I have asked this question on the unofficial forum and I haven't received any usefull answer. They told me to ask George, so here goes:
I have recently bought a new laptop and it has Windows Vista. When I wanna run Transcendence I get a blue screen with text (something about memory dump, I can't read it fast enough) and my computer reboots.
I then get a message telling me that Windows has unexpectedly shut down and that I should run Windows Update to solve the problem. When I run it, it says there are no downloads available... (I have already installed all available ones).
This hasn't solved my problem however.
In other topics on the forum I have noticed that Transcendence does work on Vista, so what am I doing wrong? Is it a problem with Vista or is it something else?
Problem with Vista?
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This is probably a bug in the Vista drivers for your graphics card (Transcendence or any other program should never cause a blue screen).
You might try running Transcendence with the /windowed option. This uses different parts of the video driver, so maybe it will have a different result.
If that doesn't work, unfortunately I think you'll have to wait until they have a newer driver.
You might try running Transcendence with the /windowed option. This uses different parts of the video driver, so maybe it will have a different result.
If that doesn't work, unfortunately I think you'll have to wait until they have a newer driver.
You need to do that through the command line.
I'm not sure how it works for Vista, but it's bound to be exactly the same as in XP.
Using the Command line (Start menu -> Run -> cmd), navigate to where you have Transcendence (e.g. C:/Documents and Settings/Yugi/Desktop/Transc 0.98a/Transcendence), then add " /windowed" to the end. Make sure to have a space between the Transcendence and /windowed.
If you need even more precise instructions, please ask.
Edit: There are other ways to do it, but that's the way I know best.
I'm not sure how it works for Vista, but it's bound to be exactly the same as in XP.
Using the Command line (Start menu -> Run -> cmd), navigate to where you have Transcendence (e.g. C:/Documents and Settings/Yugi/Desktop/Transc 0.98a/Transcendence), then add " /windowed" to the end. Make sure to have a space between the Transcendence and /windowed.
If you need even more precise instructions, please ask.
Edit: There are other ways to do it, but that's the way I know best.
Yugimotomanager wrote:I don't know if Vista has a program compatibility wizard like XP does, but try looking for one.
Run Transcendence through that if you can.
plaete wrote:Done, it didn't work. The computer rebooted again so I couldn't continue...
Windows suggested here as well to search for a solution, first nothing, the next day it claims to have found something but all it generated is a windowed message saying there's no solution.
1. the graphics card should be your first target to solving the problem.
2. Use properties. First you may need to adjust your settings so programextensions for all filetypes are shown. Find transcendence.exe and right click, then select properties and you should find compatibility where you need to click a box, read and you'll find it.
I run transcendence with vista in windows 98/ME mode and no problems so far.
NB the defaultsettings in windows are not a help when solving things like this. Also ie the way the windows are displayed use up a lot of memory which slows you down, thus drawing your battery.
1. the graphics card should be your first target to solving the problem.
2. Use properties. First you may need to adjust your settings so programextensions for all filetypes are shown. Find transcendence.exe and right click, then select properties and you should find compatibility where you need to click a box, read and you'll find it.
I run transcendence with vista in windows 98/ME mode and no problems so far.
NB the defaultsettings in windows are not a help when solving things like this. Also ie the way the windows are displayed use up a lot of memory which slows you down, thus drawing your battery.