MS created as part of the OS.
5. Once done, get all your update or install 1.5, etc.
6. The stock game should work just fine.
7. Load up JSGME if you so wish for installing mods.

ahh, ok, from the last i knew about it, aparently the issues with games was not fully understood.

i guess all the updates have smoothed out the way vista works as well.

i only have xp and never had to learn to use vista (thank goodness)


didnt we used to have a sticky about installing sh4 with vista? where did it go?

[Sailor Steve]

Don't have Vista, so I can't add to what has already been said.

All I can add is WELCOME ABOARD!

[AVGWarhawk]

Trust me Webster, I was behind the 8 ball with Vista. Same issues as Bruce. Skwasjer was huge help in getting it straight for me. The biggest thing was making a folder for your games. After that, it acts and runs like XP. I never run it as administrator or any of that. Never ran it as administrator for patches etc. Double click and off I go

No thread yet for Vista installation....maybe we will use this to kick it off.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Trust me Webster, I was behind the 8 ball with Vista. Same issues as Bruce. Skwasjer was huge help in getting it straight for me. The biggest thing was making a folder for your games. After that, it acts and runs like XP. I never run it as administrator or any of that. Never ran it as administrator for patches etc. Double click and off I go

No thread yet for Vista installation....maybe we will use this to kick it off.

i officially volunteer you to create one lol

you could almost just copy and paste your post to a new thread and sticky it.

[AVGWarhawk]

I will just start a new one and let Bruce get his sorted with this thread. I really do not want to do the ultimate thread hijack

Thx Webster

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I will just start a new one and let Bruce get his sorted with this thread. I really do not want to do the ultimate thread hijack

Thx Webster

i would suggest you put it in the sh4 mods workshop forum, since it gets the most traffic it will get the best exposure there

[AVGWarhawk]

I will do both. Because I can

[bruce282]

OK, following the great advice here, I uninstalled and reinstalled to my own c:\games\sh4 folder. Copied the 1.4 patch to desktop, ran it, moved it to a downloaded patches folder I have, and created a shortcut on the desktop for the game.

All is well now.

Now next question, when I set the game play options by turning each option on or off as opposed to just using the drop down to pick EASY or NORMAL, do those choices carry over to the campaign?

Bruce