list games work windows vista

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

"Joshua" wrote in message

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
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Add Final Fantasy XI. I confirmed an earlier post about installing it in Vista. Works great ^_^ "Joshua" wrote in message

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

You can also include everquest 2 to that as well..
Everquest2 addict...
"Joshua" wrote:

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Just moved Diablo II: LOD Expansion over; works better than on XP :)
Justin
"Joshua" wrote in message

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Add Command & Conquer Generals and Zero Hour to the working list. (Vista 32bit, yet to try on Vista x64)
-- Jane, not plain ;) 64bit enabled ;) Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;) "Paul Smith" wrote in message

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
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Starwars Galaxies works in Vista also.
"Joshua" wrote:

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Starcraft is running good but patches need to be run as administrator otherwise you'll get an error.
"Paul Smith" wrote in message

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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C&C Renegade also works fine. -- Sleep easy tonight, the Marines are on duty
Saepius Exertus, Semper Fidelis, Frater Infinitas

"Joshua" wrote:

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Call of Duty works fine
"Paul Smith" wrote in message

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Add Fifa 2006. Works like a charm, but desktop resolution has to be changed to 1024*768 before the game is run.
Armin

"Joshua" wrote in message

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
GTA San Andreas works quite well, not perfect, some gfx glitches with

vertical lines, but runs without slowdowns on my system.
Regards, Rasmus Bertelsen

"Justin Payne" wrote in message

Just moved Diablo II: LOD Expansion over; works better than on XP :)
Justin

I can confirm this also.
:-)
H

NFS Most Wanted DOES NOT work in my system with Vista 32bit. Pentium D 805 2.66mhz 2GB DDR2
"Joshua" wrote in message

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Working
EverQuest 2 Eve Fable Prey Demo ( some crashes)
Dont work
Spellforce 2
Apps that dont work
Poser 6

I have EQ2 installed and running on Vista, but when zoning, or death occures, I get kicked to the desktop and the client closes.
"dfeifer" wrote:

You can also include everquest 2 to that as well..
Everquest2 addict...
"Joshua" wrote:
I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Dungeons Siege 2 works also on Vista, but The Godfather won't run on it yet.
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Battlefield 2 not installing
Hi all,
Has anyone had an issue installing this game? I have tried unsucessfully as it tries to install DirectX 9.0c, I cancel that as I dont want to override the DirectX 10 setting on Vista... Am I doing this wrong?? Your help is appreciated.
Glenn

"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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I have problems with Oblivion after updating to beta 2. It plays fine for a short few minutes the quits and system crashes.
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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That sucks.. It 'Can" work fine under Vista, both x86 and x64. I have had a couple freezes and crashes..but have also had 20+ hours of excellent playtime under Vista..both versions.

"1crash007" wrote in message

I have problems with Oblivion after updating to beta 2. It plays fine for a short few minutes the quits and system crashes.
"Paul Smith" wrote:
"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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Unreal Tournament works like a dream - no compatibility problem whatsoever - even adds itself to the vista games application!
- Running vista x64 beta 2 build 5384

"Juan Carlos Lopez" wrote:

NFS Most Wanted DOES NOT work in my system with Vista 32bit. Pentium D 805 2.66mhz 2GB DDR2
"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

NFS MOST WATED: Black Edition (DVD) works just fine for me! (Vista 32-bit)

Have you tried using Taskman and ending any unecessary processes? Certainly helped me out! Ending any unecessary resource hogging apps may improve the situation!
I think Vista is running a lot of extra processes because:
1) I'ts BETA!
2) Because it's BETA, it needs these extra processes to help with program and application compatibillity testing.
3) Vista-BETA would obviously have all the extra 'bells + whistles' turned on, to see how these work/run of course.
4) Any new features not yet seen in any other version of Windows, would also be on for various reasons/purposes.
Hope this helps, it certainly did for me and I thought I had a relatively capable system for running hardware/cpu/graphics - intensive games!
Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-Deluxe (LGA775, Intel 915P+ICH6R, CPU Lock Free, FSB-800 Overclocked) CPU: 3.0GHz Intel P4 630 (O/C'd to 3.6GHZ - No conflict with Vista either!) System RAM: Dual Channel - 1GB DDR2 PC4200(533MHz) Generic Video: Expert-Vision GeForce 6600LE (512meg) Sound: Onboard CMI 9880 (Vista has issues with running onboard CMI chips but I have it running nonetheless!)
Cheers,
Lee-roy (Australia)

Add:
NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED: Black Edition (DVD)
SIN EPISODES: Emergence
F.E.A.R. (Needed taskman to end a lot of unecessary processes in order to run!)
Sorry for repeating "F.E.A.R." but I thought the extra little piece of info might help others out!
No patches were used in any of the games - straight out of box! All games were played in the 32-bit ver of Vista.
Cheers,
Lee-roy (Australia)

P.S. My PC-Setup:
Mobo: ASUS P5GDC-Deluxe (LGA775, Intel 915P+ICH6R, CPU Lock Free, FSB-800 Overclocked) CPU: 3.0GHz Intel P4 630 (O/C'd to 3.6GHz - No conflict with Vista either!) System RAM: Dual Channel - 1GB DDR2 PC4200(533MHz) Generic Video: Expert-Vision GeForce 6600LE (512meg) Sound: Onboard CMI 9880 (Vista has issues with running onboard CMI chips but I have it running nonetheless!)

Initially game seems to flicker out the cursor, making it exceptionally difficult to locate, once located even more difficult to place on button.
Once you can locate and select OPTIONS > Turn on Custom Cursor: then all runs as smooth and clear as before Vista. Well almost, the sound stutters and gets out of sync from time to time.

Dear Paul, Rise of nations won't work on Vista Beta 2 Is there a way to make it work. Kind regards Johan
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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The installer on most games crashes or throws errors and locks up, has to do with program allowance in Vista and IE7.
I got:
John Deere American Farmer John Deere Construction Zoo Tycoon 1 and 2 Fish Tycoon Ultima online AOS/7th/ML (but UOGATEWAY does toss too many errors to work right for those that play free shards over OSI) Its all part of testing DOOM3 Unreal NFS3 hot persuit Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
There are several other games I am testing still if I can get them to install. Oh and if they are pre XP (then forget it too big of a problem to even get them to install) if they are set for XP you can work around it by setting the program default to run in XP mood or dos install (but has a large habbit of crashing when you do this).
"Joshua" wrote:

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Links 2003 works if you play offline. I can't play online at all. When I try to host a game, my playing partner gets a connection failed error and if I join his game, I can get in, but the game crashed as soon as he hit the Play button.
"Joshua" wrote:

I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..

Rise of Legends does not work on my machine. Qosmio G35-AV600. Starts the game but errors later during play.
"Paul Smith" wrote:

"Joshua" wrote in message I was wondering if we could start to compile a list of Games that work on Windows Vista... As this would make it easier for many of us..
I have.
Zoo Tycoon 2* Half-Life 2* Civilization 4* Battlefield 2 Rise of Legends Quake III Arena*** Unreal Tournament 2003*** Oblivion Morrowind Black and White 2 Warcraft 3** World of Warcraft Halo Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher Sim City 4* Guild Wars Call of Duty 2 FEAR
*Problems, on my setup I had to run them into a window first to prevent them from crashing, I'm assuming a video driver bug not letting them pick up resolution details. Others have mentioned lowering the desktop resolution to the same as their default start-up resolution resolves it too.
**Works fine with retail version, but latest patch breaks sound.
***Mouse acceleration seems to be turned on.
That's the list so far. 8-)
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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