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stevekramer99

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Hello,

I recently purchased SB1 and tried to install on my laptop with Windows Vista. When I first launched it I only got the very first intro screen and then the window closed. I read that installing a file ( d3drm.dll ) would help so I did that, and the game started but the main display areas of the game remain black. I see the control panel on the right and the tutorial text and the window frames but the area where the map should be remains black. I also tried several "run as" compatibility options.

Has anyone had success with running on Vista? If so can you please advise what I need to do to make it run? Another option I thought was to install XP on a virtual player, has anyone had success there?

thanks,

steve

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I have yet to hear of anyone getting SB1 working on vista and win 7. I believe the problem is that graphics drivers no longer support 640x480x256 as a valid display mode.

I've wondered if a virtual machine would get it working but have not tried it.

Good luck!

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