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Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

Commando — Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:23 pm

Author: Commando

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:23 pm

No Stretching, it appeared as an option while I was on XP after I installed the Dell LCD display driver and the latest Nvidia driver at the time, its still there in Win7 using the same Dell LCD driver and the Radeon driver. In XP Grand Prix Legends also worked in Widescreen, thats the next one to get working in Win7 as with XP Radeon sound drivers it was terrible sounding and Win7 is the fix for those issues, only problem is the setup is a lot more complicated than SDOE.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:01 pm

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:01 pm

Great!

But aren't you getting stretching with that resolution?

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

Commando — Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:22 pm

Author: Commando

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:22 pm

I have just moved from XP to Win7 64 bits, also moved OS from an IDE drive to a Sata drive at the same time. Edited the ini file with the new folders and fired it up using no compatibility options and it runs fine, it has lost the lags when new textures were being loaded, RAM is the same so Win7 must have more of those in memory. FPS is rock steady at the 50 max I set it to, so will be increasing it to 60 to match the Htz of the Monitor. Using Direct3D T&L HAL and get the 1680X1050 Widescreen option as its not on OpenGL, just need the patch to get rid of the banding and will be sorted.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:03 am

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:03 am

Right. Two other things I have won't run on 64bits. These are my Creative Webcam NX Ultra and my Microsoft Fingerprint reader...

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

3dp — Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:08 pm

Author: 3dp

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:08 pm

That's pretty much where I ended. Try as I might, I could get no further.

As some stuff just doesn't run on 7 and some stuff doesn't run on 64-bit, it's a double hit, so I too felt it best to have two installs. I partitioned my drive in two, installed fresh XP installs on both, then upgraded one to 7. Upgrade Win 7 disks will allow you to do a clean install but it's un-activateable. You have to have XP on the partition, even though going from 32-bit XP to 64-bit Win 7 is effectively a clean install.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:11 pm

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:11 pm

Gotcha. I just got a hold of Win7 64bit Ultimate to try out as well as a spare 80GB hard drive that way my WinXP install stays intact for now. I got the gameport drivers loaded, but have yet to find a way to add in a controller...

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

3dp — Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:32 pm

Author: 3dp

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:32 pm

Afraid not.

Never got them to work and felt like I was really gumming up my install, so I ditched them and did a clean Win 7 install, the latter probably unnecessary but it made me feel better.

I must confess that I really like my new USB Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. The four buttons around the hat have really come in handy for targeting now that I'm flying fighters more often with my son.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:11 pm

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:11 pm

Hey 3dp! Do you still have the driver files for the gameport? I got Win7 64bit Ultimate and my gameport I would like to get working also.

Thanks!

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:05 pm

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:05 pm

Yeah, I don't agree with it either... But that's how MS is sometimes. They figure since there is "newer, better" technology out there of course everyone is going to switch over to it in the next couple of years... I hates it!!!

On the plus side, there are a lot of very nice USB sticks that can be had for a good price. Also, eBay is your friend. MS did make a USB Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 joystick that is very good. I've been using mine for about 9 years now... I have my Cougar and Saitek now that I use mainly but whenever I take my laptop for some SDOE on the go I grab my MS Sidewinder Precision 2 stick.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

3dp — Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:40 pm

Author: 3dp

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:40 pm

For the record, 32-bit land is no good either.

I love the thinking here: Let's disable something although we could very easily support it. If gameports eat up CPU resources, fine, disable it by default so that one has to conciously turn it on if needed, but for crying out loud, support it!

This really burns me up. First the removal of 16-bit dithering from new video cards and now this.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:01 am

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:01 am

To be honest... I think the gameport is dead. Microsoft stopped support in Vista and I haven't used a gameport joystick since 1998... With gameports, you have to worry about an ever changing calibration routine, losing the joysticks calibration over time along with a very noisy electrical current. You could try a gameport to USB converter but there is no 100% guarantee due to how no manufacturer seemed to ever follow the gameport standard.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

3dp — Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:10 pm

Author: 3dp

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:10 pm

I am now checking in from 64-bif Win 7 land and my problem is the gameport.

Through some stuff I've found on the web, I've got the gameport functioning, but the Control Panel 'install' nets me nothing. As My non-USB Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro is not autodetected and Win 7 gives me no manual options, what am I to do?

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

ArgonV — Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:18 am

Author: ArgonV

Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:18 am

I think you can run the setup.exe file on the SDOE CD in compatibility mode if you wish to install that way. You should also be able to run the ISO installer, and then set the shortcut that it uses to launch SDOE in compatibility mode.

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

oscar — Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:31 am

Author: oscar

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:31 am

No chance selecting compability mode when the installer doesn�t work...
I think Imight have a complete install on a disk somewhere ...I will see if i can use your trick!
My son recommended me to install Windows 7 Ultimate, which contains a XP pro 32 bit ...but the upppgrade will cost more than I want to spend right now.
Any more suggestions?

Re: Anyone here running SDOE on Windows 7?

Razer — Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:36 am

Author: Razer

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:36 am

are you running the game in compatibility mode?

I've not installed my game since 2001 I created a disk of my complete install and just move it over and change the media location in the ini file. works every time