MS Vista

[dougsoxfan]

Is this game going to play nice with Vista?

[BruceM]

This is from the OOTP 2007 Web Site

PC - Minimum:
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
1024x768 display
1GHz processor
256 MB RAM
For Facegen to work you will need a graphics card which supports OpenGl 2.0

Mac - Minimum:
PowerMac/PowerBook:
1024x768 32Bit display
PowerPC G4 1GHz
Mac OS 10.3.9
256MB RAM

* 100 MB disk space required for installation, 1 GB or more required depending on the number and size of leagues which you create
** On Macs, your video card must support Open GL in order to use fictional face generation feature. If in doubt, try the demo!

[APujols5]

Yes it plays great with Vista.... Now somone from SI needs to send the info in to Microsoft so it shows up in the games folder!

[NewageSpidey]

Will in work with Linux. Really tired of the bsod I've been getting with Vista and thinking seriously of switching to Ubuntu

[phenom]

Originally Posted by NewageSpidey

Will in work with Linux. Really tired of the bsod I've been getting with Vista and thinking seriously of switching to Ubuntu

Doubtful, MD.

[bp_]

it works fine for me with Vista - note that the first time you run the game on Vista you might have right click on the OOTP icon and run as admin. I ran into an issue with that but only once. It's worked normally (i.e. double-click the icon) every time after.

[JHruska]

I think the most disappointing thing I've heard so far is that it still isn't multi-threaded.

[bp_]

Originally Posted by JHruska

I think the most disappointing thing I've heard so far is that it still isn't multi-threaded.

if that is the most disappointing thing then you must be ecstatic for the release. I don't believe there is a lot of software taking full/any advantage of this yet. If you have a machine that is dual core then you'll likely see some great sim speed anyway. I do hope that in the future it will be something that is implemented into OOTP however.

[enuttage]

Originally Posted by JHruska

I think the most disappointing thing I've heard so far is that it still isn't multi-threaded.

It's pretty darn quick even without it (I'm running an X2), but I wouldn't complain if they figured out how to utilize this.

[billethius]

Originally Posted by NewageSpidey

Will in work with Linux. Really tired of the bsod I've been getting with Vista and thinking seriously of switching to Ubuntu

2006 worked perfectly using WINE, but I've yet to get 2007 to run in my admittedly limited time trying to do so. There's an issue related to how the game installs into two separate places - a change in Vista that does actually make a bit of sense. There's probably a config or registry setting I could alter in WINE in order to get it to work correctly, but at this point I haven't even tried.

[hyde4us11]

I had a problem in vista with 6.5 in which the game didn't recognize i had deleted the league folder. Can someone confirm that this is fixed in 2007. If more information is needed then this ill explain further.

THANKS

[JHruska]

Originally Posted by bp_

if that is the most disappointing thing then you must be ecstatic for the release. I don't believe there is a lot of software taking full/any advantage of this yet. If you have a machine that is dual core then you'll likely see some great sim speed anyway. I do hope that in the future it will be something that is implemented into OOTP however.

I'm a historical simmer who loathed '06, so I'm pretty durned happy with what I've heard so far. My only two disappointments so far, remembering that I'm going by what I've read and that I haven't played it at all, have been the lack of multi-threading and the continued lack of 19th centruy support.