This is my compatibility report for Ritual Entertainment's released titles on Vista RC1. ATI testing was done an a Pentium 4 2.0Ghz machine with 1Gb of RAM and a Radeon 9800 Pro card. nVidia testing was done on the same machine using an GeForce 6800 Ultra. I will be repeating this test later using an nVidia card and update this report accordingly.
Structure:
Title
Installer:
Did the installer behave correctly on Vista? (Not present for Steam games.)Game Explorer:
Did the game show up in Vista's Game Explorer? If so, were there any issues?Default Drivers:
Did the game run using the drivers built into Vista? If so, were there any issues?Released Drivers:
Did the game run using the beta drivers released for Vista RC1 by the various video card manufacturers? If so, were there any issues?Run as admin?:
Did the game run okay as a Vista administrator (not Right-click->Run as Administrator)? (Not present for Steam games.)Run as standard?:
Did the game run okay as a Vista standard user? (Not present for Steam games.)Run as guest?:
If someone activates the Guest account on Vista, would a user be able to play the game as Guest? (Not present for Steam games.)Multiple users:
Can multiple users run multiple instances of the game on multiple desktops at the same time? If so, what are the issues? (Not present for Steam games.)Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
Installer:
The installer does not Autorun. When run, it warns that Quake does not work under Windows NT and is not supported. It also warns that newer systems do not meet the minimum system requirements. The installer only creates links to the DOS version of the game, which does not work under Vista. If you create your own shortcut to WinQuake.exe, you can add "-game hipnotic" to the shortcut to start "Scourge of Armagon."Game Explorer:
"Scourge of Armagon" does not show up in Vista's Game Explorer. That said, neither does "Quake."Default Drivers:
The game does run software rendering using the built-in drivers. However, there is no hardware acceleration available for GLQuake using the built-in drivers.Released Drivers:
On the ATI card I used for this test, I was not able to get acceptable GLQuake performance and GLQuake did not behave properly. Source ports like TomazQuake experienced similar behavior. However, WinQuake still ran fine. On the nVidia card I used for this test, GLQuake ran perfectly.Run as admin?:
Yes. It stores the save games inside your Quake installation folder if you installed Quake to the default location.Run as standard?:
Yes. It stores the save games inside your Quake installation folder if you installed Quake to the default location.Run as guest?:
Yes, but the guest will not be able to save their game or save their changed settings.Multiple users:
No. Because of where the config files and save games are located, multiple users on the same machine using "Scourge of Armagon" (and "Quake", for that matter) is highly discouraged.SiN (1998 release)
Installer:
The installer does not work on Vista. To install the game in such a way that save games for standard users will go into the VirtualStore folder, open the CD and drag theSetup\Data folder to your desktop. Rename that folder to Sin, and then drag the renamed folder into your Program Files folder.Game Explorer:
"SiN" does not show up in Vista's Game Explorer.Default Drivers:
If you upgrade to Sin 1.11 using the latest patch, the game will run under the default drivers using software rendering. Hardware rendering will not work using the built-in drivers.Released Drivers:
On the ATI card I used, I was unable to switch to a hardware rendered mode, and I was getting severe DirectDraw corruption. On the nVidia card I used, I still received DirectDraw corruption using the software renderer, but the OpenGL renderer worked fine.Run as admin?:
"SiN" will run as an administrator, but the save games will be stored under yourProgram Files folder.Run as standard?:
"SiN" will run as a standard user and will properly drop save games in the VirtualStore folder, but if you have someone on the same machine playing as an administrator and both people choose the same profile name, it will cause the standard user's game to behave unpredictably.Run as guest?:
"SiN" will run under the Guest account and will properly drop save games in the VirtualStore folder, but if you have someone on the same machine playing as an administrator and both people choose the same profile name, it will cause the Guest account's game to behave unpredictably.Multiple users:
If all users are standard users, or you can guarantee that the admin's profile names will differ from those of the standard users, multiple users can play without problem.Wages of SiN
Installer:
Because of the installation hack necessary to get "SiN" working on Vista, the "Wages of SiN" installer will not detect the "SiN" installation. To install the expansion pack, drag theSetup\datab\2015 folder to your Program Files\Sin folder, create a new shortcut to the Sin executable, and add "+set game 2015" to the shortcut to run the expansion.Game Explorer:
"Wages of SiN" does not show up in Vista's Game Explorer.Default Drivers:
If you upgrade to Sin 1.11 using the latest patch, the game will run under the default drivers using software rendering. Hardware rendering will not work using the built-in drivers. When using an ATI card, the 2015 logo video did not render correctly.Released Drivers:
On the ATI card I was using, I was unable to switch to a hardware rendered mode, and I was getting severe DirectDraw corruption. The 2015 logo video still rendered incorrectly. On the nVidia card, software rendering was corrupted, but the OpenGL renderer worked fine.Run as admin?:
"Wages of SiN" will run as an administrator, but the save games will be stored under yourProgram Files folder.
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