How to make UT2004 on Windows Vista rc1?

[Quino]

I installed Windows Vista RC1 and everything went ok until I tried to load UT 2004. I tried running it as an administrator and also with the sofftware compatibility wizard and no go 🙁

 

[postmortemIA]

i assume you installed vista from other systme, such as xp..did you keep it?

 

[Quino]

Nope clean install on a new hdd just in case things do not work 🙂 I even disconnected all the other hdds and left the one were I installed vita only.

 

[n7]

Heh, i love UT2k4, but haven't ever bothered tried running it on any of teh Vistas.

UT2k4 > Vista, so i'd say dump Vista 😛

 

[ForumMaster]

probably an issue with the DirectX version. UT2K7 is coming out and will work \with Vista but i don't know if it will work on your computer. 😛

 

[SynthDude2001]

I've run UT2004 with no issues...well, no issues from the 32-bit version anyway (the 64-bit executable keeps insisting that my CD key is invalid). I was just running the game from its installed location on my primary hard drive (where XP is installed; different from my Vista drive). So I had to use a "UT2004 CD Key Changer" to put my CD Key info in the registry....haven't actually tried installing the game within Vista yet (and I likely won't until such time that I move to Vista as my main OS; running short on disk space), but I certainly have played UT2004 (32-bit) in Vista with no issues. Runs quite nicely too, though since I always run with Vsync (60fps cap) I can't quite tell how much slower (if any) it is than XP.

Edit: I also didn't have to change the compatibility mode or run it as an administrator or anything.

 

[Quino]

Well, I will try thr 32 bit now and see if it makes a difference 🙂 This is a new hdd that I got to play with vista only 🙂