winSPMBT and WinSPWW2 and VISTA

Horses · #1 September 15th, 2007, 10:09 AM

1.) Yes of course I tried several settings, e.g. graphics delay,scroll speed etc., but no setting was really satisfying.
2.) Before I bought the cd versions I played always in 800x600 fullscreen and concerning the font size it was perfect.My native LCD Solution is 1280x1024 and this is also the resolution which I play in windowed mode now.

RVPERTVS · #2 October 2nd, 2007, 08:09 PM

So, is it or is it not posible to run full screen under Vista? I thought it was only a matter of driver upgrade. I�m asking because I�m thinking about upgrading my OS but I like to play in full screen, so it might influence my purchase.

Regards
Robert

DRG · #3 October 3rd, 2007, 12:29 AM

From the reports we have to date it would seem that it runs fine for some and not for others. WHY that may be is unclear at this time. So far we have heard full screen mode will...

A} run fine with driver upgrades

or

B}that it runs "sluggish"

or

C} that "All the colors are screwed up"

We won't really know why there are three different results until we start getting more reports with detailed info on what is happening ( good or bad ) with detailed info on the systems. At this time neither Andy or I have a "Vista" machine but even if we ran out tomorrow and bought one there is no way to say for sure which of the three main results that have been reported will show up on the machines we have.

Don

RVPERTVS · #4 October 3rd, 2007, 06:01 PM

Thanks Don, I guess then is a matter of waiting some time to see.

Regards
Robert

Horses · #5 October 4th, 2007, 04:29 AM

Dear Robert,

obviously nobody can say if it will work on your system or not. Just make a image of your current system and then try vista. That's the way i tried SPWWW2 and SPMBT under Vista OS.

RVPERTVS · #6 October 4th, 2007, 03:28 PM

Ok, but I don`t know what you mean by "make a image on my current system" If you coul explain that please.

Thanks in advance
Robert

Horses · #7 October 4th, 2007, 04:05 PM

Hi Robert,

I mean image/backup of your current os partition. If WinSPMBT/WINSPWW2 does not meet your expectations on Vista os you can switch back to xp in a few minutes.

RVPERTVS · #8 October 5th, 2007, 03:31 PM

Wow, seems interesting, though I�ll have to investigate how to do that because I don�t know much about computers, I mean I don�t have a clue what a os partition is.

Do you mean saving my current xp files and put them on a vista machine to see if they work?

Regards
Robert

RVPERTVS · #9 October 6th, 2007, 07:59 PM

Now I know, I had to ask it around but now seems a good idea, though I decided to stick to xp for some time.

Regards
Robert

joche · #10 October 29th, 2007, 10:54 PM

So, is there no cure?
I'm a rabid fan of this series, but I also enjoy the mindnumbing forrays into FPS, so I dropped a bunch of money on a Quadcore with Nvidia 8800 GTS (dual SLI) and Vista Home premium- I've tried to get used to the super sluggishness of fullscreen, but I just can't handle it. After so many years of playing full screen only, I can't get used to windowed (too small) Are there any theories as to why its working so sluggish or any suggested fixes (I already tried playing with the in game settings and the config files)