will there be ever vista support?

[beire]

i bought the game cause i thought for a new game it would work under vista.
by now a big list of games released in the last 4 months of 2006 works on vista, like Gothic3, company of heroes etc....

big surprise Arma dont, tried it under xp sp2 compability etc, after a few sec the game shut down and i am back at desk top.
i just wanna know if there will be vista support soon otherwise i better can bring the game back to the shop, cause they would refund me if it didnt work.
the game looks so great i would prefer it works soon then bring it back to the shop, but not gonna waste 40 euro.

speccs are;

asus 5pw dh deluxe
intel core 2 duo e6600
asus 8800gtx 768mb
2048ddr2
vista home premium 64bit

[Infam0us]

I've heard reports that it does work ... I'll try find out more info

[beire]

would love to have this game working, thanks already

[Infam0us]

Not sure if this helps but I found a link you might be interested in ... its not where I seen that it works originally, but he may have the answer

Armed Assault in Vista

And also in this very forum ...

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....=60764;

According to foreverscream Specs he has it running ...

[troop]

beire;..if you cant get ArmA to work stable right now on your current setup
(despite *all* tips given here and elsewhere), and you do have the chance
still to get an refund from your shop, I would advice that you do so now.
(Or do an dual boot XP solution for less; -not none- hassle)
-
Since there is still no official word by the Devs about future/ever
Vista support (that I know of) it would be the sensible choice.
You can later (and be it in 2-4 weeks from now) always pick it
up again; and even at an reduced price maybe.

The decision is all yours at this time. Many gamers decide against Vista still
because of an heap of driver/else problems. Many games
*could* run(even good), but as long as there is no official logo on the box,
you are on your own(as with ArmA). Unfortunally.

[DaanVS]

I have it running on vista no problem really.
it runs smooth and it only crashed once when I left maya running in the background..
The prblem might be someting else mate..

[dirtylarrygb]

I have it running on vista no problem really.
it runs smooth and it only crashed once when I left maya running in the background..
The prblem might be someting else mate..

It appears the 64 bit versions of vista are generally more trouble.

There a tons of games that wont work on vista. Just do a Xp dual boot. Over the next 6-12 months most of them well start to work a MS and nvidia ATI etc fine tune drivers and Vista.

You can spend a week messing with vista to get ARMA to run or other games or just dual boot Xp as a saftey net for the next few months.

[Sickboy]

This thread should get you started... It links to the "Windows Vista Finally Released (Drivers too)" thread aswell, were you should find drivers, directX and other stuff that you need!

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....t=57535

ArmA ran fine on Vista64 for me until patch 1.05, then I got issues and decided to run under XP32 for the time being.
I think 1.05+ will do better, aswell as more updated drivers.

[JasonO]

My friend has Vista Home Premium (32) and plays ArmA fine, if not better performance than me (and I have slightly better hardware).