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Title: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Augur89 on November 01, 2009, 12:48:15 PM
Did somebody already test, if Bridge Commander works properly on Windows 7?
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: teleguy on November 01, 2009, 01:20:21 PM
Some people at BCS said it works with Windows 7 64 bit at the least.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: X_TheUnknown_X on November 01, 2009, 01:57:03 PM
Well, I'm running Windows 7 32-Bit, and Bridge Commander seems to work perfectly for me.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Augur89 on November 02, 2009, 05:04:17 AM
good news.
Thank you
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: milenent on November 02, 2009, 11:17:34 AM
Running better than XP
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Darkthorne on November 02, 2009, 12:28:18 PM
Runs great for me on Windows 7
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: candle_86 on November 04, 2009, 10:18:24 AM
good here
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Kingpin on November 16, 2009, 09:39:09 AM
It runs on Windows 7 with KM but when you install the Generations Galaxy bridge and the CCF and you want to play a quick battle you get a error and bc.exe stops working. Does anyone have the same problem? And what's the way to solve this?
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 16, 2009, 11:05:05 AM
that has nothing to do with windows...

did you install all the requirements for that bridge?? also did you read the readme?
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Phaser on November 22, 2009, 04:17:27 PM
Well, I'm running Windows 7 32-Bit, and Bridge Commander seems to work perfectly for me.
Good to know.  Thanks.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: cordanilus on December 03, 2009, 06:58:42 PM
Running Windows 7 x64 and BC runs smoothly.  Even better then it did on Vista.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Michael0154 on January 19, 2010, 05:54:00 PM
I went to add the voyager intrepid ship to my game and it wouldn't show up I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: JamesTiberiusKirk on January 19, 2010, 06:33:49 PM
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I went to add the voyager intrepid ship to my game and it wouldn't show up I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate

how about you first tell us what bc version, what mods etc you use and what intrepid you installed? there are so many possibillities and im a little too lazy too search for ANY.  :P
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: JimmyB76 on January 19, 2010, 07:28:17 PM
I went to add the voyager intrepid ship to my game and it wouldn't show up I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate
it isnt a Windows 7 problem...  also, use BCUT to add ships in if they dont come with their own plugins...
btw - you may wish to create a separate thread for your issue with this ship since it isnt a Win 7 problem...
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 11:20:10 AM
Hello,

First of all, sorry for thread-revival, but my issue is just with Windows 7 and BC, so I preferred not to open a new topic.

On to my issue: I have Star Trek: Bridge Commander, original version without any mods or upgrades. I've installed it on to a Windows 7 64bit computer, without any flaws.

But as I tried to run the game, simply a black screen appears, with the mouse icon hovering around. There is no videos, no menu not even any sound, I'm just watching a yellow star-trek mouse-pointer roaming around in total blackness.

I've searched other forums for this issue, and found nothing relevant. Any suggestions?

Shroudeye
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 11:22:39 AM
On Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit runs best :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 11:44:43 AM
On Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit runs best :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

that solves nothing...

anyway on to Shroudeye's question... I'd try and install BC in a directory other than programfiles like C:\Games
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 11:57:48 AM
If your BC can't install properly, reinstall it to C:\Games (x86)  folder and try again or install it in other Local Disk. For example D:\Games. My Games are in D:\Games, E:\Games and H:\Games and everything is working fine ;)
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 12:00:22 PM
I had it installed on E:/Program files/...

I'll try reinstalling it to a different location, I'll let you know if it worked or not.

BTW thanks for replying so fast :D
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 12:01:26 PM
Vladko1 I already said that  :roll

anyway I hope it works shroudeye
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 12:20:31 PM
I've relocated it to E:/Games/...

Still no effect...
???
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 12:30:41 PM
Try running as administrator with at least installed 1.1 patch :P
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 01:06:18 PM
v1.1 Patch installed, and I've tried running as admin...

No effect, again... :( :help:
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 01:22:44 PM
ok

installed in new directory E:\Games
installed BC 1.1 patch
ran as admin
have you tried deleting the options.cfg file in the bc directory?
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 01:36:25 PM
I've just did. And no effect, AGAIN...

So far I did:
-Changing installation dir,
-Running as admin,
-Compatibility mode, which seemed only to produce a "error" sound without visible error message,
-Upgrading to v1.1,
-Deleting options.cfg,
-:banghead:
And STILL no results.

One hell of a problem, I see...
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 01:39:26 PM
uninstall the game completely... reinstall in new directory then install the patch and run the game.

sooo very odd.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 01:50:32 PM
Will do, but not much hope left here...But thanks anyway...

One last ditch: I think I've read that some of the ST titles work in a FAT32 environment, the ones found in USB sticks. Do you think that will work?
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 01:51:45 PM
What is your OS? Starter, Home, Enterprise, Ultimate? I think and this is important.
EDIT: btw, try with compactibility mode under XP SP2 :P
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 01:53:12 PM
What is your OS? Starter, Home, Enterprise, Ultimate? I think and this is important.
EDIT: btw, try with compactibility mode under XP SP2 :P

don't run in compactibility mode, it's not really needed.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 01:55:51 PM
I don't run it with compactibility too, but still it's not so unimportant to forget :P
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 13, 2010, 02:02:02 PM
My os is Windows 7 Home Premium.

As I said, I've already tried using compatibility mode.

BTW, I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game&did everything from scratch, and it still not working...
I'll try using a FAT32 environment as a last ditch, I'll let you know.

Its odd, because I got some good old titles working under 7 without any mods and glitches... Like Descent 3 of Outrage&Interplay...

Thanks to both of you, for sparing your time...
Shroudeye
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 02:16:28 PM
What is your processor model, because with my old Athlon 6000+ had baad issues with BC :(
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 02:22:08 PM
What is your processor model, because with my old Athlon 6000+ had baad issues with BC :(

that wouldn't cause this.

btw when you uninstalled BC did you delete the leftover folder and files in it? (sometimes things still remain)
I'd also make sure the BC reg is cleaned from your system.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 02:24:37 PM
you are wrong. Can cause because with my old processor I had 2-3 applications which coudn't run, and now with the new, can :)
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 13, 2010, 02:30:08 PM
That's cause your processor(old one) couldn't handle the strain those applications required of it... (that's why you look at system requirements) any new computer these days can run BC without much if any problems at all.

If he's running Win 7 and has everything else running smoothly I'd bet BC would run fine.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 13, 2010, 02:34:10 PM
I mean with the OpenGL, dx8 and old dx9 applications. The applications made after 2005 didn't make any problems.
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Shroudeye on November 14, 2010, 07:13:46 AM
If its going to help,

My processor is Intel Core2 Duo, T6500 2.10Ghz, Dual core.
And yeah, I've cleaned up the leftover after uninstalling.

I don't get it... It is like the game is "working", but the sounds, visuals, etc. everything is absent. Only thing I got is the game's mouse pointer roaming around. And when I check the game folder, I see everything is in their place...

Maybe I should play in the options.cfg? Some setting might be getting in the way of everything?

Also,
I mean with the OpenGL, dx8 and old dx9 applications. The applications made after 2005 didn't make any problems.

Well, I got the Descent 3 from 1999, and its running perfectly...
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Vladko1 on November 14, 2010, 10:16:47 AM
So, if you have only a mouse pointer, this maybe is a BSoD. See the requirments of BC and install something or update your Windows from windows update. Check everything BC needs. Maybe the windows has something that BC needs and it's missing :arms:
Title: Re: BC running properly on Windows 7?
Post by: Nebula on November 14, 2010, 10:41:22 AM
I think we already figured that a while ago... though getting a console report now wouldn't hurt......