wc3 on vista

[perkeyone]

i am temporarily using vista
i would like to continue working on my maps
i put the warcraft 3 disk in and the auto run came up
it had a wierd message saying "windows NT not supported"
i installed it anyways
when i tried to play it
it wouldnt run because i didnt have direct x 8.1 or higher
so i downloaded direct x 10 and it wouldnt install
it kept giving me an error at the end

"an internal system error occured.
please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to
determine problem"

i looked for the logs but they dont exist

any help?

 

[CaptDeath]

go to the start menu and type in

dxdiag

and see what your Direct X Version is

 

[perkeyone]

i dont currently have any direct x version installed
i recently installed vista
so its still mostly default settings
and i have few programs installed

 

[CaptDeath]

well did you try the direct x diagnostic tool
DXDIAG

 

[perkeyone]

no items match my search

 

[CaptDeath]

ugh
ok so type in dxdiag like so

and on the bottom of the dxdiag menu[the right]
it says DX version that's what you want to know
black squares are a manual censor on my name

 

[Samael88]

Have you checked on the warcraft disc?
Or if you have any other game discs for that matter which is somewhat new.
Most of the games today has installation files for directX on their install cds.

Edit:

ugh
ok so type in dxdiag like so

and on the bottom of the dxdiag menu[the right]
it says DX version that's what you want to know
black squares are a manual censor on my name

If he does not have DX intalled, then how the F*** do you expect him to use DXdiag?

 

[CaptDeath]

cause Dx comes with Vista
i know cause ive done 3 system restores that didnt have anything installed and i havent had to do anything with itc cause it is already on vista home edition[the one that comes with the comp

 

[Samael88]

cause Dx comes with Vista

Bah That I did not know. I don't have it and probably won't untill I upgrade my comp

Then I leave this one to you then. Not sure how nowing wich directX version he has should make it work.

P.S. Have you changed the compability for the war3.exe? Since wc3 is not made for vista, it could cause problems that way also

 

[CaptDeath]

i dont need compatibility mode
just install wc3 roc then tft and update and wc3 will stfu
in my personal experience

 

[perkeyone]

no freaking way i typed that before and it didnt come up
did you change the word?
i swear i typed it exactly as you had it listed
.....................................
it says i have direct x 10
maybe it has it now because i updated or something

any ways
it still says it was unable to initialize direct x
then i asks me to check if my disk is in the tray (it is)

i havent downloaded any updates off of battle net yet
maybe i do this next?

 

[Rapmaster]

I don't remember having any problems installing it on Vista but try installing the latest patches for the game from http://us.blizzard.com/support/arti...ategoryId=2712&parentCategoryId=&pageNumber=1

Blizzard also has some instructions here: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20659&searchQuery=directx&pageNumber=1

Yes, Vista comes with DirectX 10 but I remember seeing some games ask you to install DX9 - compatibility glitches probably (the two versions seem to coexist somehow as DirectX 10 stays on the system.) I don't think war3 ever had that issue for me.

 

[perkeyone]

i just patched it
it still gave me both error messages

unable to initialize direct x
and check if my disk is in

im gonna update vista again.
ill need to shut down
but then ill try again and do an edit if i get any results

 

[CaptDeath]

dl wc3 form the blizz site HERE
you enter in you cd keys then you dl the dler then dl the game
cause there could be something worng with your cd

 

[Rapmaster]

Usually that error means you are using an unsupported video card / ie no 3d acceleration ... or you don't have the drivers loaded. How you would be running Vista on a system like that, I don't want to ask. But have you confirmed that it meets the game's requirements?

 

[perkeyone]

i ran wc3 on this computer when it was running xp
i doubt there is anything wrong with my cd
my graphics card might not support the direct x 10 though maybe.
you said it is possible to have 9 and 10 simultaneously right?
ill download 9 and try it
oh and the thing about drivers...
idk its a new install of vista so maybe they need updating
i dont know where to go to update them though

 

[jinzono]

I have Vista but my Wc3 don´t mess up. I don´t think its the Vista thats wrong