San Andreas on Windows Vista

[Ring_of_Fire]

No. Always set it to Windows 98/Me for every game or application run on Vista unless of course they support it. But if the application itself complains because the OS chosen is not supported, then just turn off compatibility mode (or use Windows XP/NT/2003/2000 which would have the same effect).

 

San Andreas for some reason doesn't complain if it is set to Windows 98, even though the game doesn't support it as stated in the ReadMe. Then again, it's either because of R*'s programming and file structure being similiar to that of Vice City, or because of the OS compatibility mode emulation sucking up.

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=307992

Edited February 12, 2008 by Ring_of_Fire

[lord_Firestar]

I still don't see where you all are having problems running it, I don't run in compatibility mode, my system is nothing special as it only an acer aspire, although I'm not using the acer version of vista, and I'm running Ulitmate with 1 gig of ram and the video is a ati radon and not nvidia, I have run it with the UCA turned on and off, and still can not find the problems that you seem to have, I have not deleted any of the files but also have not upgraded it, so it runs as straight of the disc.

 

 

I see you are also using a ATI Radon Ring_of_Fire and so I'm wondering if the differance is that I'm runnig the Ulimate version were as you are running the home version.

 

Edited October 2, 2007 by lord_Firestar

[Ring_of_Fire]

 

my system is nothing special

I'm pretty sure nobody around here should be shocked by that comment (even if they are), because I know for a fact that any game or application can work on any computer so as long as the drivers are up-to-date.

 

 

I don't run in compatibility mode

You mean you don't experience mouse issues and random crashes yet? You will soon, though. Try deleting the [.set] file because I hope you didn't change the compatibility modes before and then switch it back, as this will be still like running in compatibility mode (because of the settings file).

 

 

and still can not find the problems that you seem to have

Try turning on AA (Level 1-3) in "Disaply Setup" and restart San Andreas. Can you watch the intro? (I hope you are using the Vista drivers for Catalyst Control Center by the way.) http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=4537502

 

 

I see you are also using a ATI Radon Ring_of_Fire and so I'm wondering if the differance is that I'm runnig the Ulimate version were as you are running the home version.

The difference in the OS between us is clear. Games will run similar in any Vista OS.

 

 

Problems for you to experiment with:

 

1. When compatibility is set to Windows 98/Me, can you jump with the [LSHIFT] key?

2.

Is this "black road" fixable on any graphical settings used (whether it be maximum or minimum?) I am saying this because it could most likely be the only black road gamers cannot fix on their Windows XP/Vista systems.

Edited October 2, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire

[OGIamLoco]

Lord_Firestar, I notice you have Vista 32-bit, so I’m not surprised you have no problems.

 

Does anybody actually have Vista 64-bit installed and have no problems, and if so

does compatibility mode fix it?

 

[Ring_of_Fire]

 

Does anybody actually have Vista 64-bit installed and have no problems, and if so

does compatibility mode fix it?

What do you mean? It doesn't work for you? I guess I would try making sure that every driver I update is meant for Windows Vista x64 or 64-bit.

 

But you should really try to see if it works first before posting here. Or telling us if it works/don't work.

 

As a start, the first thing I would do is to get rid of the UAC protection as will as any 64-bit security protection in your x64 Vista operating system. You can enable 'em once you are through playing your game. My assumption is that it should work just fine. Any troubleshooting guidelines or problems should be similar for 32-bit/64-bit Vista OS's.

[OGIamLoco]

Does anybody actually have Vista 64-bit installed and have no problems, and if so

does compatibility mode fix it?

What do you mean? It doesn't work for you? I guess I would try making sure that every driver I update is meant for Windows Vista x64 or 64-bit.

 

But you should really try to see if it works first before posting here. Or telling us if it works/don't work.

 

As a start, the first thing I would do is to get rid of the UAC protection as will as any 64-bit security protection in your x64 Vista operating system. You can enable 'em once you are through playing your game. My assumption is that it should work just fine. Any troubleshooting guidelines or problems should be similar for 32-bit/64-bit Vista OS's.

