Recent content by Jameswdedc

:fixed  For now! :happytears: Vista doesn't seem to like BW Patch 1.2.  After I patch 1.2 in the game freezes on startup. Downloaded the BW patch remover and went on with my life with the 1.1 patch. Recovered my creature and my saved position on land 3.  Having a great time beating land 4...

Thanks I 'll get right on it. Keep forgeting you have that FAQ area.  :worship :banghead

Vista bombed on me again.  I try to load up BW and before the fancy particle show I get a pink screen flash and nothing.  BW backup doesn't seem to work with vista even in compatibility mode. Is there a way to save my creature data manually and transfer it back into the single player...

Sorry didn't notice your post .... I was playing! I chose "play BW now" during the installation.  So initially no patch. Then I installed 1.1, don't need MP. I made it to land two and am getting ready to invade land 3.  See if it crashes again. The game seems much easier than I remember. ...

:yourock: Reinstalled BW from scratch and when it offered to start the game I accepted. It ran.  :shocked                      :woot I ran through some of the tutorial and tried to save it a few times. Exited the game and found the old compatibilty settings were still in place. Just...

I wiped all traces of BW from the machine.  Installation looked normal. I just don't know.

Finished with the Defrag and re-installed BW and patch 1.2 Same result.  Run BW1 and the computer freezes. :sorry James

Ok thanks! There was nothing to backup so I just canned the whole lot.  Now to Defrag the 150 Gig HD.

Hi, I had black and white running on my vista machine before and now it locks up the machine when I try to start it.  I have to hit the reset button.  When I got it working originally compatibility was set to windows 2000 and Run as Admin.  Patch 1.2 loaded and no other BnW addons etc. The...