windows 7 compatibility issues.

tonyheaney

I have noticed a lot of games are Not compatible in windows 7 (and higher) One such game was Star Trek: Armada 1 & 2

why is this?

degrassinoel

they're old games designed to run on old operating systems. There are usually mods for those games to allow them to run on newer OS's but you'd have to look around for them on google

Sonics2k

Probably very old games made way before Windows 7 was made, though most of them should still work on Windows 7 if you actually install it.

Worth a shot maybe.

Stuxnet

You can always right click a game's executable file, and select properties & "Compatibility mode" and then set it to XP or whatever you need.

Skerries

also GOG.com might have it on their site which modifies old games to work on newer OS's

djerk

theres always xp mode http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IE/windows7/install-and-use-windows-xp-mode-in-windows-7

to be fair, ive never had to use it anyway!

Klair88

Anyone been able to get Fallout 3 working on Win 7, I've tried the edit ini. file to change the cores issue and compatibility options but i've no luck. Game always crashes when loading a new game

Cravez

Are you running mods? If so you may need to investigate which mod is causing an issue.

If you bought it on steam, right click the game and go to properties and verify integrity of cache.

Klair88

Cravez wrote: »

Are you running mods? If so you may need to investigate which mod is causing an issue.

If you bought it on steam, right click the game and go to properties and verify integrity of cache.

can't get the game to start let alone mod it!! I've tried re-installing, disabling Net framework and never had any luck. Strange as people say its worked for them on win 7.

Canis Lupus

I tried to reinstall Armada 1. Never got it running properly. Although speaking of Star Trek.... I'm you've now got me installing Bridge Commander. Loved that game when it first came out. Interested to see if the years have been kind to it.

Sabre Man

Klair88 wrote: »

Anyone been able to get Fallout 3 working on Win 7, I've tried the edit ini. file to change the cores issue and compatibility options but i've no luck. Game always crashes when loading a new game

I was running Fallout 3 on my 32-bit Windows 7. I did have some issues in a certain part of the game but I managed to play that part by (I think, it's been a while) reducing my resolution. Try reducing the graphics settings and see it it works. You can always try increasing them later.

What are your specifications?

Klair88

Sabre Man wrote: »

I was running Fallout 3 on my 32-bit Windows 7. I did have some issues in a certain part of the game but I managed to play that part by (I think, it's been a while) reducing my resolution. Try reducing the graphics settings and see it it works. You can always try increasing them later.

What are your specifications?

only on a Laptop with HD 4000 integrated gfx on my CPU so it was set to low anyway! Getting my rig in October. I'm on 64-bit so maybe thats it. I've half given up. Playing New Vegas instead!

degrassinoel

Klair88 wrote: »

Anyone been able to get Fallout 3 working on Win 7, I've tried the edit ini. file to change the cores issue and compatibility options but i've no luck. Game always crashes when loading a new game

i had the same problem too, it's something to do with the game not being compatible with dual core/multi processors

here's the fix

If you're running Fallout 3 on a dual- or multi-core solution and experiencing frequent lockups or crashes to the desktop, make the following changes:

Open the folder 'My Documents' / 'My Games' / 'Fallout3'
Look for and open up the file FALLOUT.ini.
Inside FALLOUT.ini look for a group called [general].
Inside the general group, after all the configuration parameters, just copy and paste the following two lines:

bUseThreadedAI=1
iNumHWThreads=2

Now save your work, close FALLOUT.ini, fire F3 up and get ready to enjoy the damn game the way it was meant to be played.