Sorry I should have been clearer I guess.

I’ve read through most of this thread and most posts that say Vista works don’t say

If they have the 32 or the 64 bit installed, and still others have problems.

Which is why I kinda re-asked the original question

 

I still use XP, but in a few months I want to build a new computer and I am undecided

what OS to use.

 

[Ring_of_Fire]

 

I still use XP, but in a few months I want to build a new computer and I am undecided what OS to use.

Well you have the option of buying 2 hard drives and installing both Windows Vista 32/64. Also, you can partitiion the hard drive so that you can dual-boot. Another option is to virtualize Windows Vista 32-bit or Windows XP using Microsoft's Virtual PC.

 

You probably should get Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. That's what I am using, and I running games happily on it with an aged-out motherboard/CPU/RAM!

[dxk]

Whats all the fuss about Windows Vista being defficult to use i'm using windows Vista and it took me a couple of months to familiarise with it ...................at first my sound card was not recogonised now it does and all is cool with the SA on it too..................BY THE WAY THE NEXT WINDOWS OS IS VeeNA(not sure of the spelling) which sould easier than vista....

[VCHolmes]

Whats all the fuss about Windows Vista being defficult to use i'm using windows Vista and it took me a couple of months to familiarise with it ...................at first my sound card was not recogonised now it does and all is cool with the SA on it too..................BY THE WAY THE NEXT WINDOWS OS IS VeeNA(not sure of the spelling) which sould easier than vista....

The game may work fine for you, but a lot of other people have been having trouble with it. Each person's PC will differ from the others. Its not any fuss; its troubleshooting.

It's Windows Vienna by the way.

[Frisk]

I'll admit I haven't played SA in awhile but I don't remember it looking like this.

 

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/The...bsfvvbngmhm.jpg

[Ring_of_Fire]

Have you updated your drivers and reset your graphics control panel settings to their defaults? Have you deleted [.set] file and is the color quality set to 32-bit, and not 16-bit?

[Frisk]

Yeah i did.

I deleted the .set file and now it only does that if I change the resolution. Oh well,I'll have to live.

[Ring_of_Fire]

 

Yeah i did.

I deleted the .set file and now it only does that if I change the resolution. Oh well,I'll have to live.

Nah, I got it to work on Vista as seen in the screenshots above. So you don't have to live with it - it can be fixed!

 

Did you set the resolution to the max your monitor supports, as well as 32-bit? Make sure the refresh rate is 70-75Hz, otherwise 60Hz if that's what it supports. Also make sure things like "Visual FX Quality/AA/Draw Distance" are set on HIGH.

 

It might be a monitor issue too - Reset the image/color/contrast/gamma/brightness settings of your monitor to the factory defaults!

Edited October 26, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire

[LP640]

Mmm yeah not seeing something spectacular.. Wonder if DX10 will make it look interesting..

[ajb123644]

my system is nothing special

I'm pretty sure nobody around here should be shocked by that comment (even if they are), because I know for a fact that any game or application can work on any computer so as long as the drivers are up-to-date.

 

 

I don't run in compatibility mode

You mean you don't experience mouse issues and random crashes yet? You will soon, though. Try deleting the [.set] file because I hope you didn't change the compatibility modes before and then switch it back, as this will be still like running in compatibility mode (because of the settings file).

 

 

and still can not find the problems that you seem to have

Try turning on AA (Level 1-3) in "Disaply Setup" and restart San Andreas. Can you watch the intro? (I hope you are using the Vista drivers for Catalyst Control Center by the way.) http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...dpost&p=4537502

 

 

I see you are also using a ATI Radon Ring_of_Fire and so I'm wondering if the differance is that I'm runnig the Ulimate version were as you are running the home version.

The difference in the OS between us is clear. Games will run similar in any Vista OS.

