joeclank Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Got a load of games and looking to buy a new pc and that only comes with vista. Need to know if games will play or will I need to download patches, and if so where can i find them and what do I do, I am a complete biff on things like this so feel free to laugh at me its ok. The games are; Medieval total war Medieval total war Viking invasion Rome total war Rome total war barbarian invasion Medieval 2 total war warhammer mark of chaos warhammer 40000 dawn of war warhammer 40000 dawn of war dark crusade warhammer 40000 dawn of war winter assault civilization iv call of duty deluxe edition The lord of the rings The battle for middle earth The lord of the rings The battle for middle earth II The lord of the rings The battle for middle earth II the rise of the witch king Lord of the ring the fellowship of the ring Quote
danzil Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 these games are vista compatible at the moment as far as im awware Aliens versus Predator 2 Americas Army 2.7 (32-bit) Anno 1701 Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion Age of Empires II and the Conquerors expansion Armed and Dangerous Arx Fatalis Blade Runner (32-bit) Baldur's Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too) Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too) Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2 Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe As Administrator.) Battlefield 2142(32bit) Battlefield 2142(64bit) - Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower. Black and White 2 Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.) Broken Sword: The Angel of Death Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Call of Duty & United Offensive Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode; SP fine.) Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM no trouble (32 bit) Championship Manager 2007 Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode) Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection vista-update required) Command & Conquer: Generals Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty Company of Heroes (32 bit Home Premium) No prob's. Condemned - Criminal Origins Continuum Counter-Strike 1.6 Counter-Strike Condition Zero Counter-Strike Source Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix) Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64) Darwinia Deal or No Deal Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre Deus Ex Diablo I Diablo II - NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut's properties and run as Administrator. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass (or under compatability disable desktop composition). Doom 2(Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game's directory for doom95 to work properly) Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support) Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support) Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4 Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition; not original 16-bit MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too low performance if you don't install the driver of your graphic card manually although Vista automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and DirectX.) Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0 Duke Nukem Manhattan Project Dungeon Keeper EA Link for EA Games Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Everquest Everquest II F.E.A.R (32-Bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode) FlatOut 2 (32 bit Home Premium) Flight Simulator 2004 Flight Simulator X FBI: Hostage Rescue F.E.A.R FIFA 07 Football Manager 2007 Freelancer Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update) Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Gothic 3 (Windows Vista wont allow 2 files to install in system folder(64 bit)) Grand Prix 4 Grand Theft Auto II Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Guild Wars: Factions Gun GunBound WC Half Life Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One Halo: Combat Evolved(need a patch windows tel you about it) Halo: Custom Edition(needs a update tho download http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1884) Hitman: Blood Money Hitman: Contracts Hugo: The Evil Mirror In The Groove + Impact dancepad Jazz Jack Rabbit 2 Little Fighter 2 (32 bit) KISS: Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend Lego Star Wars II (64-bit) Max Payne 1.01 Max Payne 2 Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Installed MOHAA Ver1.1 on 32-bit Ultimate, plays fine with no problems at all, multiplayer untested as yet. Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991) MU Online Need for Speed (32-bit) Need for Speed III: Hot pursuit Need for Speed Most Wanted Neverwinter Nights 2 NHL 06 NHL 07 Outrun 2006 Pariah (With 98/ME Compatibility mode) Pacific Warriors Phantasy Star Universe Prey (Requires working OpenGL support) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Starts Windows MCE upon exit?) Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Psychonauts Quake 2 Quake 3 Quake 4 (v1.3) Works. Tested on Vista Enterprise 64bit Race - The WTCC Game Ragnarok Online Rainbow Six: Lockdown Rise of Nations Gold (32 bit) RollerCoaster Tycoon [With the Loopy Landscape Add-On](Vista 32-bit) - Add the "Windows 95" compatibility mode for the file "rct.exe" - Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT and its subfolders. RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit) - Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT2 and its subfolders. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit) Rome: Total War Savage (32-bit) Second Sight SimCity 3000 Unlimited (32-bit) Splinter Cell Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Splinter Cell: Double Agent Star Wars Galaxies Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns Star Wars Jedi Academy (32bit) Star Wars Jedi Outcast (32bit) Star Wars Battlefront 2 (32bit) Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (32 bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility Starcraft Steam (Build: Jan 15 2007, 10:37:59) Super Mario Forever (After starting the game, the mouse cursor of Vista still appears on the screen. Ignore it.) SWAT 4 & The Stetchkov Syndicate (32-bit) The Elderscrolls Oblivion (32-bit) The Sims II (32-bit) The Simpsons - Hit & Run (32-bit) Titan Quest Tomb Raider Legend (32bit) Train Simulator (Microsoft) (Vista 32-bit) Unreal Tournament 2004 Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Warcraft 3 & also The Frozen Throne(With 98/ME Compatibility Mode) Warhammer Mark of Chaos Warhammer Dawn Of War 40k (32 Bit) World of Warcraft - May have issues with Graphics and Sound (Depending on Hardware Installed) WarRock - Run with XP/SP2 Compatibility Mode (32-bit) Wolfenstein: Enemy territory 2.60b (Worked perfectly with Ultimate RTM, usin PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT, and nVidia 97.46 forceware for Windows vista) World Racing 2 (StarForce protection vista-update required) Worms 4: Mayhem Worms Armageddon with latest patch (32bit) Worms World Party regards danzil Quote Windows 10 Pro x64Aqua Jeantech Gaming case550watt psu.MSI Gaming Board32GB DDR3 Corsair gaming RamGenuine Intel i7 3.2Ghz4 x 24x dvdrw 150GB SSD750GB Hybrid Drive256 RAID PCI/E SSD for OSand loads of other bits i really dont need :D
joeclank Posted August 14, 2007 Author Posted August 14, 2007 thanks for the reply danzil. Shame a lot of me games aren't on the list Quote
danzil Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 no problem any other questions just ask. regards danzil Quote Windows 10 Pro x64Aqua Jeantech Gaming case550watt psu.MSI Gaming Board32GB DDR3 Corsair gaming RamGenuine Intel i7 3.2Ghz4 x 24x dvdrw 150GB SSD750GB Hybrid Drive256 RAID PCI/E SSD for OSand loads of other bits i really dont need :D
Lone_wolf_S117 Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 give it time. Vista will be as good as xp one day. I got vista because i wasn't really happy with XP and i didn't want to downgrade back to 2000. (2000 will be missed) Quote
danzil Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 vista already is as good as xp ,y opnion...it has a lot lees flaws then when xp firt cam out.......it has some many features that will help everyone...like shadow copies etc.....system restore when you cant even boot the os... just my views but xp does indeed still rock danzil Quote Windows 10 Pro x64Aqua Jeantech Gaming case550watt psu.MSI Gaming Board32GB DDR3 Corsair gaming RamGenuine Intel i7 3.2Ghz4 x 24x dvdrw 150GB SSD750GB Hybrid Drive256 RAID PCI/E SSD for OSand loads of other bits i really dont need :D
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