S.T.A.L.K.E.R not displaying right in Vista + 8800 GTS

RaiderX · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:47

i have just reinstalled vista on my system now i have a stable overclock on my E6300 and 2GB RAM, when i go to play STALKER it is completelly unplayable. i cant see anything but the sky. i was told the new drivers fixed the problems people were having but they have made it worse for me. the game works fine in XP so i know the hardware isnt causing the problem.

any help on fixing this would be appreciated

Down1oader · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:50

Did you upgrade to vista? This issue is known. Something about the game not understanding where all the directories are. Fixes i vaguely remember are:

Running the game in admin status
disabling UAC comepletely in vista

Sorry thats all i can help you with, i get the exact same thing in my vista install but i assumed it was because i was trying to run it off my xp partition without installing it in vista!

Voltage · 21 Apr 2007 at 20:52

got the same problem, the game is collecting dust until they patch it.

RaiderX · 21 Apr 2007 at 22:49

ive disabled UAC so the run as admin does nothing

LoadsaMoney · 21 Apr 2007 at 22:50

Are you on the 100.70 drivers, as that happens if you force AA through the Nvidia CP, if your on the latest drivers make sure your not forcing AA through the Nvidia CP.

Zogger · 22 Apr 2007 at 00:07

RaiderX said:
ive disabled UAC so the run as admin does nothing

Have you tried it? I disabled UAC but iirc the realtek drivers still needed run as admin

Madgeordie2004 · 22 Apr 2007 at 12:35

Set your AF and AA to application controlled in nvidia control panel, I have just got what you have.

RaiderX · 22 Apr 2007 at 19:14

i have the 158.18 drivers.

Hxc · 22 Apr 2007 at 19:44

A buggy game coupled with shoddy drivers, go back to XP for games mate.

LoadsaMoney · 22 Apr 2007 at 20:06

Hxc said:
A buggy game coupled with shoddy drivers, go back to XP for games mate.

Thats best for the time being.

bodybag · 22 Apr 2007 at 20:09

Hxc said:
A buggy game coupled with shoddy drivers, go back to XP for games mate.

Yep, Thats what I have done, had the same problem with Stalker ......just go back to XP until all is well with Vista!

Sound advice.

MagicThighs · 22 Apr 2007 at 22:02

In the nvidia control panel select "let the application decide" and all should be well. Well you will at least be able to play.

bfar · 23 Apr 2007 at 11:24

MagicThighs said:
In the nvidia control panel select "let the application decide" and all should be well. Well you will at least be able to play.

Yup, you can enable AA in the game options. All will be well.

Ronaldo · 23 Apr 2007 at 13:58

use the new drivers from nvidia site, mine works fine

RaiderX · 24 Apr 2007 at 02:24

Ronaldo said:
use the new drivers from nvidia site, mine works fine

i already was using the latest drivers and got no change.

ive managed to fix it now making nVidia control panel not affect stalkers AA and AF.