Paper Tiger Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I purchased my copy of CMSF from Gamersgate last year and apart from a day or two's delay receiving the new patches, I haven't had any problems with the game until now. After the hugely frustrating wait for the module to arrive, you can imagine how disappointed I was to find that after installing it, the game became completely unplayable. I really can't see this problem getting fixed for a few days, and certainly not this weekend. that means that I'm forced NOT to play CMSF until this problem is fixed. Now, since the vast majority of you all appear to be jumping with glee over the new game, I'm seriously considering uninstalling the whole thing from my hard drive and buying the game again directly from BFC but there's one more thing I need to do before resorting to this. I have Vista 64 Home Premium. If there are any of you out there who are runnng the mage fine with Vista 64, then please le me know. I'd be utterly pissed off if it's a Vista incompatability problem rather than a gamersgate problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokossovski Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I'm having the same problems as you are, Paper Tiger -- and I bought my version of Marines directly from Battlefront. I see no reason to believe that buying the Battlefront version would do you any good. It appears we're both out of luck. I'm upset about it too. I've been very excited about this game, and now I cannot use the Marines module, or even access the old CMSF. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Hey, thanks for that. You just saved me $35 so my wife will be happy. I guess I'm off CMSF until they fix this problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roter Stern Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I have Vista 64 (Home Premium), I have the BF.C version of the original, and the Marines seem to work fine on my machine. What exactly is the problem you're having, PT? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catgh Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Vista 64 Ultimate and no problems here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 I reported everything I know in the Tech Support forum. I have a feeling that they're going to tell me that it was a bad install or something like that as I don't get the option to play Iron Man. What the solution to this problem might be? I have no idea. However, I have made a backup of all my scenario files and have completely uninstalled the game from my hard drive (after unlicensing the Marines module). I will attempt a fresh install once the new download from gamersgate is complete and see if that helps although I'm not counting on it. Since I can't play the game at all, it can't hurt to try something radical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Paper Tiger, Three times before, with other games, I have had the problem you describe - it would crash immediately or very shortly after starting. Each time it was solved with a fresh download and install. So there IS hope that it may fix the problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Well, I'll be able to tell you what happens in about 3-4 hours... Gamersgate is SLOW today... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFightingSeabee Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Paper Tiger, Someone just said in another thread that they uninstalled cmsf first. He did this in order to get a 'clean' install without mods. I hope this works for you, buddy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 Here's hoping. It's a good job my wife was out shopping when I started having these problems as the emotional pyrotechnics were pretty impressive. She doesn't like to see me angry. Anyways, if this solves the problem I'll be very glad that I exersized some restraint and desisted from posting anything 'unhelpful' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slug88 Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Rokosovvski, if you haven't already, check out my post in this thread: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?p=1092803#post1092803 It may help you solve the problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Tiger Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 I just want to report that after reinstalling everything, it's working beautifully. I now have nine days of holiday left to get to grips with the new game (It's the end of Ramadan on Momday so Indonesia's closed). But for tonight, it's movie time with the wife. Thanks for the heads up to all you guys. Cheers PT 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_DK Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Glad you got it sorted out PT.... Now enjoy your movie time with the wife and then off to make campaign and scenarios for us red vs red guys ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Good news! We're never, ever happy when an instal gets buggered up like that. It's almost always outside of our control, yet of course nobody is happy about the results. Which is why I scoff at the idea of ever giving up my Mac. The best way to avoid crazy Windows installation problems is to not install Windows software Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnersman Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 The Louch, Catgh, Do your saved games show up in the saved game file as they are suppose to? When I first started testing I put the game on both my XP computer and Vista laptop. The Vista laptop ran fine...however I could not find any saved games...it was wierd. However they are showing up now. :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Windows has one thing going for it... variety Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CogNative Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 The best way to avoid crazy Windows installation problems is to not install Windows software Amen to that. CMSF is pretty much the only reason I bother with...variety. PT great to hear the Marines are available to follow your order on your great scenarios. Enjoy the movies and holidays. CogNative 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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