Does this game run on Windows XP?

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:50 pm

The title says it all.

I've been considering getting this for a while, but I'm not sure if I could run it on my current computer, knowing how old it is.

If it isn't meant for XP, are there any patches or versions of this game meant for XP?

Daianara · Post by **Daianara** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:04 am

Hi Galuf. I'm not sure if PT runs on XP, reason for this being I always have both Windows XP and 98 installed on my pc so I can avoid being in situations where older games don't work. I would suggest doing the same thing. It doesn't take that long and the advantages are considerable. Or, you could use "Run in compatibility mode" but most of the time I found that function completely useless.
As a side note, BG 1 and 2 run fine on Windows XP.

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:21 pm

It's definitely possible, though I can't remember if I had to jump through hoops to get it to work.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:41 pm

I have XP Home installed and I've had no problems at all with PS:T. A friend of mind who also has XP had similar concerns, but like me he encountered no troubles running the game on his system.

No hoops, no problems, nothing!

kmonster · Post by **kmonster** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:11 pm

I also played through the game on XP. It worked fine.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:15 pm

Thanks for your help, folks. I'm definitely looking forward to getting this game now, hopefully for Christmas.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:32 pm

Galuf the Dwarf wrote:Thanks for your help, folks. I'm definitely looking forward to getting this game now, hopefully for Christmas.

It is an amazing game Galuf, I'm sure you'll really enjoy it.
For me, it is a close tie between PS:T and BG2 in terms of the best I've ever played.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:43 pm

My copy's not running, alas. I'm using XP Home with the latest service pack. The setup file runs for a second before stopping, though the executable remains an inactive task until I terminate it. Doing an msiexec /unregister etc doesn't do anything.

At least this isn't a Windows installer issue, since I tried starting up BG2 installation afterwards, and it worked fine. But I still wanted to play PS:T again, and this gripes me.

Crenshinibon · Post by **Crenshinibon** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:06 am

Perhaps it's the difference between the Pro and Home versions? I have pro and PS:T runs perfectly.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:28 am

Crenshinibon wrote:Perhaps it's the difference between the Pro and Home versions? I have pro and PS:T runs perfectly.

Might be, but I think DW runs XP Home, and she installed without problems. From what I've seen elsewhere on the Web last night, it appears almost arbitrarily among XP users. Very annoying, since this is one of my favorite games.

EDIT: I've received a "cure" from Tricky, which I've added to the end of the FAQ sticky.

julio · Post by **julio** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:57 am

Argh... Too bad i have XP SP2 and even the "-lgntforce" trick doesn't work! If anyone knows anything about that...

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:06 am

What exactly happens when you try to run the install?

Crenshinibon · Post by **Crenshinibon** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:10 am

When we're talking about something as big as an OS, I don't think it's random...

Fable, what version of the game do you have? What about DW?

Galuf, what version do you have?

By version I mean rather the number of CDs. I believe that there is a four or so CD version and a two CD version. I have the latter.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:12 am

As I wrote above, my problems were resolved. I suspect Galuf's were, as well, but you might send him a PM to be certain.

julio · Post by **julio** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:13 am

fable wrote:What exactly happens when you try to run the install?

well nuthing at all. I doucle click, the hourglass icons appears for few seconds and that's it. I tried to explore the cd, open setup.exe, run it on win95/98 compatibility mode and also the "-lgntforce" trick on the launch command butnothing works.

I have the 4 cd version, unpatched since I can't even install the game... On windows XP SP2 pro edition I guess. I had problems installing BG1 but I figured that out with a windows fixpack made for sp2. But PS:T still doesn't want to be installed.

julio · Post by **julio** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:25 pm

SOLVED: I just run Windows XP in Safe Mode (press F8 right after booting windows) and the installation worked!

i can play in normal mode too.

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:26 pm

Safe mode: call of last resort.

Well, I'm glad that worked for you!

Shin · Post by **Shin** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:18 pm

help please

Hi guys i started play PT on win xp sp2 but when game do auto save it bugs an show me massage an assertion faild in F:/torment/source/baldur/infgame.cpp at line number 6297 what to do please help

i have 4 cd version and all paches including pach 1.1 and fix pack