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Battlefield 2 incompatibility with Win7
Byteswarm:
--- Quote from: TheArmyGuy on February 04, 2012, 11:50:32 AM ---Windows 7 is gay. I still use XP. Because 7 is gay.
You can only play the games that came out like after 2008 or something.
I can't play AoE2 on it. I can't play RCT2 on it.
Windows 7 is a piece of stuff. I think there are compatibility packets, but you'll still have minor errors in graphics etc ruining your experience.
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I agree completely on Windows 7. Vista was *almost* as bad, and now Windows is working on Windows 8 instead of fixing bugs on the previous versions. I might just switch to Linux/Mac.
Too bad my XP died of wear and tear.
Also, I can play AoE2 AND RCT1 and 2 on windows 7. But a modern game like Battlefield 2 not working is certainly a mindblower.
Hell, even Battlefield 1942 works.
Maybe it has to do with the hardware.
Also, @you two, could you calm down a bit and instead of using insults and belligerency to try to get your point across, write out an intelligible post that won't fuel a flame war?
Just an idea.
Nickelob Ultra:
--- Quote from: TheArmyGuy on February 04, 2012, 11:50:32 AM ---Windows 7 is gay. I still use XP. Because 7 is gay.
You can only play the games that came out like after 2008 or something.
I can't play AoE2 on it. I can't play RCT2 on it.
Windows 7 is a piece of stuff. I think there are compatibility packets, but you'll still have minor errors in graphics etc ruining your experience.
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luddite^^^
Windows 7 is far superior in pretty much any way and every way. RCT2 works fine, AoEII requires compatibility patches or just running in a virtual environment.
The same stuff happened with Windows XP. When XP came out, people were complaining about their old ass programs not working either. Nothing new, happens with every major update to Windows. I can bet that most Windows 2000 programs won't work with Windows 8.
--- Quote from: TheArmyGuy on February 04, 2012, 11:55:37 AM ---Wow dude huge pms here.
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Stopped reading here. If your post opens with "huge pms" because you made an unintelligent post to begin with, you're a moron.
TheArmyGuy:
--- Quote from: Nickelob Ultra on February 04, 2012, 11:57:41 AM ---luddite^^^
Windows 7 is far superior in pretty much any way and every way. RCT2 works fine, AoEII requires compatibility patches or just running in a virtual environment.
The same stuff happened with Windows XP. When XP came out, people were complaining about their old ass programs not working either. Nothing new, happens with every major update to Windows. I can bet that most Windows 2000 programs won't work with Windows 8.
Stopped reading here. If your post opens with "huge pms" because you made an unintelligent post to begin with, you're a moron.
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Do you want me to change it to 'Large overreaction'?
Also, it works fine on YOUR computer.
Nickelob Ultra:
--- Quote from: TheArmyGuy on February 04, 2012, 11:59:37 AM ---Do you want me to change it to 'Large overreaction'?
Also, it works fine on YOUR computer.
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Then before you preach about how superior things are inferior, you should conduct research.
link
(Apologies for the link, I thought this forum was built on first world coding and that it would just go to the next line like any other loving piece of text)
There are results pointing to flawless compatibility and slight bumps in compatibility. It's a hardware-specific "working or not" game, like few others.
TheArmyGuy:
Well I see, I probably should have looked that up. But it hasn't worked for me since I last tried to install it 2 months ago, and I tried compatibility packets and patches and whatnots then.
Edit: Now I think of it it might have to do with the disk being like 5 years old or something.