[uokka]

I just installed GTA SA on a PC running on Win7 x64 Home Premium.

SA runs with no problems but when a vorbishook is in use, the game refuses to start.
So I suppose, the problem is the ASI loader Im using.

I disabled the Anti Virus Software.
The SA game folder is not write protected.
PC specs are much higher than needed.

Google told me a few things I could try, but nothing worked out yet.
- Adding gta_sa.exe to the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) list.
- Running gta_sa.exe with administrative privileges.
- Enabling compatibility mode (Win98/XP.SP2/XP.SP3)

I also tryed some EXE versions...
- 1.0 HOODLUM (US/ALL)
- 1.0 Compact
- 1.0 Shark and Stefan188

in different combination with some ASI Loaders.
- Delfi's (Jernej L.) ASI Loader
- listener's ASI Loader
- And the one which comes whith CLEO 4


Anyone knows a workaround?

[Silent]

Offtopic a bit, but...

- 1.0 Shark and Stefan188

Never heard about that EXE

[uokka]

Yeah, pretty rare. Dont know where i got it from..
(14.380.032 Bytes)

Anyways, does anyone who uses Win7 has a working combination af those things mentioned above?
Or thomething completely different to make SA work on 7 with CLEO 4 installed?

[Deji]

Only thing I could suggest is reinstalling everything. I have 3 GTA installations now. One almost clean, apart from Vigilante Justice and a few other things, which I use for developing VJ so I can be sure other mods aren't messing with it. An installation which is modded with no limitations and a completely clean installation (SAMP is installed, but nothing big is changed by that). Whenever I want a new installation to work with, I copy the clean installation, remove SAMP and start working.

I did have a load of problems when I first installed SA on Win 7. Try installing SA somewhere outside of your "Program Files" folders. I also disabled UAC (although probably not fully relevant to SA working) and set compatibility mode for Windows XP, although now I am able to run SA fine with no compatibility settings at all. Perhaps Windows updates helped...

[uokka]

Thanks. I threw SA into "C:\Games". Its an old habit, I feel like games just belong there.. But I also even tryed starting SA from the "Programs" and "Programs(x86)" folders.

Updates might help, but this PC is verry far away from the internet, so it might take a while until I will be able to test after Win7 & DX updates are installed offline. But this will be my next try. Thank you.

[Adler]

I am able to run SA fine with no compatibility settings at all.

Same with me. It's strange to me why others have reported compatibility problems with Windows 7 when I've only encountered x64 vs x86 compatibility problems occasionally (and those problems only arise when I've tried to use outdated/obsolete software I randomly find).

On a side note, I usually install games to D:\Program Files\

[Deji]

I know Max Payne (another of Rockstars buggy games available on the PC ) has compatibility problems with Win7. As well as sound problems which can only be fixed by 3rd-party patches to the audio files (I believe even R* listed it as a solution in their FAQ, yet stated they don't support the method).

[uokka]

Yay, the updates did the trick! Nothing else needed. (PedSwimFix seems not to work on Win7, though..)
Thanks again.

@Adler
When installing big programs on D:, it should be a partition of the same HDD where C: is located on. Otherwise it needs some more time to transfere data to the pagefile. Man, I'm sooo leet.

[Adler]

When installing big programs on D:, it should be a partition of the same HDD where C: is located on.

Yep that's the case with me lol. Didn't know that fact about the page file before.

[uokka]

By the way, UltraThing seems not to be able to activate realtime reflections on Win7. When trying to activate it via menu, it falls back to "OFF".
Anyone using UltraThing with full funcionalty on Win7?

[uokka]

I found a way to use UltraThing on Win7.

I loaded it via ENB v0075s (maybe other version give same result)

CODE

[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=1
InitProxyFunctions=1
ProxyLibrary=UltraThing.dll

[GLOBAL]
UseEffect=0
...

[tindalwmarty]

I found a way to use UltraThing on Win7.

I loaded it via ENB v0075s (maybe other version give same result)

CODE

[PROXY]
EnableProxyLibrary=1
InitProxyFunctions=1
ProxyLibrary=UltraThing.dll

[GLOBAL]
UseEffect=0
...

Cool! I better try this one.