Updated beta loader - Vista compatibility

posted on March 23rd, 2008, 7:57 pm

Hi, im new around here.

I've spent the last hour  trying to get this to work on my vista (home premium ). I still can't even get to the menu. I've got an annoying feeling that I missing something obvious, so if someone could write a step by step quide that an idiot could understand (ie me) I would greatly appeciate it.

Thanks in advance.

P.S. This looks like a realy great game. i realy like the sound of the adaptable borg ships!

posted on March 23rd, 2008, 8:05 pm

Ok.
First, install Fleet Ops V3PR on an XP computer. That means use the official patch, the media patch, and the actual game.
Second, copy the Star Trek folder with Fleet Ops and paste it to your vista computer in your My Documents using a flash disk or cd or LAN. Don't put it in your program files (UAC will be engaged and make it not work)
Third, download the zip from the first page, first post, of this thread and extract.
Fourth, delete .map from your star trek folder and replace with .mad and also add that other file from the extracted zip (a grand total of two files)
Fifth, play 

I hope that's good enough 

Sorry to break the news, but there is no Borg in this version, only in the upcoming release (sorry if you already knew that though  )

posted on March 24th, 2008, 11:47 am

Thanks, it's working now . Im not realy sure what went wrong last time.

P.S. Yeh I know. Probally just as well or my brother would have used some right monsters on me. Ive always been more of a klingon myself.

posted on May 7th, 2008, 12:53 pm

hello

i installed fo vr3pr on my vista pc ... everything worked in the safety modus then i did the patch from the first post und the official pr patch ...

but it still crashes after the race-screen on the dektop  and i have no idea where the problem is

have you any ideas ?

posted on May 7th, 2008, 2:51 pm

Did you put the FO/Activision folder in your my documents (not your program files)?

posted on May 9th, 2008, 11:05 pm

yes i created an own folder for fo ...
but it still doesn't work [br]Posted on: May 08, 2008, 07:27:53 AM

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*push*
have you guys no idea what could be wrong ?

posted on May 10th, 2008, 12:18 am

Not really  ; after I removed FO from my program files... everything worked out (by the way, I take it you did use xp to install v3 pr originally?)... possibly follow the other set of directions here: supposedly this works too

"I can also confirm that this worked flawlessly.
Boot to safe mode (tap f8 during boot)
install fleet ops/patch/media
replaced the 2 files

And then you can boot like normal and it works np. (i installed to a folder on my desktop)"

posted on May 10th, 2008, 4:22 pm

ok i installed it again completly ... but still doesnt work
do i have to install the " media" too ?

posted on May 10th, 2008, 4:46 pm

hmmm... I did install that... but I have no idea if it has any effect or not on FO working.
You say you installed it completely... but what do you mean? Did you follow either set of directions completely? I don't know how to help you if you don't tell me what exactly you did 

posted on May 10th, 2008, 4:54 pm

i started my pc in save modus, installed the FO in my unsername/documents folder
then i installed the patch and then i deleted the one file and copied the others form this inofficial patch from the beginning of the thread.

im not really a pc pro ... so just say what additional infos you need

posted on May 10th, 2008, 9:58 pm

Hmmm... sorry to say I don't know what's wrong.  I myself used the xp route for vista...
The last thing I can suggest is also installing the media file... but I don't think that'll have any effect. Maybe somebody else here knows something about it 

If you really want to get it working, you could always try the other method if you have access to an xp computer...

posted on May 11th, 2008, 11:09 am

i installed the media but still doesnt work ...

any one there who coud help  

posted on May 14th, 2008, 9:45 am

I'm still having the crashing loader issue, tryed all the stuff suggested on the board, intstalling on virtual pcs and whatnot, still the same loader crash.

posted on May 17th, 2008, 6:47 pm

Does FleetOps v3 final install in Vista without problems?

posted on May 20th, 2008, 3:43 pm

Yes it will. the problem is a very trivial one and already solved. Too sad it's not possible to release a patch for the installer exe.