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Rebellion Latest Version Constant Minidumps on Vista

December 28, 2012 3:54:49 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

My copy of Rebellion is unable to load and play mods under Vista. Is this a known issue? I've tried Maelstrom and Enhanced 4X so far. Both cause a mini dump when I try to load them.

 

I thought maybe it was a permission issue, so I have Sins running in XP compatibility mode and as Admin. No dice. I know that Vista is a crap OS, but is there anything I can do?

 

Thanks, and happy holidays.

 

 

 

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Seleuceia
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Reply #1 December 29, 2012 12:16:46 AM
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First and foremost, ensure the mods you are playing are compatible with your version of Rebellion...

Was there ever a time you played this game with mods and it worked?  I don't know all your circumstances, but if you upgraded your OS to Vista then you may not have the proper drivers for your graphics card....

I bring this up because some mods that have graphics changes don't always work in the same way as vanilla...as an example, some mods cannot be used with "highest" graphics settings (you have to use "high"), though I'm not aware of either of these mods being such examples...

Permissions could be an issue...try restarting steam as an administrator instead of just the game...

I highly doubt running in a compatibility mode is going to help (it may even make things worse)...the game should definitely run on vista, the issue has to lie somewhere else...

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Reply #2 December 29, 2012 9:00:31 AM
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I'd try running Rebellion without mods enabled - that would tell you if it is a compatibility problem between the game and Vista (which I doubt). As Seleuceia said, don't bother with compat modes, they're intended for running old software on newer operating systems, in this case the software is newer than your OS.

Check the mods are up-to-date - recent changes to Rebellion may have broke some mods. I read somewhere that some of the mod teams are tracking down crashes with the most recent version of Rebellion, so keep an eye out for patch announcements.

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