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Title: How to get BC to work with Vista
Post by: dep88y on December 16, 2008, 02:58:06 PM

 I'm posting this if it will help anyone. This is what I had to do. Vista seems unpredictable starting the game itself without mods. I had bsod on three occasions, two were solved by checking the administrator box on the properties compatability window.The last time I had to check the run as XP Service pack2 box and run as administrator. I downloaded supermod 3 and followed the instructions with the recommendations. The reccommendations being to install BCMI and BCMP into the Bridge Commander folder. This did not work. I started all over and installed bcmi & bcmp into there own folder, reinstalled supermod 3 and it works. I believe someone wrote about vista having file placement problems; this very much seems to be the case. Actually, it may get conflicted with those folders in there not that vista put them in the wrong place.
 OH! I forgot that the mutator menu didn't work and I downloaded UMM and installed. Worked fine! Thanks for all your help.

Title: Re: How to get BC to work with Vista
Post by: limey BSc. on December 16, 2008, 05:29:35 PM

Vista tries to be clever and protects things in the Program Files folder. The only thing you need to do to get BC working flawlessly on Vista is install it somewhere else, say "C:/Games". As for BCMI and BCMP, they shouldn't even be on your computer! BCUT does everything both of those did, but better.

Title: Re: How to get BC to work with Vista
Post by: Nebula on December 16, 2008, 08:30:24 PM

huh I have Vista and BC is in the program files folder and it works fine.

Title: Re: How to get BC to work with Vista
Post by: 086gf on December 16, 2008, 08:31:36 PM

Quote from: Nebula on December 16, 2008, 08:30:24 PM

huh I have Vista and BC is in the program files folder and it works fine.

Same for me...plus I know what im doing.

Title: Re: How to get BC to work with Vista
Post by: MLeo on December 17, 2008, 03:43:11 AM

Well, not everyone has a masters degree in Vista administration, nor does everyone run as sudo administrator by default.
We need to provide generic, and simple, solutions to problems. If most people asking here are Vista administrators as their job, then they mostlikely wouldn't even be asking.

So, we need to err for easiness of solution, in this case, not install BC in program files on a vista installation.

Title: Re: How to get BC to work with Vista
Post by: Barihawk on December 17, 2008, 10:27:48 PM

Quote from: limey98 on December 16, 2008, 05:29:35 PM

Vista tries to be clever and protects things in the Program Files folder. The only thing you need to do to get BC working flawlessly on Vista is install it somewhere else, say "C:/Games". As for BCMI and BCMP, they shouldn't even be on your computer! BCUT does everything both of those did, but better.

This works, I've been using it for two years now. Flawless and easy. No hassle required.