I installed Windows 7 today and I'm experimenting with the virtual XP mode. I've got Steam, TF2 and the Source SDK downloaded but when I launch TF2, it just crashes after the Valve logo. The SDK doesn't load either.
Is there ways of getting the SDK to work under Virtual XP (do I need to install new GPU drivers, etc?) or is the Virtual XP mode just not designed to work with stuff that needs DirectX or something.
XP mode doesn't have any DirectX support at all.
And, why the hell do you want to run games that runs flawlessly on Windows 7 in XP mode? :confused:
It's just VirtualPC. It's never been able to do this. Other VM solutions that support DirectX won't even be able to play Source games anyway.
I just want to be able to use Faceposer. Faceposer is pretty broken in Vista and 7 and I was hoping Virtual XP would solve my woes :frown:
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;19084662]I just want to be able to use Faceposer. Faceposer is pretty broken in Vista and 7 and I was hoping Virtual XP would solve my woes :frown:[/QUOTE]
You can't just dualboot XP and 7?
The point of XP mode is to run older games and programs that are too old to be supported in Windows 7.
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;19083651]I installed Windows 7 today and I'm experimenting with the virtual XP mode. I've got Steam, TF2 and the Source SDK downloaded but when I launch TF2, it just crashes after the Valve logo. The SDK doesn't load either.
Is there ways of getting the SDK to work under Virtual XP (do I need to install new GPU drivers, etc?) or is the Virtual XP mode just not designed to work with stuff that needs DirectX or something.[/QUOTE]
It'll run just fine without the use of virtual XP.
[QUOTE=MrDoctor;19091402]The point of XP mode is to run older games and programs that are too old to be supported in Windows 7.[/QUOTE]
The point of XP mode is to run business applications if they don't work on Windows 7 no matter what.
To play games has never and will never be the point of a virtual computer. Ever.
All apps are supposed to run on any new os, but nooo ms can't add xp support that works.
it's not up to microsoft to make sure stuff supports different OSes. for example, they can't prevent manufacturers from only creating 32bit XP drivers
[QUOTE=johanz;19094570]All apps are supposed to run on any new os, but nooo ms can't add xp support that works.[/QUOTE]
Yeah it happens in all OSs. There are Mac apps that work in one version and not a newer. There are *nix apps that work in one version and not a newer. There are * apps that work in one version but not a newer.
Here's an idea. Since you have no knowledge on what the fuck you're talking about, how about leave the Hardware and Software section entirely.
[QUOTE=johanz;19094570]All apps are supposed to run on any new os, but nooo ms can't add xp support that works.[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot.
When Snow Leopard came out almost [i]nothing[/i] worked properly except programs from certain vendors that Apple had specifically chosen to work with to add Snow Leopard support.
You can't move forwards with an OS if you're stuck trying to support the past.
[QUOTE=Panda X;19098907]
Here's an idea. Since you have no knowledge on what the fuck you're talking about, how about leave the Hardware and Software section entirely.[/QUOTE]
How about no?
Ok I was wrong, so what?
[QUOTE=johanz;19099049]How about no?
Ok I was wrong, so what?[/QUOTE]
Ok then stay. It wasn't about being right or wrong. Hell I've been wrong plenty of times. It was you blindly bashing something on info pulled from thin air.
If any of you guys have ever used Faceposer in Vista or Windows 7 you'd get what I'm talking about.
When you scrub back and forth over the sound files, it gets all distorted, and weird and becomes impossible to work with.
I'm not trying to run TF2 in Virtual XP.
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