Wiz 8 and Windows 7

Target · 02-05-2011, 07:16 AM

Hi,
Just got a new laptop running windows 7. Can I install Wiz8 and will it play?
Thanks

SpiritWarrior · 02-05-2011, 08:55 AM

Most likely yes. Compatibility isn't that much of an issue anymore, with XP doing all the groundwork, Win 7 can run almost anything one way or another.

Target · 02-05-2011, 06:21 PM

I think it installed alright, but it won't run.

I double click on the icon to run it, and just get a little box appear in the middle of the screen which says "one moment please". But nothing ever happens.
Any one got any ideas?

SpiritWarrior · 02-05-2011, 07:07 PM

Right-click the shortcut and select "Troubleshoot Compatibility". Work from there. I can't imagine Win 7 won't run it. I've run old Win 95 programs and games on 7 with a little compatibility tweaking.

SpiritWarrior · 02-05-2011, 07:12 PM

A quick search turned these up. People are running it on Win 7 fine, while some are having issues due to configuration.

http://vnboards.ign.com/official_wiz...25/r113892976/

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/wizar...737&pid=374906

If all else fails, this caught my eye

Quote:

Nevermind. I just ran the Wizardry 8 3D setup file and selected the 1366 x 768 resolution and it works like a champ! Completely forgot that program existed.

Target · 02-06-2011, 08:33 AM

Thanks very much Spirit! Tried the "Troubleshoot Compatibility", not sure if that worked or not, but somehow I've got it working

yeay!!!
Usually when I start playing this great game the hardest part is always choosing the party...after trying to get the game working I'd better choose a good one!! ha ha

SpiritWarrior · 02-06-2011, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Target

Thanks very much Spirit! Tried the "Troubleshoot Compatibility", not sure if that worked or not, but somehow I've got it working

yeay!!!
Usually when I start playing this great game the hardest part is always choosing the party...after trying to get the game working I'd better choose a good one!! ha ha

Yeah it should be fine now. Win 7 is so nifty that usually this is all you need to do. "Troubleshoot Compatibility" will try various emulations of previous OS's, then save the setting for future use. But it does this so swiftly and seamlessly that we are sometimes unsure of what fixed it.

I can safely say it was that. From now on, it should just work properly as 7 has detected those settings as the optimum. Sometimes, it will ask you if the program installed or ran properly - always tell the truth here, because this way it learns what worked for you and what didn't and will use that when you try something similiar again.

Target · 02-06-2011, 01:15 PM

sweet, its a cleave bit of kit, most unlike microsoft being so helpful!!

ha ha.

I've also downloaded flamestrikes mod so looking forward to playing that, only played original and deathstalkers so this is hopefully another good one.

But what party...might try and take peeps out of other rpgs,
Fighter, Cloud (FF7) with a big sword.
Vyse, Samuari, (skies of Acaridia)
etc
could be fun!

Target · 02-07-2011, 07:26 AM

Just wondering if anyone around have played through Flamestrikes final mod and if they had any good suggestions for classes / races to take?
Cheers.

Target · 02-09-2011, 06:13 AM

Are there no Wiz 8 players left? What is the world becomming...

02-05-2011, 07:16 AM	#1
Target Red Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2003 Location: The Midlands Posts: 1,571	Wiz 8 and Windows 7 Hi, Just got a new laptop running windows 7. Can I install Wiz8 and will it play? Thanks __________________ Smoke me a kipper...I'll be back for breakfast!! If you can keep your head when all around are loosing theirs...you probably haven’t grasped the situation!!

02-05-2011, 08:55 AM	#2
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 Most likely yes. Compatibility isn't that much of an issue anymore, with XP doing all the groundwork, Win 7 can run almost anything one way or another. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

02-05-2011, 06:21 PM	#3
Target Red Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2003 Location: The Midlands Posts: 1,571	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 I think it installed alright, but it won't run. I double click on the icon to run it, and just get a little box appear in the middle of the screen which says "one moment please". But nothing ever happens. Any one got any ideas? __________________ Smoke me a kipper...I'll be back for breakfast!! If you can keep your head when all around are loosing theirs...you probably haven’t grasped the situation!!

02-05-2011, 07:07 PM	#4
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 Right-click the shortcut and select "Troubleshoot Compatibility". Work from there. I can't imagine Win 7 won't run it. I've run old Win 95 programs and games on 7 with a little compatibility tweaking. __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

02-06-2011, 08:33 AM	#6
Target Red Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2003 Location: The Midlands Posts: 1,571	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 Thanks very much Spirit! Tried the "Troubleshoot Compatibility", not sure if that worked or not, but somehow I've got it working yeay!!! Usually when I start playing this great game the hardest part is always choosing the party...after trying to get the game working I'd better choose a good one!! ha ha __________________ Smoke me a kipper...I'll be back for breakfast!! If you can keep your head when all around are loosing theirs...you probably haven’t grasped the situation!!

02-06-2011, 01:15 PM	#8
Target Red Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2003 Location: The Midlands Posts: 1,571	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 sweet, its a cleave bit of kit, most unlike microsoft being so helpful!! ha ha. I've also downloaded flamestrikes mod so looking forward to playing that, only played original and deathstalkers so this is hopefully another good one. But what party...might try and take peeps out of other rpgs, Fighter, Cloud (FF7) with a big sword. Vyse, Samuari, (skies of Acaridia) etc could be fun! __________________ Smoke me a kipper...I'll be back for breakfast!! If you can keep your head when all around are loosing theirs...you probably haven’t grasped the situation!!

02-07-2011, 07:26 AM	#9
Target Red Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2003 Location: The Midlands Posts: 1,571	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 Just wondering if anyone around have played through Flamestrikes final mod and if they had any good suggestions for classes / races to take? Cheers. __________________ Smoke me a kipper...I'll be back for breakfast!! If you can keep your head when all around are loosing theirs...you probably haven’t grasped the situation!!

02-09-2011, 06:13 AM	#10
Target Red Dragon Join Date: April 1, 2003 Location: The Midlands Posts: 1,571	Re: Wiz 8 and Windows 7 Are there no Wiz 8 players left? What is the world becomming... __________________ Smoke me a kipper...I'll be back for breakfast!! If you can keep your head when all around are loosing theirs...you probably haven’t grasped the situation!!

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