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#226254 - 12/31/10 06:10 PM Playing on a netbook
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I've played all my LDW games on my netbook, and was soooo excited to try VV5, but after downloading I get an access violation error when trying to open the game.

Please don't tell me the games resolution will not play on a netbook as I'm sure I'm not the only ones who carries their little villagers around in the netbook. frown

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#226255 - 12/31/10 06:21 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: virtualbrenda]
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VV5 is 1024x768, instead of the 800x600 size we used for previous games. That size has many benefits, but it can present problems on computers that don't support resolutions higher than 1024x768. Without knowing the specific error code you're getting, I can't say exactly what the problem is, but (assuming that it's due to the display size and resolution) the procedures in this post should help you. I have tested VV5 in full-screen mode on older computers that supported only 800x600, and it worked fine.
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#226261 - 12/31/10 07:08 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: LadyCFII]
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Thank you very much for your quick response LadyCFII.

I went and tried all the fixes.

The first change in configuration didn't work, but force windowed it did open the game in the task bar and I could hear music, but when I clicked on the game in the task bar nothing happened.

It's eating up my trial time to wait too long to see what it does.

So I then went and checked all the settings, and I have everything enabled that it said I needed. My driver date is old, 08, but when I tried to update it said it's the most current available.

Is there any hope if it managed to at least open at the bottom of my netbook in the taskbar?

The error seemed to be the same as the one just posted in the bug reporting thread. It's a series of errors, and I can't type them out as they freeze the screen and now I'm not getting them, instead it's just frozen in the task bar and I need to use task manager to close it down.

Also, my highest resolution available is 1024 x 600. This could be the problem??


Edited by virtualbrenda (12/31/10 07:09 PM)

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#226267 - 12/31/10 08:01 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: virtualbrenda]
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There is one other known issue that affects VV4, as well. If you use Firefox and have it running when you try to launch the game, Firefox will prevent VV from displaying full screen. It will stay minimized and can't be restored until you quit Firefox.

If that's not the issue, then you might try setting your display resolution to something closer to 800x600 and see if that helps.
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#226270 - 12/31/10 08:27 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: LadyCFII]
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I did have FF open the first time around, so I made sure it was closed.

The first options with 1 in the full screen=1, and forcefullscreen=1 gives me the first error of:

The display card does not support (1024x768x16BPP)@60Hz, followed by the other errors as mentioned in the bug report thread.

When changing the settings to windowed, and 0 in the full screen options, it freezes in the taskbar with just music playing - also with FF closed.

I don't think it's going to work on my netbook (XP by the way - forgot to mention that first up).

Thanks anyway LadyCFII. I will have to unfortunately miss out on VV5 as the change to 800 x 600 resolution also freezes it in the taskbar. Very sad day.

Edit:

I think this is the issue:

System Compatibility

Windows System Requirements
* Windows 2000, ME, XP, Vista, Windows 7
* Download size: 80MB
* DirectX 7.0 or later
* 1024x768 or larger display
* 512MB of RAM (1 GB for most Vista versions or Windows 7)
* 700 MHz Processor (1 GHz for Vista or Windows 7)

I never bothered to check the system requirements as I own every game from LDW and they all worked. I don't have 1024 x 768 or larger. cry


Edited by virtualbrenda (12/31/10 08:47 PM)

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#226274 - 12/31/10 08:48 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: virtualbrenda]
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That's so sad! I don't have a netbook in my lab (I may need to get one, I think), but I do have quite a few really old Windows desktops and laptops running Windows 98 and later, some of which are capable of only 800x600 resolution, and they ran VV5 in full screen mode.
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#226275 - 12/31/10 08:51 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: LadyCFII]
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Originally Posted By: LadyCFII
That's so sad! I don't have a netbook in my lab (I may need to get one, I think), but I do have quite a few really old Windows desktops and laptops running Windows 98 and later, some of which are capable of only 800x600 resolution, and they ran VV5 in full screen mode.


Yes, I'm really sad LadyCFII.

I probably edited my post just as you replied. The requirements say 1024 x 768 or larger, so I think it would definitely be the issue.

If I do decide to download on my work notebook (which should fit the requirements), would I receive another hour trial? I don't play games on it though. I'm supposed to be working. blush

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#226278 - 12/31/10 09:19 PM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: virtualbrenda]
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Yes, you would have another hour if you install VV5 on a different computer. As I said, VV5 has worked fine in full-screen mode on every older computer I've tried it on, down to 800x600. However, the only wide-screen display I used was a Mac.

I put the 1024x768 display in the requirements as a warning to people with smaller displays, so that they would be sure to download the trial and check it out before plunking down their money.
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#226300 - 01/01/11 01:49 AM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: LadyCFII]
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Sorry ...
I am also using a netbook. Windows XP, display 1440 x 900 - the game works fine. May I help?
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#226302 - 01/01/11 02:30 AM Re: Playing on a netbook [Re: Candy_63]
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Your netbook has a much higher display resolution than Brenda's, and the display resolution is at the root of her issue. Netbooks come in many configurations, and it's not too likely that your experience with your netbook would help her.
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