KyanoAng3l0 Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Vice City runs pretty well on my Vista Home Premium. All I just did is activate Compatibility Mode...to boost up performance. Without compatibility, it still works. Anyway, thanks for the guide. Vice City runs a lot more faster now. This guide is good for most Vista users, but for those who have better specs (I mean not the kind of specs that can boost your System Rating up to 4.0+ but the kind of specs that Vista can handle just fine), there's no need of this anymore. I have an onboard sound card, an onboard GPU and a System Rating of 3.1 but everything runs fine without Compatibility Mode. Yeah, sometimes the .set bug and the mouse-doesn't-work bug happen sometimes ONLY when I reinstall the game, update the game, update some drivers, installed new hardware, run a program in background while playing or something. But I pretty much figured it out myself without anyone's help (and without extra effort). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claude11 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Hey, I have another problem regarding GTA.... My Vice City doesn't workt that well on my computer. I have... 1 GB Ram Intel(TR) Celeron® M CPU 530@ 1.73GHz Windows Vista Home Premimum 128mb Video/Graphics Card I updated my video graphics card to Mobile Intel® 965 Express chipset Family v. 7.14.10.1437, whatever that means... My problem is that the game freezes every 15 20 minutes or whenever I get in a vehicle and change the radio station, and my CD compartment makes a loud revving noise.... recently, it started freezing and not working at all..... I am really, REALLY bad with computers, so please, if you could help, avoid computer jargon. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Is your cd scratched or something? If yes, try cleaning it. If not, then the problem might lie with your Intel graphic card. They are never good for gaming and sadly, you cannot upgrade graphic cards on a laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtamodder Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 @claude11: Try cleaning it as girishb said, and if that doesn't work, try this. And yes, you cannot upgrade the graphics card in a laptop, as it is soldered onto the board in the laptop, I think the only laptops you can upgrade the graphics card in, is the Alienware laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnyboy Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Ok, so I have it installed on a Vista computer, and I can't get rid of the gta-vc.exe. Is there any way to remove it completely, even though it says I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Ok, so I have it installed on a Vista computer, and I can't get rid of the gta-vc.exe. Is there any way to remove it completely, even though it says I can't. Did you try an Unistall yet? that should get rid of it. Also, did you click on the properties to make sure it is not "read only"? That might be the case. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymodder Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 are there ways to play this game on a 64 bit vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 are there ways to play this game on a 64 bit vista? If you have at least 2GB RAM, a decent graphics/video card, a decent processor (at least a dual core), and all up to date drivers, you should have no trouble playing the game on Vista. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymodder Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 If you have at least 2GB RAM, a decent graphics/video card, a decent processor (at least a dual core), and all up to date drivers, you should have no trouble playing the game on Vista. Hope this helps. no sh*t, 64 bit windows needs at least 4GB, a 2.5GHz dual core cpu and a 256MB 128 bit VGA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) Running the game (VC) in 98 compatibilty mode works great at fixing the mouse freeze issue, but when in compatibility mode the game does not recognize the save files, but when I go into the "Documents" folder and click on the Vice City User Files folder, the saves are still there. So how do you get the game to recognize the saves when using compatibility mode? I have Vista Home Premium, 2GB DDR2 RAM, AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core processor(2.1GHZ), ATI Radeon graphics/video card-it says approx. video memory 895mb.-Hope that helps-don't know if it's needed, but SA runs excellent on Vista on any setting, but VC is the worst about the mouse freezes for me. btw, I thought it would be better to post here, as it is a Vista related problem, rather than making a new topic. Edited October 4, 2008 by radioman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtamodder Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 (edited) Running the game (VC) in 98 compatibilty mode works great at fixing the mouse freeze issue, but when in compatibility mode the game does not recognize the save files, but when I go into the "Documents" folder and click on the Vice City User Files folder, the saves are still there. So how do you get the game to recognize the saves when using compatibility mode? I have Vista Home Premium, 2GB DDR2 RAM, AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core processor(2.1GHZ), ATI Radeon graphics/video card-it says approx. video memory 895mb.-Hope that helps-don't know if it's needed, but SA runs excellent on Vista on any setting, but VC is the worst about the mouse freezes for me. btw, I thought it would be better to post here, as it is a Vista related problem, rather than making a new topic. If you go to Public folder, then open Public Documents, there should be a folder in there named GTA Vice City User Files. If you set VC to run in 98 Compatibility mode the game will only recognize the save files in Public\Public Documents\GTA Vice City User Files. Copy the save files from: Documents\GTA Vice City User Files to Public\Public Documents\GTA Vice City User Files. Then the game should recognize the save files you had in Documents\GTA Vice City User Files. Edited October 5, 2008 by gtamodder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Actually, it won't let me transfer my saves to the public folder, because when I try to copy and paste the file, it says something about "Windows explorer has stopped responding" and restarts the desktop (It goes to a blank screen for a few seconds, then the desktop returns to normal). It does this anytime I try to cut/paste things from one folder to the next. I am on the Administrator account, because that's what My Account is. It only does this on Vista, as it never happens on my XP laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Dude, that seems to be a virus issue or something. It's definitely not normal. Do a complete anti-virus scan and then try again. Alternatively, you can also try ending the explorer.exe process manually after copying the files and then run the process again just before pasting them to the other folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Dude, that seems to be a