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Does this game run on Windows XP?
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:50 pm
by Galuf the Dwarf
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?
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:04 am
by Daianara
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:21 pm
by Vicsun
It's definitely possible, though I can't remember if I had to jump through hoops to get it to work.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:41 pm
by dragon wench
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!
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:11 pm
by kmonster
I also played through the game on XP. It worked fine.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:15 pm
by Galuf the Dwarf
Thanks for your help, folks. I'm definitely looking forward to getting this game now, hopefully for Christmas.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:32 pm
by dragon wench
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:43 pm
by fable
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.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:06 am
by Crenshinibon
Perhaps it's the difference between the Pro and Home versions? I have pro and PS:T runs perfectly.
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:28 am
by fable
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:57 am
by julio
Argh... Too bad i have XP SP2 and even the "-lgntforce" trick doesn't work! If anyone knows anything about that...
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:06 am
by fable
What exactly happens when you try to run the install?
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:10 am
by Crenshinibon
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:12 am
by fable
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:13 am
by julio
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:25 pm
by julio
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:26 pm
by fable
Safe mode: call of last resort.
Well, I'm glad that worked for you!
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:18 pm
by Shin
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
