grumps - but it WILL run SH2!

[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?

[irish1958]

Originally Posted by She-Wolf

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

Aren't all non starforce discs already patched? If so check the splash screen and it will have at the lower right hand corner v1.4

[She-Wolf]

ah - I didn't know that Irish - makes sense, thank you.

However, I have done everything I can think of, uninstalling and reinstalling both disks, changing configs, resolutions, making compatible, etc, etc as other folks have suggested, and still no joy. I did get a message out of event viewer the last time though - faulting module kernel.dll. Fed up I am

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by She-Wolf

ah - I didn't know that Irish - makes sense, thank you.

However, I have done everything I can think of, uninstalling and reinstalling both disks, changing configs, resolutions, making compatible, etc, etc as other folks have suggested, and still no joy. I did get a message out of event viewer the last time though - faulting module kernel.dll. Fed up I am

Perform a registry cleanup and you should be good to go.

http://www.5starsupport.com/info/kernel32.htm

I use regvac...there is a free trial version here:

http://www.regvac.com/regvac.htm