STEAM DEAL - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - £3.74

paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:34

want to buy this but after reading the problems with win7 64bit its putting me off

should i take the risk?

gronf · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:48

^No problems with W7 x64 here, but that's with the disc (3 x CD) version, dunno about Steam...

paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:51

jomiyo said:
^No problems with W7 x64 here, but that's with the disc (3 x CD) version, dunno about Steam...I'd expect it'd be fine tho.

had a quick google, and the steam version only works up to windows xp as this is all that was around on games release. but with the unofficial patch it 'should' work with ALL versions after xp. i know its only £4, but if it wont work could put that towards something else.

gronf · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:54

Eh, Steam's way of doing things may indeed present problems..

cosmos55 · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:59

no probs here so far, win7 x64 gtx560/2500k
downloaded off steam and applied the unofficial 7.6b patch.
The only problem is that i don't see any splash screens when i start the game

FoxEye · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:01

Having problems on w7-amd64 here, with GTX460 and AMD x3.

Black screens for all videos :/

[edit: nm, fixed that

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gronf · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:10

FoxEye said:
[edit: nm, fixed that ]

Was it a Steam-specific problem? What was it and how'd you solve it?

FoxEye · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:13

jomiyo said:
Was it a Steam-specific problem? What was it and how'd you solve it?

Ah just the opening movies (company ads) being black. Solution was Google

I'm just trying to work out how to get widescreen res to work now. Suspect Google knows this too

[edit: Widescreen works

Looks like I too have no problems running this on w7-64

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paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:16

FoxEye said:
Ah just the opening movies (company ads) being black. Solution was Google I'm just trying to work out how to get widescreen res to work now. Suspect Google knows this too

so you just skipped the opening ads and the rest plays fine?

gronf · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:16

Ah, good

Think I'll install mine now..

FoxEye · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:19

paradisiac said:
so you just skipped the opening ads and the rest plays fine?

No you disable visual themes and compositing and they play just fine.

paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:20

ah right, will google that then and buy it. even my laptop meets its min requirements

Jesus · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:21

There's a res patcher easily found that can modify the resolutions for widescreen

madindehead · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:24

I bought it, and the unofficial patch makes the game work on Windows 7 64-bit.

Got the res patcher from the unofficial patch. All patched, going to test.

FoxEye · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:25

madindehead said:
I bought it, and the unofficial patch makes the game work on Windows 7 64-bit.

Going to find the res patcher and test that.

The res patcher is part of the unofficial patch. It's in the "extras" directory under the main game folder.

paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:32

ok, i know this is dumb, but i can install it on my laptop now, and then on my pc when at home, but i can only play it on one computer at a time (as steam only allows you to be logged in on one machine)?

dunno · 30 Jul 2011 at 12:33

bought it off Steam, applied unofficial patch 7.6b, set it to run in xp compatibility mode but crashes whenever I enter/exit buildings with an access violation

Kosmiche · 30 Jul 2011 at 13:08

paradisiac said:
ok, i know this is dumb, but i can install it on my laptop now, and then on my pc when at home, but i can only play it on one computer at a time (as steam only allows you to be logged in on one machine)?

Yep you got it.

paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 13:09

Eames said:
Yep you got it.

awesome

paradisiac · 30 Jul 2011 at 13:50

so far seems to be running fine on my laptop (win7 64bit)