71 replies to this topic

[lil_killa]

I waited for 10-15 then I exit out of it...restarted and when I clicked to run it said some kind of error.

[Stan]

hmm try to run the setup under compatibility mode, if this doenst work try to execute a repair on the install

Deze post is bewerkt door Stan: 09 juni 2007 - 12:26
typos corrected

[lil_killa]

I would but I tried to uninstall it and got an error so I went to the folder and deleted it.It still shows up its in stalled and I can`t install/uninstall. em3 installed and works fine no trouble at all.I didn`t need to do anything to it except install the patches.

[lil_killa]

Nevermind I got em4 and em3 running.I used an uninstaller and removed em4 then reinstalled and it works fine.

[MikeyPI]

Vista Users (includes me) The OS is rather buggy and does not play nice with games what so ever to begin with, but here are some general "rules" to go by to keep the thing from ruining your day (I love my old games they are good time killers).

DO NOT Install SP1 yet, it's performance enhancement is not worth the bugs and glitches it has in it, I had to go so far as to RESTORE my pc just to be able to use the net!

When I had SP1, E3 played (with glitches, crashes, and failure to close when I hit exit and NO EDITOR!) fresh install, patched, did not matter it still behaved the same. Since I restored to defaults and have no problems running the game, patched the game fine, and I can use the editor:)

ALWAYS run older games or games from smaller manufactuers in compatibility mode I believe the admin of the site already went over this topic but it's an important one since Vista does not play nice with most software provided PRIOR to it, ms should have thought more about all the people who like their software more than their os:)

If the games/programs run without alterations, leave them be:) there is no sense in hurting yourself by trying to get the latest drivers and whatnot without ensuring that you at least have a restore point (hard copy) you can return to should an updated driver hurt your machine in some way that you do not desire. Back in the day I had a Nvidia card that I made that mistake with, everything worked fine Except one new game I just bought, so I did what should have been a good idea and updated the drivers, supprised I was when Nadda worked, not even the game that "needed" the new drivers, they were just bum drivers. It happens.

Unless it is a security issue I tend to leave my Configurations alone or if I absolutely need them (Vista's Auto Update can bite you on this one).

The security features FIGHT old software (since most software from back in the day or lesser-known developers) either have unrecognized security certificates or none at all it will place them under scrutiny non-stop. It is not so bad for a game which does not need to access certain files.

Program Files IS under protection by default! Unless it is authorized as an administrator or a trusted provider it cannot touch ANY file in Program Files anymore, while a good security feature it kills people who like to mod their games since most of the important files are kept with the game. Overkill IMO but there are two ways around this, either install to a different location that is not going to Read-Only it's self or remove Read-Only from the File(s) in their respective properties.

Legal Notice (yeah I have to I don't want to hear anyone yelling at me blaming me for problems) I'm trying to help.
This information is placed AS IS, the author is not liable for any damages being physical or intellectual (if any) resulting from using any of the above suggestions. The information above is open to anyone who wishes to use it under the condition that they understand that it is their property (Physical and Intellectual) that they are openly and knowningly adjusting and they choose to take the potential risk(s), if any in doing so.

Sorry had to do it, these are all run of the mill things that should not put you at any real danger security wise as long as you trust the program(s) and understand that "cracks" and "hacks" and programs of the like may or may not be secure and permitting them open access to certain areas could be potentially damaging if they are bad (occasionally this happens).

Hope this helps the rest of my suffering brethren under the servitude of an Operating System supplied at gun-point on most if not all new machines.

[Stan]

I just run emergency 4 on high priority in vista, with full access to all files in /sixteen tons entertainment/ for all users on the computer. And the config.cfg on read only.

The game is very stable.

[MikeyPI]

That's what I had to do to an editor for a game called "Industry Giant 2 Gold Edition", Since I mod more than just the maps I had to take it a step further and yank the read-only on it :1046275873_shakehead: because the editor was too stupid to do everything it's self. I am quite happy with Vista now that I've got it back to Factory Defaults and Re-set all the settings myself. The storebought cfg was what gave me all my headaches.

I just run emergency 4 on high priority in vista, with full access to all files in /sixteen tons entertainment/ for all users on the computer. And the config.cfg on read only.

The game is very stable.

[firemike545]

i have vista home premium and i only had some problems with the game the first few times but now i run it on administator and the game with the mod works fine :1046275747_biggthumpup:

[samabith]

Hey,

I have Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 and em4 works fine but when i try to instal any mod it says the file is corrupt (downloaded it 3 or 4 times )
Does anyone how to fix it (want to play LA mod)

[Hoppah]

Hey,

I have Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 and em4 works fine but when i try to instal any mod it says the file is corrupt (downloaded it 3 or 4 times )
Does anyone how to fix it (want to play LA mod)

That's not a Vista problem.
Removing your temporary internet files might work.

[samabith]

That's not a Vista problem.
Removing your temporary internet files might work.

oke I'm going to try that

[samabith]

It's working thanks Hoppah :1046275747_biggthumpup:

[martijntjuh]

these are the problems i have with vista:
(video drivers up to date)





any ideas to fix this?

[Hoppah]

That must have something to do with your videocard or drivers, not Vista.
What are your computer specs?

You might want to try this:
Remove/Uninstall all (older) videodrivers, restart pc, install newest driver.
I had videoproblems while having 3 different Nvidia drivers installed in different locations on my old pc last year.

Emergency 4 might be the problem too. You have the same problem with/without other mods?

