Updated beta loader - Vista compatibility

posted on June 2nd, 2007, 1:19 am

so a partition?
I use logmein.com to get to my vista computer(its in my other house )and do work.  I use this computer for games!

posted on June 6th, 2007, 1:15 pm

The Federation crashes for me as well 

Actually it seems to work if you download the multimedia pack...

posted on June 6th, 2007, 1:34 pm

thanks for reporting

posted on June 22nd, 2007, 7:06 pm

i have done everything neccessary for vista but as soon as i try to launch an bug report comes up. I have sent it to the flletops bug fixers or whoever they are.

I have checked and when i do this it appears to be running in task manager but i cant switch to it.
I dont know what to do.....................

posted on July 5th, 2007, 9:22 am

have you tried installing on an XP system, and then simply copying the files over to Vista?

posted on July 10th, 2007, 1:04 pm

I used the XP VM to install the game, copied its files to Vista and installed the fix DC made for Vista.  It works great!

posted on July 29th, 2007, 12:34 am

for any one that wants it here is virtual pc fully compatible with vista http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=04D26402-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en#filelist
you just need an xp cd to install it on the virtual pc for more help you can start a new thred and i will be happy to help any one that wants it 

posted on July 31st, 2007, 12:57 pm

The patch work like a quantum torpedo  Sweet

posted on August 15th, 2007, 3:25 am

To whom it may concern...
I think this step by step instruction can help a lot of people with the same problem i have been experiencing.

I am getting the following error message when i am trying to load FO.
"Star trek armada 2 has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working corretly. Windows will close the program and notify if a solution is available."

I have done the following to load FO on my vista machine.
1) Download FOSetup3PR in a XP computer with the Armada II cd.
2) Copied the file "Activision" in the program file in the XP machine and pasted in in the Vista Program files on my computer
3) Downloaded FleetOps3PRPatch1 in my Star Trek Armada II Fleet Operations directory.
4) Downloaded  fleetopsmultimedia1 in my Star Trek Armada II Fleet Operations directory.
5) Deleted the file "Fleetops.map" from the Star Trek Armada II Fleet Operations directory.

Doca Cola said that we have to extract Fleetops.mad and Fleetops.exe to the FO directory... but where do we get those files from?

What else can i do to NOT get armada II to stop working on vista?

posted on August 15th, 2007, 7:45 am

welcome to the forums
you get the files from the first post of this thread if you are a registered user

posted on August 19th, 2007, 5:18 am

Thanks Doca Cola.. the game works almost perfectly. The only problem with replacing the files is that it causes the game to crash when you use the klingon attack probes.. any advice?

posted on August 19th, 2007, 12:16 pm

thats a known bug, fixed in the patch i believe.

posted on August 19th, 2007, 4:38 pm

Thanks for answering so quickly.

I have installed FOsetup3PR, which it supposed to have fixed the klingon attack probe,

I am not sure, but I think something to do with replacing the files as Doca Cola instructed when trying to install on Vista caused this.

Can there be a file or patch to correct this?

posted on August 19th, 2007, 4:51 pm

I'm still having trouble loading flops on vista. I copied all the files from activision from xp (but maybe if someone could send them to me again that would be nice...), ran the patch and multimedia, deleted the .map and extracted from the zip (and overwrit the .dl manager, and other things)

Still no success. Half the time it refuses to load, the rest of the time armada ii "stops working"

posted on September 11th, 2007, 1:56 am

I'm still having trouble loading flops on vista. I copied all the files from activision from xp (but maybe if someone could send them to me again that would be nice...), ran the patch and multimedia, deleted the .map and extracted from the zip (and overwrit the .dl manager, and other things)

Still no success. Half the time it refuses to load, the rest of the time armada ii "stops working"

I have the same problem as you.

shenbitt