grumps - but it WILL run SH2!

[Tarrasque]

I have the non starforce variant so can't help you there.

My graphics card is a NVidia 8800 GT running on the 195.62 drivers.

Have you tried SH3 without mods? Perhaps there's some bug in one of your mod installations?

[Kimmers]

works for me on 7 as well, but i cant patch it to 1.4, gives the error message "version unknown" or something of the sort and gives me a link to some notepad document in my program files. oh well, i guess i should be satisfied playing stock sh3

[Jimbuna]

I'm starting to wonder what pitfalls I might run into when I purchase my new x64 Windows 7 rig next month

[danurve]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'm starting to wonder what pitfalls I might run into when I purchase my new x64 Windows 7 rig next month

Just more W-7 threads.

[She-Wolf]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'm starting to wonder what pitfalls I might run into when I purchase my new x64 Windows 7 rig next month

Jimbuna, it does seem that many more games work with W7 than do not, and when they do not, it is likely the problem lies with the security software or Live rather than the game itself. Suprisingly a lot of older games run on it as well.

This site carries a list of 'works', 'don't work' and 'needs tweaking', being constantly updated as people report their experiences.

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/

[She-Wolf]

Bother, I put a non-starforce version disc on ( which, as Kimmers said does not allow you to patch it) and started the game up, but, just like before, I get nothing but a black screen after the intro - with sound but no video. That means it is not due to starforce.... back to square one. Bum

[Tarrasque]

Some suggestions that you may/may not have tried:

1) Run as Administrator (Right click, Run as Admin)

2) Install DirectX 9 from microsoft.com (apparently Win 7 left out a few bits!)

3) Adjust your resolution in main.cfg (Documents/SH3)

4) Copy across from an Install on previous version of windows (Apparently the installation on Win 7 is messed up! N.B. My install of Win 7 was on a machine that had previously been Vista 32 bit so this one is the situation I'm in albeit inadvertently)

Hope these help.

[She-Wolf]

thanks Tarrasque, a couple of things there I have not yet tried.. What should I set the resolution to?

[She-Wolf]

Tarrasque, you HAVE helped, because you have told me that you DO have the non-starforce version - which confirms my suspicion that the problem I am having is because I have the old disk that requires a key input. Even though I have disabled that requirement, something is not working. I shall have to get a non-starforce disk to see if that makes a difference.

Yes, Tarrasque have tried running the game with nothing added but the patch ( which goes on without complaint for me Kimmers), but it made no difference.

Thanks for your help chaps, I feel a bit more hopeful that I can crack it now