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Riceboi

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

30 Jan 2007 at 21:23 - 1

Hello

I am ordering a new laptop from Dell. It looks like they only come with Vista home edition now, and no Windows XP.

Can guild wars run on Windows Vista? I remember reading something somewhere that said guild wars can't run with vista.

Has anyone run guild wars on their dell laptop with vista os? Any comments?

Thanks
Joe

Liberations

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

Azeroth (shhh)

Ryders of the Sword [FrNd]

E/

30 Jan 2007 at 21:32 - 2

PlayNC support says no, but I highly doubt it will stay like that for long. Give them a few months and I'm sure it'll be useable on Windows Vista. Maybe there's an accesibility mode for things that can only run on Windows XP. Not sure. I'm planning on getting a Windows Vista laptop from Dell too within the next couple of months, so I hope I can play GW on it.

AOD_EaSyKiLL

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Angels of Death

Mo/

30 Jan 2007 at 21:44 - 3

Runs perfect look a few threads down

Sentao Nugra

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Crystal Lake, Illinois

Grenths Rejects [GR]

30 Jan 2007 at 21:54 - 4

Yup, I am running it as we speak.

lightblade

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

The Etereal Guard

Me/Mo

30 Jan 2007 at 22:40 - 5

GW supports vista but not dx10

Windblade Ionic Z

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

30 Jan 2007 at 23:01 - 6

Works fine. No issues here.

ElinoraNeSangre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Near Seattle, WA

Talionis De Cineris [EXUR]

N/Me

30 Jan 2007 at 23:24 - 7

Running great for me too.

Lonesamurai

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cheltenham, Glos, UK

Wolf Pack Samurai [WPS]

R/A

30 Jan 2007 at 23:30 - 8

Works sweet for me, only issue I had was with the 64bit version of vista, but the 32bit version is funky

RandomEngy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Kansas City Hotsteppers [KCHS]

P/

31 Jan 2007 at 05:02 - 9

I installed it but all my templates disappeared. Turns out it moved the templates directory to Documents/Guild Wars.

Str0b0

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Carolina

N/Me

31 Jan 2007 at 06:00 - 10

It works fine on Vista. I beta tested Vista and one of the things I was really concerned about was Guild wars compatibility. I think NCSoft is just playing it safe till they get their cert from Microsoft.

levortex

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

Netherlands, gelderland

none yet

E/Mo

31 Jan 2007 at 07:53 - 11

GW works on Vista, but there may be some bugs when running GW on vista and NCsoft just doesnt support vista yet and wont do anything about that bugs (i have no idea what bugs there are). Over a couple of weeks probally NCsoft will support Vista too

AOD_EaSyKiLL

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2006

Angels of Death

Mo/

31 Jan 2007 at 19:28 - 12

No bugs that I have seen. Any issues would be most likely due to hardware config and drivers.

Of course EAX doesn't work, but thats a known loss, due to changes in the way audio works.