[martijntjuh]

1,86 dualcore
2Gb memory and 1 Gb boost from my memory stick

got a Nvidia GeForce 7650 GS 512Mb

got this problem with and without mods.

havent checked if there are multiple video drivers on my pc but ill check that out right now, and fix this if this is the case...

ill let you know if it worked


edit: driver was installed 2 times.

btw hoppah, can i talk to you on msn soon?

Deze post is bewerkt door martijntjuh: 18 juli 2008 - 04:21

[Newfoundking]

My Em4 used to work on the computer with Vista, UNTIL it was formatted, now as far as I know, nothing on the system has changed, because we stayed clear of all the updates etc. Just the basic home basic for vista. now I am running the game from a seperate computer thru network drives. This isn't a problem with any other game (audacity, flight sim X, GTA:SA, etc.) So I cannot figure out the problem at all, can any one help...

and it is a 4.5 ghz P4
ATI Raedeon Xpress 200 video card
in a compaq persario SR2163WM

with of course windows home basic Vista

click the EXE, click allow program to reun(because it is installed on another computer)
black screen(before loading)
flash back to other windows,
black screen
shut down of game

?ERROR: The Vision engine requires support for the ARB_multitexture extension!
Please make sure you have the latest video drivers installed for your 3D card.

The final last 5 lines show this before it crashes (excert from log)

WHOLE LOG:
________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________In
i
t Filesystem...
Registered FS device "local"
Registered FS device "base"
Registered FS device "lang"
Init UpdateChain...
Init Timer...
Init Screen...
Init Scriptscheduler...
!Graphics system: Microsoft Corporation GDI Generic
GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_paletted_texture
Init GFX...
Init Vision...
|Vision DLL path: \\HOBO\911 - First Responders\vision71.dll

|Vision™, Version PC-4, 7, 28, 0

|Loading entity plugins of directory <\\HOBO\911 - First Responders\Data> ...

|List of loaded plug-ins:



|Plug-in named 'CubeMapHandle_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VisionConsoleEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VisBase_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VisBaseEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VisMouseCamera_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VisObject3D_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VisActionHelperEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VarManager_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'BaseEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VBaseCameraEntity' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'VCamEntity' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'GameEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'Emitter_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'BaseGameEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Plug-in named 'TargetEntity_cl' loaded statically!



|Registering plug-ins done !



|Initializing Vision Graphics Engine

|Detecting CPU type and features

|CPU:Pentium IV FPU MMX ISSE 3DNow!

|Vision Core: Allocated 28 kB of memory for Polygon Chunks

|Vision Core: Allocated 9 kB of memory for Entities

|Settings renderer configuration

Initializing post processor 'PerceptionCore'
* Skipping config file
Initializing post processor 'MotionBlur'
* Skipping config file
Initializing post processor 'Nightvision'
* Skipping config file
|Initialising video driver: 0

|Setting screen mode to x:1280 / y:1024 / bpp:32 / refresh:0

|Screen Mode is fullscreen, return value: -401

|Stencil buffer: 8 bit / ZBuffer: 32 bit

|Initializing OpenGL rendering subsystem

|Setting initial Renderer States

|Vendor: Microsoft Corporation

|Renderer: GDI Generic

|Driver Version: 1.1.0

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic not available

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias not available

|Extension GL_ARB_multitexture not available

|Extension GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 not available

|Extension GL_ARB_texture_env_subtract not available

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp not available

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_env_add not available

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_env_combine not available

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_cube_map not available

|Extension GL_ARB_texture_compression not available

|Extension GL_EXT_point_parameters not available

|Extension GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint not available

|Extension GL_EXT_vertex_weighting not available

|Extension GL_EXT_separate_specular_color not available

|Extension GL_EXT_stencil_wrap not available

|Extension GL_EXT_vertex_shader not available

|Extension GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays not available

|Extension GL_ATI_fragment_shader not available

|Extension GL_ATI_pn_triangles not available

|Extension GL_ATI_map_object_buffer not available

|Extension GL_NV_texgen_reflection not available

|Extension GL_NV_fence not available

|Extension GL_NV_blend_square not available

|Extension GL_NV_register_combiners not available

|Extension GL_NV_register_combiners2 not available

|Extension GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 not available

|Extension GL_NV_texture_shader not available

|Extension GL_NV_vertex_program not available

|Extension GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 not available

|Extension GL_NV_occlusion_query not available

|Found Extension GL_EXT_paletted_texture

|Extension GL_ATI_separate_stencil not available

|Extension GL_EXT_texture_rectangle not available

|Extension GL_ARB_depth_texture not available

|Extension GL_ARB_shadow not available

|Extension GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap not available

|Extension GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object not available

?ERROR: The Vision engine requires support for the ARB_multitexture extension!
Please make sure you have the latest video drivers installed for your 3D card.

|Extension GL_ARB_shader_objects not available

|Vertex Buffer Object extension not found - disabling fast geometry memory!

!WARNING: global listener object is still registered! Unregister listener before destroying object!

Do I have to update my video card?

[firemike545]

i have vista home premium and em4 works fien on here

[Newfoundking]

Well, Home basic worked fine the way I was running it before, then all of the sudden it stopped working, WTF?

[hunter42]

Well, Home basic worked fine the way I was running it before, then all of the sudden it stopped working, WTF?

Sorry, couldn't resisit
I'm not using VISTA, because i dont think my computer is good enough... but my friend has vista and im very impressed by what i saw, but is it not as good as people say?

[joachimnor]

EM3 works fine for me but 911:FR Wont work at all