 

 

Problems for you to experiment with:

 

1. When compatibility is set to Windows 98/Me, can you jump with the [LSHIFT] key?

2.

Is this "black road" fixable on any graphical settings used (whether it be maximum or minimum?) I am saying this because it could most likely be the only black road gamers cannot fix on their Windows XP/Vista systems.

Yeah liking your point here about the 'not crashing? yet ' My friend it never crashed for me for a while and then just did it. It really annoyed me I was saving after a mission

[riggs4ever]

I'm having problems getting San Andreas to run on Vista.

 

It loads up fine, but when it gets to the loading page with GTA San Andreas Copyright 2005 blahblah, it crashed back to the desktop.

[VCHolmes]

riggs4ever, please create a new topic in the Troubleshooting forum. Also, read the posting requirements before you create the topic.

[WaDaFuG]

It works fine..

Guess you don't meet the requirements for gtasa

 

[ajb123644]

It works fine..

Guess you don't meet the requirements for gtasa

Haha maybe but saying that I do have better everything for it and SA is what two years old so my pc considering its a year old now should be able to fit the requirements.

[MSThug]

I play San Andreas on Vista at my cousin's house all the time... Just a pain in the ass when it asks you to click Allow when your trying to install mods and sh*t but the game works perfectly.

[Ring_of_Fire]

I play San Andreas on Vista at my cousin's house all the time... Just a pain in the ass when it asks you to click Allow when your trying to install mods and sh*t but the game works perfectly.

Disable UAC.

[fwtk!232]

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[Ring_of_Fire]

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I have an eMachine and everything running fine!

 

Any computer can run Vista as long as it has Vista drivers for its hardware.

[fsulenes]

Well, I'm *trying* to run GTA:SA under Vista, but not having much luck.

 

My machine is about a year old. When I ran SA under Windows XP SP2, it ran smooth as silk.

 

I upgraded to WinXP 64 bit. SA got unhappy, and started running very, very choppy. Put a couple of explosions on the screen, and you could bog down to 1 frame every 2 or 3 seconds. I futzed with the video settings and stuff, but nothing worked. Oh well... I needed to do other things anyway.

 

Upgraded again last week to Vista Ultimate. Figured I'd give SA a try again. It installs without any problems. However, when I try to run the game I get a most curious error message:

 

"Please remove disc from current CD/DVD drive and insert the original

disc

in another drive ?:."

 

Formatted just like that, with the question mark at the end and everything.

 

Nevermind I only have one DVD drive, or that I just ran the install program off that same drive. Anyway, I've messed around with reinstalling and adminstrator and emulation without any luck, so I'm going to check here. Wish me luck.

 

UPDATE - Turns out that was an error code from SecurROM. With that as a clue I did some hardware jiggling and got SA running and happy again. Looks like the frame rates are back to normal, too.

Please help me. I am having the same problem with the insert disc in cd drive. What exactly did you do to get SA working?

[Aex]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+, 2.8GHz

3.5GB RAM

500GB HD

Vista Home Premium (32-bit)

256MD ATI Radeon X1300

 

It works fine most of the time, but when I alt+tab out to check on other programs, occasionally, when I go back to S.A, the mouse doesn't seem to respond. Then, after a while, the game crashes. Very frustrating.

 

Plus, my video card is awful (should be getting a 9800GT when they're released).

[Ring_of_Fire]

 

It works fine most of the time, but when I alt+tab out to check on other programs, occasionally, when I go back to S.A, the mouse doesn't seem to respond. Then, after a while, the game crashes. Very frustrating.

Happens when you press [ESC] as well. I have the same problem, and I think I lessened it down by pressing [ESC] rapidly before the game had the chance to crash on me! However, shocking as it may sound - Windows 98 mode didn't help. I was thinking about uninstalling/reinstalling San Andreas deleting [.set] file, and installing Patch v1.01.

 

 

Please help me. I am having the same problem with the insert disc in cd drive. What exactly did you do to get SA working?

