SH3 on Win XP x64 won't work?!

Rwolf · 01-07-08, 07:43 PM

Yup, also running on XP/64, having to resort to unmentionable fixes.

Tried to get response from UBI, but in essence, their licensed SF driver for SH3 was too old to work with XP/64, and they wouldn't license/update the game to a newer one.

(Funny enough, the link to the 'unmentionable' I later found on UBI:s own german forums).

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There are a few old games not running on XP/64 due to starforce, as it is installs a virtual device driver, and needs to have tight interaction with the application, if the driver is incompatible, XP/64 won't load it. If the SF driver is updated, the application won't neccessarily work with it, I guess the Vista workarounds are indications of that.

Some applications refuse to install or won't launch when they cannot recognize the operating system, like one of the 'Splinter Cell' games I have, but in general, the WoW32/64 emulation works fine IMO. (XP/64 looks more like Win2003 to some apps, since that is what it's based on, rather than XP/32, what I read).

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01-07-08, 07:43 PM	#4
Rwolf Watch Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 21 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Yup, also running on XP/64, having to resort to unmentionable fixes. Tried to get response from UBI, but in essence, their licensed SF driver for SH3 was too old to work with XP/64, and they wouldn't license/update the game to a newer one. (Funny enough, the link to the 'unmentionable' I later found on UBI:s own german forums). --- There are a few old games not running on XP/64 due to starforce, as it is installs a virtual device driver, and needs to have tight interaction with the application, if the driver is incompatible, XP/64 won't load it. If the SF driver is updated, the application won't neccessarily work with it, I guess the Vista workarounds are indications of that. Some applications refuse to install or won't launch when they cannot recognize the operating system, like one of the 'Splinter Cell' games I have, but in general, the WoW32/64 emulation works fine IMO. (XP/64 looks more like Win2003 to some apps, since that is what it's based on, rather than XP/32, what I read).