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BVE4/Vista/nVIDIA

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petrail

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From what I am reading, this can be a troublesome combination! I have read ukneilw's great "howto", as well as everything else I can find, but I am still having problems opening BVE4
I have 2GB of RAM, a Pentium D 3.0gig CPU, a nIDIA Geforce 7300LE graphics card with latest driver (163.69). I have followed ukneilw's screed to the letter...loaded the three .dll files...
.NET 1 & 2 are installed. A look through program files indicates all components are where they should be, but I STILL cannot open BVE4. When I open...from desktop shortcut, or from All Programs, or from the icon in Prog files, I get the same thing...or one of two things. Following the Display Mode Config page, when I click OK either screen goes black for 5 - 10 seconds, then desktop returns, or a Vista dialog box advises BVE has stopped working so Windows will close it and advise if/when a solution is found. I have reloaded BVE4 four times now but the same prob continues. Would really appreciate any thoughts you may have.
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I see in this forum an exchange between dan atki and ukneilw. I have checked event log and find I am getting exactly the same error message as dan atki. As there were to be personal messages between these guys on the topic, I wonder if the issue was ever resolved. If in the affirmative, I'd love to hear how it was overcome. Thanks guys. (I find I cannot send dan atki a pm as I am still a newbie here and restrictions apply!)
 
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petrail

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Have spent hours devouring the many "how-to"s on BVE4/Vista probs and tried many things, but still no good. Decided to reload XP in a dual-boot situ, and BVE4 works really well with XP. Disappointing to find the old trains I used enjoy some years ago with BVE2 are not available at the moment...hope this can be remedied.
 

mbonwick

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Well, the BVE2 trains can be run under BVE4, however the graphics are noticably poorer.
 

petrail

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Thanks for your comment. Unfortunately a few years ago the computer I then had crashed...a HDD collapse...and I lost everything on it. It's only recently I have had time to consider getting back into BVE. Maybe somewhere on an old backup CD I'll find something!
 
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