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I always play in hardware mode, switching computers if I have to.  I found playing in software mode wasn't all that fun. The graphics in BZ1 aren't all that fancy to start with...

I vote for dropping software mode if it allows you to more easily upgrade to DX9. Like dx said, softare mode could be available in a different executable.

Eddy
aka {911}FirBirGir

I tried this equation on my PC, looked what happened

I did a fresh install of BZ on my Vista64 PC and tweaked it til the stock BZ exe ran OK. I have some graphic issues but the game plays smoothly. I dropped in the new EXE and kept everything else the same but I get the DEP error others have reported.  I tried to add Bzone.exe to the exception list but Vista won't let me do it.



I can't get around this using the new EXE file.

Eddy

I did a fresh XP SP3 install on an older PC with an nvidia mx440 video card. The stock exe worked fine with a steady 60fps, the new exe held close to 75fps.  The only bug I've found so far with this setup is leaving a mission and going back to the menus, the display doesn't stay at 640x480, it jumps to 1680x1050 (native resolution) with the 640x480 bz display in the upper left corner. The stock exe didn't do this.

Graphics look good, gameplay is smooth and no issues with textures so far.  Glad to see the mouse pointer fixed finally

Eddy

Hello? Fatal error here. Any ideas?

Steveeo, did you try BZ before adding the new bzone.exe? Be sure to set the resolution to something other than 640x480.

Eddy

I tried out the new EXE on Windows XP SP2 and Nvidia video card with updated video drivers. I'll try it with Vista64 and 8800GTX video card next.

Everything seemed work fine, no issues so far, tried both SP and MP. I expect to have more issues with Vista64 though.

You mentioned uncapping the framerate, mine is still running right at 60fps. Vsync?

Eddy