virus issue or something. It's definitely not normal. Do a complete anti-virus scan and then try again.Alternatively, you can also try ending the explorer.exe process manually after copying the files and then run the process again just before pasting them to the other folder. Actually, it's been that way ever since I got this PC. And besides McAfee just did a scan last night-like it does every friday night, and it came up clean-nothing unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtamodder Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Do you have SP1 installed ? I had the same problem too with SA and VC, installing SP1 for me fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Do you have SP1 installed ? I had the same problem too with SA and VC, installing SP1 for me fixed it. Yes, I just bought it from Wal-Mart #919 about 3-or 4-weeks ago, and it says on the welcome center page that it is Vista Home Premium-SP1. It also has done tis on my old Vista laptop that doesnot have SP 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvarun Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 i hav windows vista home premium with 2.5 GB RAM and a dual core processor. i do not have a graphic card but have a media accelrator driver by intel. GTA vice city does not work fine on mine laptop. it shows graphics irregularities (black patches and alphabets) and driver failures (which recovers). game gets stuck often for 5 seconds (durring driver recovery). can anyone suggest anything?? thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvarun Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 exactly this problem i am talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3M9-ds_bY...player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) exactly this problem i am talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3M9-ds_bY...player_embedded That looks like a video card issue. Do you have an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator card? . If so that may be the problem, as GTA games do not seem to run well with Graphics Media Accelerator cards on Vista-those cards are good on XP, but not Vista-I have confirmed this on XP, because my laptop has that Video card, and the game runs good. Have you tried updating the Drivers for your video card? If not try that. Have you tried 98/XP compatibility mode? If that don't work, you may have to get a new Video card, that is unless you're on a laptop, as laptop cards cannot be replaced as they are soltered into the motherboard on laptops. Hope this helps. Also, please don't double post, use the "Edit" button. Edited February 24, 2009 by radioman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvarun Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 hey thnx a lot... i upgraded my video drivers and GTA runs ok. not very clear though... but still will do. thnx again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuds725 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 hey thnx a lot... i upgraded my video drivers and GTA runs ok. not very clear though... but still will do.thnx again. If the pixels are boxy, increase your resolution-- it defaults to 640 x 480... Load it up, before you start a game (or load a save)-- go into options and set your resolution- you cannot change it with a game loaded-- it will retain the settings you select for next time (you won't have to change it every time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvarun Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 hey thnx a lot... i upgraded my video drivers and GTA runs ok. not very clear though... but still will do.thnx again. If the pixels are boxy, increase your resolution-- it defaults to 640 x 480... Load it up, before you start a game (or load a save)-- go into options and set your resolution- you cannot change it with a game loaded-- it will retain the settings you select for next time (you won't have to change it every time). even b4 the game starts, the pixels in display options can not be changed. they remain the same. this was never a problem when i ran the same game on my old laptop with xp. pixels use to go upto 1200 X 800. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spuds725 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 try deleting your .set file-- loading up the game and see if lets you change it... is it currently 640x480?? Should be in the same folder as your game saves. Sorry, I've never tried it on Vista... I'm kind of guessing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abruzzi Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hello, i have a big problem whith windows vista, i have downloaded a save game with the game is complete at 100 % but it didn't want to run ! When i want to start this savegame a black window take place. Help me please (and sorry for my bad english i am french) =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hello, i have a big problem whith windows vista, i have downloaded a save game with the game is complete at 100 % but it didn't want to run !When i want to start this savegame a black window take place. Help me please (and sorry for my bad english i am french) =) Do you have the Steam version of the game? If so, that is the problem, as from what I have read, the Steam version saves are NOT compatible with the Retail(CD) version. Also, do you have any script mods installed, if so, then that may be the problem. Vista has nothing to do with game save compatibilty, as I have used saves from my XP laptop without any problem on my Vista Desktop. So, in short, it is either the Steam version, or mods that are messing up the game for you. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abruzzi Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Regrettably i haven't the steam version of vice city and nobody mod have been install on the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti2008 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I, BTW run the game on dad's laptop, which is Vista Home Premium, & the game goes very well. Why peope have trouble with Vista. I certainly prefer XP. But Vista is not that bad. Just a bit otherwise designed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC-Chico Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 aye got a question. i actually wasnt on for along time. is it actually posible to play vc on this machine specs:Manufacturer: Intel® Core i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 6134MB RAM Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4650 Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612) b4 u answer is it actually rly posible? just forgot this for along time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I see no reason why you won't be able to play the game on that machine. You should be able to play at the highest possible settings with the highest possible fps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC-Chico Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 like lets say 1920×1080p resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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