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Anybody running Lomac in Vista 64 bit?
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I'd almost bet starforce won't work on vista.
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I haven't installed LOMAC/FC yet. Just did my Vista 64 bit install last night. I am liking it so far and will install LOMAC/FC on Saturday morning.
Edit: I am more worried about modman working.
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I have LockON:FC installed on Vista Ultimate and running better than it ever did on XP pro. I get more FPS on the same exact system. To confirm this to others, I have this installed on a Sager Gaming Laptop in a dual boot configuration. 1st OS is still XP Pro with LockOn:FC and 2nd OS is Vista Ultimate. Going back and forth, I can say 100% that on this particular system, LockOn runs better on Vista than on XP. It may be the new ATI drivers for the ATI Mobility 9700 Pro (256Mb) video card just make it run faster, but I get better fps with higher settings in Vista than XP.
Not saying for everyone to go out and test Vista, but it works for me incredibly. RealVNC works faster as well on Vista.
FYI: for those about to try it, remember to right click the exe before install and run in compatibility mode for XP SP2, and as administrator. Then run the install for each cd in sequence doing this for the exe's. Then you have to download the starforce update tool when it asks you to the first time you try to start FC. Dont forget to install updated video drivers for your cards. Some beta nVidia drivers are having issues ( thus the word 'beta'), the ATI ones seem to work real well.
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When you run the starforce update tool, does it ask or do I need to go to the starforce website to download it prior to this?
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When you first try to run it in Vista, a warning dialog box will pop up with a link in it that takes you to their site for a file named sfdrvup.zip
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Thanks all for the support.
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This is important stuff. I'm making this thread a sticky.
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For those that may have problems running it, once installed. On another yet weaker system, I found that turning off the sidebar in Vista allowed normal gameplay.
The Sager Gaming Laptop still plays it very nicely. I installed Loman and Modman using the same compatibility techniques with some mods. No fps mods, just added some skins.
As a reference, this 2 yr old laptop is a 17" wide, P4 3Ghz (full desktop cpu) w HT, 2Gb of ram, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 w 256Mb of ram, and dual 60Gb hard drives in Raid-0.
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I have no doubt that LOMAC or most games hardware-hungry-games run very fast on Vista. That is not due to better management, though, but by overall signal degradation. The display output is will be reduced by more than 50%, then blown up again, to lower signal-rates. Very nice read about vistas structure: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
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That link is just about Content restricted High Definition Video, ie HD-DVD/Blu-Ray type movies. Not for gaming purposes.
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Sorry, posted the wrong link then - same is true for all input-output-systems. I'll try to look up the other link.
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Sorry, posted the wrong link then - same is true for all input-output-systems. I'll try to look up the other link. I'm waiting, because I seriously doubt that's true.
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Well I ran Vista for a couple of weeks and played LOMAC/FC on it no probs at all - I also posted some instructions on installing and running it on LockonFiles - but I'm now back on XP - due entirely to the fact that there is no SST software for the X52 or any other Saitek controllers for Vista.
According to UK Support it should be out within a couple of weeks at the latest - I'll then be immediately reinstalling Vista.
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I am having issues with Flaming Cliff (the CD version). The ordinary Lock on installs and run (with nice performance boost to me surprise). But with Flaming cliff i got a c++ error and the programs hangs as soon as you hear audio coming to live. Running Nvidia 7800gtx. (latest drivers .65 whql) Vista 32 bit. Audigy xFi Fata1ty (latest drivers) AMD 4400+ / 2 GB ram Starforce update installed. Someone recognizes my ordeal?  Tried the solution as above with installing them as admin (given the files admin, and also compatibility). Frustrating - me bought a Saitek Rudder Pro system today and thought that i for once should master the S25T... Any ideas at all will be appreciated.
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Did you apply the starforce update after installing?
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Yes i did. Forgot to mention that. Thanks for the idea though!
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I only had to install Lockon 1.0 then FC CD then FC1.12a CD patch. then the Starforce update. I am using the same sound card as you too.
Are you absolutely positive you have the right patch version for your installation?
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I had the right patch for LockOn. Used the same files for my XP installation. (Yes i reverted back to XP just to make sure it wasn't any trouble with my CDs and files).
I don't know if is something to do with AMD X2? Something made it impossible to run FC on this computer and VISTA.
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