Comments on: play black & white on windows 7 http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/ pc gaming redefined Thu, 17 May 2012 23:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cthulhusquid http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44579 Cthulhusquid Mon, 07 May 2012 13:42:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44579 Its been one year but please tell me what you did. My graphics arent saving ingame  Its been one year but please tell me what you did. My graphics arent saving ingame 

]]> By: Starlight http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44574 Starlight Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:35:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44574  I'm actually working on setting up VMware Player on Win7 64-bit and install WinXP Pro inside of VMware.. And then install B&W on XP in Win7.. lol Hope it will work! :-D Starlight  I’m actually working on setting up VMware Player on Win7 64-bit and install WinXP Pro inside of VMware.. And then install B&W on XP in Win7.. lol
Hope it will work! :-D

Starlight

]]> By: Starlight http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44573 Starlight Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:46:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44573 I followed the guide and I only get the crappy graphics in-game.. All settings are turned on in the advanced pane.. Setting compatibility mode to Win2000 renders the game unable to save player symbols and other things (included shortcut keys).. So I turned compatibility off.. Running as Administrator does still not allow for better graphics settings..! :-( -- Starlight I followed the guide and I only get the crappy graphics in-game.. All settings are turned on in the advanced pane..

Setting compatibility mode to Win2000 renders the game unable to save player symbols and other things (included shortcut keys)..

So I turned compatibility off.. Running as Administrator does still not allow for better graphics settings..! :-(

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Starlight

]]> By: Andrewsch http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44567 Andrewsch Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:21:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44567 Hi everyone; I would like to just add that cowgod is really onto this stuff.  I originally installed my Black and White and Isles onto my 64 bit windows 7 Radion 5xxxx HD Vaio Laptop. I had all this trubel with graphics being poor and the saved games not appearing  then I folowed cowgods steps and..... No administrator needed on and I can save my games and they take, as they are not saved into Program files anymore. What is more, the reason I am posting this is for those out there who keep talking about the graphics quality not being up to high Custom settings in game, this has to be related to starting the game as administrator, (a sort of workaround for the saving problem.) However when I do not have to use admen to play the game I get super cool high end lighting, mesh, skins, everything.  What I am thinking  this must do is disable some of the High Custom rendering settings in  game setup seeing the games incoding as a violation somehow, this is all linked to the fact that black and white has an internal profile and setup save. Most new games have saves sent to documents file. This extends to.... you got it...setup save and I finally got my add-on beasts working. The add-ons worked before but some times the game crashed this dose not happen now at all when talking to the trainer on land 1. Long story short Cowgod was right and I am vary sorry to anyone who has saves and profiles that worked hard on there pet,  start over using this setup, and you will be one happy b&w player. Hi everyone; I would like to just add that cowgod is really onto this stuff.  I originally installed my Black and White and Isles onto my 64 bit windows 7 Radion 5xxxx HD Vaio Laptop. I had all this trubel with graphics being poor and the saved games not appearing  then I folowed cowgods steps and…..
No administrator needed on and I can save my games and they take, as they are not saved into Program files anymore.

What is more, the reason I am posting this is for those out there who keep talking about the graphics quality not being up to high Custom settings in game, this has to be related to starting the game as administrator, (a sort of workaround for the saving problem.) However when I do not have to use admen to play the game I get super cool high end lighting, mesh, skins, everything.  What I am thinking  this must do is disable some of the High Custom rendering settings in  game setup seeing the games incoding as a violation somehow, this is all linked to the fact that black and white has an internal profile and setup save. Most new games have saves sent to documents file.
This extends to…. you got it…setup save and I finally got my add-on beasts working. The add-ons worked before but some times the game crashed this dose not happen now at all when talking to the trainer on land 1.

Long story short Cowgod was right and I am vary sorry to anyone who has saves and profiles that worked hard on there pet,  start over using this setup, and you will be one happy b&w player.

]]> By: Pentabyte-Man http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44565 Pentabyte-Man Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:44:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44565 Thank You it worked fine! But i cant save my game... It ever startet a new game and my saved game does not exist! What should I do? Thank You it worked fine! But i cant save my game… It ever startet a new game and my saved game does not exist! What should I do?

]]> By: Van-langen http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44564 Van-langen Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44564 Works absolutly great. 1.000 times Thank you Cowgod. I belive in U from now on ;-) Works absolutly great. 1.000 times Thank you Cowgod. I belive in U from now on ;-)

]]> By: glacia http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44563 glacia Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:31:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44563 Holy crap on a stick!!!!  It all worked and the game looks like new and the detail punched me in the face. Running it in 1920x1080 is too sweet. Holy crap on a stick!!!!  It all worked and the game looks like new and the detail punched me in the face. Running it in 1920×1080 is too sweet.

]]> By: B-rads http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44562 B-rads Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:01:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44562 Hello, I noticed you were just focusing on the graphics for the game in this and how to patch. I'm mainly looking at how to save the game! I will be playing for hour's then all of a sudden game crash, so i'll be like w/e re open the game to realize i'm back at the beggining cutscene. So I start playing again but only to get bored then stop playing after like 10 minutes then save and quit. So I do that then I cant get my game to save my file. It goes through the SAVE screen then when I try to load the game it's as if I never saved. Would someone please be able to tell me why this is? Should I run it in compatability mode or something. PLEASE HELP!  Hello, I noticed you were just focusing on the graphics for the game in this and how to patch. I’m mainly looking at how to save the game! I will be playing for hour’s then all of a sudden game crash, so i’ll be like w/e re open the game to realize i’m back at the beggining cutscene. So I start playing again but only to get bored then stop playing after like 10 minutes then save and quit. So I do that then I cant get my game to save my file. It goes through the SAVE screen then when I try to load the game it’s as if I never saved. Would someone please be able to tell me why this is? Should I run it in compatability mode or something. PLEASE HELP! 

]]> By: Ryan G http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44560 Ryan G Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:31:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44560 It worked perfectly! Thank you for spending the time to do this guide. Greatly appreciated It worked perfectly! Thank you for spending the time to do this guide. Greatly appreciated

]]> By: Anonymous http://cowgod.net/2009/11/07/play-black-white-on-windows-7/#comment-44559 Anonymous Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://cowgod.net/?p=124#comment-44559 If anyone is still reading this thread ... I just installed WIndows 7. Before I try installing Black & White using these instructions, can anyone tell me whether I need to use AN administrator account (I am the only user and therefore an administrator), or THE Administrator account (the hidden one that you have to use a procedure to activate). Obviously, I'd prefer to use my usual account if I can. If anyone is still reading this thread … I just installed WIndows 7. Before I try installing Black & White using these instructions, can anyone tell me whether I need to use AN administrator account (I am the only user and therefore an administrator), or THE Administrator account (the hidden one that you have to use a procedure to activate). Obviously, I’d prefer to use my usual account if I can.

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