#591926 - 01/29/10 12:20 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Cathy1]
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Sorry, Cathy1, I don't have either game.
Oldman, is that a critical patch for Sacred 2 or can you play the game without it? I mean play on any system without the patch...
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#591983 - 01/29/10 03:29 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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The patches fix several things about the game and I remember when it first came out a lot of people needed the patches. (there are about 5 all in all) but, so far I've played about an hour and haven't had any problems without the patches. Ascaron didn't really do to good a job with their patches as the latest 1.43 doesn't patch everything up to date. If you start from scratch and install the patches you have to install each patch individually as they came out.
It's also possible that someone else could get the patches to install but there are a few people that had similar complaints on the Ascaron boards but I couldn't find a fix. The suggustions were all about checking mouse driver and checking different mouses etc.
It could be a 64 bit thing but I have no idea. In fact I don't really understand the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit.
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#593408 - 02/03/10 01:44 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Lotus777]
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Thank you so much for the info. Greatly appreciated. Have a great day and mine can go on..lol..
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#594258 - 02/06/10 07:33 AM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Lotus777]
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Thanks for posting this! Good to know as I may be replacing my old system soon. The one I have my eye on has Windows 7 and I wondered about if any older games would play at all.
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#594288 - 02/06/10 11:06 AM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: kiraalt]
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Well, our list isn't long, but we're working on it. The only way to find out if our old games work is to give them a try. Win 7 compatibility mode has worked quite well for several games - both for installing and playing. What's nice is "if" it works, it allows you to save the settings and the next time you play the game you don't have to fiddle with it anymore.
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#594394 - 02/06/10 02:08 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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I bought one of the "combos" that has 3 SH games: The Secret of the Silver Earring, The awaken and the Mystery of the Mummy, the first two play perfectly in Windows 7, the last one flickers even when played in a compatible mode. The game however plays well in another PC I have with Windows XP.
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#594418 - 02/06/10 03:12 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: mcc]
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mcc, before I add this to the first post, did you try installing in compatibility mode, not just playing? It doesn't sound like it will make any difference, but I just want to cover all the bases.
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#594487 - 02/06/10 06:30 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: saskee]
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Jim, the developer worked with the code to get the sound to work on Win 7. The games I tested for him had already been tweaked. I would suggest contacting them to see if they can help you out.
I'm not sure if the patch to fix sound problems in Vista is the same they used for Win 7. Whatever they did for Win 7 works in my 64-bit. Mikael is a member here and you can PM him through his profile.
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#596201 - 02/11/10 02:07 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Draclvr]
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Hi everyone; does anyone know if the three Delaware St.John games work on win 7? These are not the download games.
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#596360 - 02/11/10 11:16 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: judith]
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Judith, I dan't have any of the Delaware St. John games. Maybe someone else will have given them a try.
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#597156 - 02/14/10 12:34 PM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: Duststorm]
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Draclvr,
I just tried to play in compatible mode, I didn't realize I could also install it that way, I'll uninstall it and try again for you to know.
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#597341 - 02/15/10 01:38 AM
Re: Windows 7 and Games
[Re: mcc]
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Yesterday evening I installed Fallout 3 with all it's DLC's (GOTY version) and it plays just fine 
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