SecuROM for San Andreas doesn't support Vista. Also, I think it's a security bug in Vista that may think a certain program is "hacking" and so you will get something similar to an "Access Denied" or a "Exception Processing Message/No Disk" error. I think if you disable UAC, it might work. Also, set the compatibiltiy of the [gta_sa.exe] to Windows XP SP2. That way SecuROM can recognize you are running Windows XP. (All this is assuming you did insert the SA disc into the correct drive, and that the firmware is updated).

 

And I not sure if knew his but try adding a shortcut to San Andreas on your desktop or as a quick launch. I realized that some of my programs such as boot disk creators only work on the VERY FIRST attempt. Meaning that if you launch something once, and try to launch it again - it won't work because of the security feature of Vista I was talking about that willl give you "Access denied/No Disk - Exception Processing Error" messages.

 

 

The only fix for Vista is via a crack, though. If Multi Theft Auto cannot work, then most programs for Vista like this WILL not work! You have to rollback to XP or use a SecuROM crack.

Edited December 17, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire

[ajb123644]

It works fine most of the time, but when I alt+tab out to check on other programs, occasionally, when I go back to S.A, the mouse doesn't seem to respond. Then, after a while, the game crashes. Very frustrating.

Happens when you press [ESC] as well. I have the same problem, and I think I lessened it down by pressing [ESC] rapidly before the game had the chance to crash on me! However, shocking as it may sound - Windows 98 mode didn't help. I was thinking about uninstalling/reinstalling San Andreas deleting [.set] file, and installing Patch v1.01.

 

 

Please help me. I am having the same problem with the insert disc in cd drive. What exactly did you do to get SA working?

SecuROM for San Andreas doesn't support Vista. Also, I think it's a security bug in Vista that may think a certain program is "hacking" and so you will get something similar to an "Access Denied" or a "Exception Processing Message/No Disk" error. I think if you disable UAC, it might work. Also, set the compatibiltiy of the [gta_sa.exe] to Windows XP SP2. That way SecuROM can recognize you are running Windows XP. (All this is assuming you did insert the SA disc into the correct drive, and that the firmware is updated).

 

And I not sure if knew his but try adding a shortcut to San Andreas on your desktop or as a quick launch. I realized that some of my programs such as boot disk creators only work on the VERY FIRST attempt. Meaning that if you launch something once, and try to launch it again - it won't work because of the security feature of Vista I was talking about that willl give you "Access denied/No Disk - Exception Processing Error" messages.

 

 

The only fix for Vista is via a crack, though. If Multi Theft Auto cannot work, then most programs for Vista like this WILL not work! You have to rollback to XP or use a SecuROM crack.

Umm strange that actually, what programs have been like this? I appear to have not had any problems like that where I need to add an icon to the desktop, strange that.

[Ring_of_Fire]

Ignore what I said about the adding a shortcut to desktop as it has the same effect. It's just that certain programs like boot disk creators only work on the first time when you run them. After that, it no longer works. And this security feature in Vista is causing MTA not to work as well.

 

Here's what I mean if I try to use the same program (ShinoD7 Boot disk of the NiNja) after it was used before:

 

Access Denied...

Error message -> http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k166/MWarfare/match.png

 

Error message -> http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k166/MWa.../disk_error.png

 

Error message -> http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k166/MWarfare/ad.png

 

This is what it did...

 

Windows 98/Me compatibility mode...

Error message -> http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k166/MWarfare/image.png

 

Successful format after restart and run on the first time...

Edited December 22, 2007 by Ring_of_Fire

[jaygta91]

I have been playing San Andreas on my Vista for about 4 months now and it works 100% perfect. There are no problems at all.

[gtamodder]

I've been playing for a couple of months now with San Andreas in Vista. If runs so amazing, even better then my older PC Which had XP Home for OS.

 

But because i have 1 Gig of RAM, Nvidia Geforce 8500 GT 256MB, Genuine Intel ® CPU 2.8 GHZ,