So far I've got the HPS titles working well in Vista. Now I'm trying the BG series.
In the past, I've been able to reinstall on XP simply by backing up the game directory, then pasting into Program Files the entire, patched, game directory. Then pasting the game's .ini file into the Windows directory got me the sounds and music.
So, I tried that in Vista. Game starts OK, but it reads an error on finding the scenario file. In Vista, I'm not placing the game in Program Files because Vista protects programs in there. However, I've placed the game directory under C:\ and Program Files too, but the scenario error persists. If I try to open the scenario inside the game, such as for custom scenarios, then the map can't be found. I suspect the game can be played in Vista, but the pathfinding to the subdirectories in the game seem to be broken.
By the way, I've tried running as administrator, setting compatibility to XP SP2 (for both the start.exe and the game .exe). With this kind of problem, I'm not even sure if using XP in MS Virtual PC would work.
Lt. General Dirk Gross
XIV Corps/AoC
