Unreal Gold in Vista 32

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Hello to all. I am new to Vista, and definitely not in league with the pros, but I have gone through all the gaming posts, and followed the suggestions for downloading updates, especially the SP1. Here is my issue: Despite troubleshooting; updating all drivers; downloading and installing SP1, and performing all automatic updates, I still receive a critical error message regarding virtual memory, which crashes the game after the first level, when loading the second level of the game.
My system is a HP Pavillion dv9500; windows vista home premium 32 bit OS; AMD Turion 64x2 1.90 Ghz; 1938 MB RAM;
I changed the compatibility to those recommended for win 95 games; have increased the virtual memory via custom settings to the maximum of (1938 x 3) allowed per system.

I love this game, and really want to play it on my laptop, but at this time, I do not have any free money to upgrade or purchase or make changes in hardware, etc.

Does anyone have a fix for this?
 
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I tried to play the unreal anthology games on my old computer and got BSOD'd every time. It would either happen in game or when I exited. I got tired of it and finally just uninstalled them. I haven't tried them on this machine. I think they just did a crappy job trying to get them to work on new machines. Sorry that doesn't answer your question but I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone comes up with a solution. I wanted to play them again.
 

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thanks for the reply Bubba. I can play it on my fairly new computer that is running an upgraded win98/winxp; one I had custom made about 7 years ago. It's the vista that is the problem; I uninstalled the unreal game today; going to run another windows update, then reload the game;

unreal gold has been very good for me otherwise; it really gets my goat that microsoft puts out a 'fix' that doesn't really fix; then says, well, the only real solution is to upgrade to 64 from 32. I did not realize this was a 64 forum when I posted; I was simply looking for tips on how to get unreal gold to work; am going to try and find a 32 forum;

thanks.
 

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Hello tamivilla,

Welcome to the site, We arnt just a 64bit website I myself use 32bit...

Unreal Gold does work under Vista I guess you need to contact Unreal Games for some old patchs or try the game though Steam as it works for me running it from there.

dmex
 

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thanks; did not even think about redownloading the unreal updates; will do that asap. How do you run it on your machine? dont know what you mean...tami
 

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Hey again,

Im using a program called Steam for all my games as it keeps them all updated/ready and available anywhere I have Internet access...

The unreal patchs can be downloaded here I think...Unreal - Downloads

Let me know...Cheers
dmex
 

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dmex said:
Hey again,

Im using a program called Steam for all my games as it keeps them all updated/ready and available anywhere I have Internet access...

The unreal patchs can be downloaded here I think...Unreal - Downloads

Let me know...Cheers
dmex
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Yeah but what about us folks who find steam to be an unwanted virus and refuse to use it? Refuse to the point where I will uninstalled halflifeII from muy old computer and will not buy anything that requires the virus called steam to be downloaded on my computer? Is there a way to get Unreal to work or was I just screwed again by steam and them not saying on the box (AGAIN, as they did with halflife) that you have to use their virus to play the game?
 

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    Intel Core2Quad Q9450
    Motherboard
    nForce 790i Ultra SLI(evga)
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    2 e-GeForce 9800GX2(SLI mode)
    Hard Drives
    WD1500AHFD (Raptor 150 GB 10,000 RPM)
You can get Unreal working....download the patch's from the link in my post..


I know what you mean about Steam, It can be a pain sometimes but the changes where necessary to keep games fair online or do you want a million cheaters with god mode?​

If you tried learning about Steam you would understand just how good its features are and how to use them all to your advantage....​



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Yeah but what about us folks who find steam to be an unwanted virus and refuse to use it? Refuse to the point where I will uninstalled halflifeII from muy old computer and will not buy anything that requires the virus called steam to be downloaded on my computer? Is there a way to get Unreal to work or was I just screwed again by steam and them not saying on the box (AGAIN, as they did with halflife) that you have to use their virus to play the game?​
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