bonzoronnie
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 07:05 PM |
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Vista & Games
I have Vista Home Premium running on my PC.
Yes I admit it. I am really that stupid 
With me Back FUBAR'ed & Soooo cold in the worshop
I decided out of sheer boredom to install Quake 2 on the PC. 
When the game is launched it will only play in a small window in the middle of the screen. Apart from that the game seems to run OK.
I have tried different compatability modes, all to no effect 
Is there a way to resize this window or do I have to accept this piece of software will not play on Vista.
Ronnie 
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 08:15 PM |
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move closer to the screen
quake...that's soooo old, buy an xbox, I gave up with pc games, they never worked and cost a fortune
[Edited on 20/12/07 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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bonzoronnie
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 08:39 PM |
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Closer
Me nose is already leaving snot on the screen.
Xbox ? Nooooo . I love playing with me joystick 
Ronnie
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 08:54 PM |
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I know you said you've tried different modes but does that include changing the screen resolution on windows, you may find that vista simply has
a huge screen area for what was originally a fix pixel area on the game. Certainly doom was like that to speed up game play, indeed you could shrink
doom down to a small square for super fast crazy battles.
[Edited on 20/12/07 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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muzchap
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 09:56 PM |
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Nah - check the INI file
In the ini file/config file will be a set screen width and its obviously running windowed.
So change the option of windowed=0 and then set the resolution to whatever you feel - I'd recommend 1024x768 for maximum compatibility as
it's a native resolution
Good luck!
[Edited on 20/12/07 by muzchap]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 10:24 PM |
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just buy an x-box and be done with it
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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RazMan
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| posted on 20/12/07 at 11:19 PM |
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Vista can be a bit finnicky about some games. Quake is so old that it wasn't designed for anything later than XP (maybe even Win 95 !)
Just get a later game and think yourself lucky that you didn't get Vista 64 like me - that's even worse!
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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mcerd1
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| posted on 21/12/07 at 08:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
move closer to the screen
quake...that's soooo old, buy an xbox, I gave up with pc games, they never worked and cost a fortune
[Edited on 20/12/07 by Mr Whippy]
mine runs most stuff perfectly
I use XP Pro on a P4 630 with 2*NV6800 Ultra graphics (SLI'd) and SB X-Fi - its not exactly cutting edge anymore, but does the job nicely
(especially considering its 3 years old)
some things don't work but they are mostly dos / 95 programs or need old style graphics - some of the dos ones work better on XP than they did
on dos
some of the ancent games are really, really difficult - I've had some for more than 10 years and never completed them
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bonzoronnie
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| posted on 21/12/07 at 08:34 AM |
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Vista 64 bit
quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
Vista can be a bit finnicky about some games. Quake is so old that it wasn't designed for anything later than XP (maybe even Win 95 !)
Just get a later game and think yourself lucky that you didn't get Vista 64 like me - that's even worse!
Yes I stayed away from the 64 bit version of vista. I suspected a whole mountan of trouble with my rather ageing software.
Ronnie
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 21/12/07 at 10:11 AM |
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I'm running vista ultimate 64 with no real issues... some software needs some tweaking to get it running but it gets their in the end... most of
my problems are down to a weird screen resolution required by my 42" Sony TV
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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