mjall 0 Posted March 18, 2007 Can i play ARMA on Vista 64bit cause when i run it, i can only see the mouse and a black screen, then i can x shadows of the game only. I am running an ATI radeon X1600 with the latest 4.2 drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ombas 0 Posted March 18, 2007 Can i play ARMA on Vista 64bit cause when i run it, i can only see the mouse and a black screen, then i can x shadows of the game only. I am running an ATI radeon X1600 with the latest 4.2 drivers. i run arma on vista64 with a radeon card (7.2 cat). make sure you have the latest directx build. download dxwebsetup.exe from MS and run it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloa....Lang=en run arma in xp sp2 compatibilty mode and as admin. doing those three things got me up and running. good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjall 0 Posted March 19, 2007 how can i run it in XP sp2 mode, if u mean under XP i don't run XP anymore, i'm only interested in Vista. its still it's not running in Vista even after i installed the latest directx drivers. thanx for the help anyways Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ombas 0 Posted March 19, 2007 how can i run it in XP sp2 mode, if u mean under XP i don't run XP anymore, i'm only interested in Vista. its still it's not running in Vista even after i installed the latest directx drivers.thanx for the help anyways right click on the arma.exe file and look for properties in the popup menu (bottom). click on properties and look for the compatibility tab (should be on the top left) and click on that. look a little ways down the compatibility window and you will see "Run the program in compatibility mode for:". click on the little box beside that to "check" it and make sure it says "Windows XP (service pack 2)". click on the apply button on the lower right hand of that properties window. then right click on the arma.exe file again and click on "Run as administrator". you can do the same as above when you launch from the arma shortcut, but the compatibility tab would be on the right instead of the left of the properties window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjall 0 Posted March 19, 2007 i tried that but still did not run. thanks for the info though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertfox 2 Posted March 19, 2007 Dear Topic starter. You have installed the game on a different operating system than the one stated in your game's system recommendations. Re-install the game on a WXP32 system and you will see how wonderful it works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Telumehtar 0 Posted March 19, 2007 That's not too helpful, Desertfox. I'm running Vista x64 and the game runs okay (I'm having problems with textures and model detail but that might be something else, especially as the game runs fine on minimum detail settings). I didn't have to do any of the things ombas suggests. Â I have UAC turned on and I'm not running the game in any compatibility more or as Administrator. The symptoms sound to me like some kind of video driver problem. Â Apart from un&re-installing everything I don't know what to suggest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bionic 10 Posted March 19, 2007 Dear Topic starter.You have installed the game on a different operating system than the one stated in your game's system recommendations. Re-install the game on a WXP32 system and you will see how wonderful it works. Dear Desertfox you can´t give it up?!? My System is running on dualboot XP 32bit and Vista 32bit there is no Prob with Vista and Arma which you cant find on XP with ArmA except V-sync you can´t turn it off with Vista drivers so you need to do that ingame but the option is missing in ArmA. Would you give him an answer that will help him when the problem would occur on XP or is it only to annoy Vistausers? @mjall Could you plz. post your Systemspecs. would help alot. greets Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
odjob 0 Posted March 19, 2007 Can i play ARMA on Vista 64bit cause when i run it, i can only see the mouse and a black screen, then i can x shadows of the game only. I am running an ATI radeon X1600 with the latest 4.2 drivers. Can you give some more info on your system? soundcard, cpu, memory, it might be helpful. Also is your Vista an upgrade or vanilla install? @Desertfox: Why are you trolling all Vista threads? You are not helping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjall 0 Posted March 22, 2007 i have a P4 1.8ghz dual core processor Ati Radeon X1600 Graphics card (Version 4.2 already installed) Creative Xi-Fi Xtreme Audio SC (latest driver installed) 4GB of DDR2 Ram Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertfox 2 Posted March 22, 2007 Quote[/b] ]Dear Desertfox you can´t give it up?!? I never give up like Tibetanians, Indios and Indianians !! -Dances- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
