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I cannot get Jedi Academy to load on Vista. Jedi Outcast loaded and patched up fine.

 

I have tried to load via the XP Service pack 2 compatibility but still the CD stops at 91%. I verified the CD is fine by loading the game onto another XP machine.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Since you're using Vista I'm going to assume you have a dual-core system, so I'll give you the one tip that's saved my bacon a few times - using the Task Manager (or preferably Process Explorer if your Task Manager frequently suffers from the infamous API hang error), set any and all processes related to JK2/JA to single-core affinity.

 

You're going to have problems from the ground up with them if you allow them to have an affinity to more than one processor.

 

Also, if you have ZoneAlarm installed, get rid of it. It's notorious for causing any and all applications to hang after a period of time when used under Vista. So long as you don't go downloading random stuff from random sites, are careful about your outgoing data (use secure login screens anywhere and everywhere they're available) and have Avast antivirus running as backup, Vista's integrated firewall should be sufficient for home usage.

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load or install

edit--- stupid question

try installing the game out of the auto directory set it to custom when givin the installation option

and choose a folder i make a new one and rename it once it has worked

also what version of vista are you using

 

Thank you for the reply. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit. HP DV9815nr laptop 2.98 shared RAM (AMD Turion 64 x 2 2.00 GHZ)

 

To confirm, you are saying load the game in a seperate folder WITHIN PROGRAM FILES though, or in My Documents?

 

Many thanks.

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Can you explain this =/ in more detail please?
I merely meant that changing the folder name would not help with the problem, since the installer and programs are the same in any case.

 

Have you tried running the installer using the 'Run as Administrator' option?

 

Nearer the end of the install process is when the installer has to set up the game's registry entries, perhaps Vista's User Account Control is preventing it from doing this due to it not having proper permissions. 'Run as Administrator' should fix that - should be right below Open when you right-click on setup.exe.

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laptops with xps2 and laptops with vista are so diffreent and so are the cd/dvd drives used and with out a full list of specs theres no telling what is causing it

but if your laptop has vista

it might be the cd drive

go to run and type

dxdiag

and lets see whats in your laptop

 

I HOPE THIS INFORMATION ASSISTS YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP TO DATE!

 

System Information

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Time of this report: 9/23/2008, 22:43:47

Machine name: SANDYHPDV9815NR

Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080425-1930)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

System Model: MCP67

BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1

Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz

Memory: 3006MB RAM

Page File: 991MB used, 5227MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 10

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode

 

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DxDiag Notes

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Display Tab 1: No problems found.

Display Tab 2: No problems found.

Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

Sound Tab 2: No problems found.

Input Tab: No problems found.

 

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DirectX Debug Levels

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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)

DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)

DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)

DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)

DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)

DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)

DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

 

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Display Devices

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Card name: NVIDIA MCP67M

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0531&SUBSYS_30CF103C&REV_A2

Display Memory: 1065 MB

Dedicated Memory: 57 MB

Shared Memory: 1007 MB

Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: HP L1906 LCD Monitor

Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll

Driver Version: 7.15.0011.5665 (English)

DDI Version: 9Ex

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 9/19/2007 15:05:00, 4943872 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: n/a

WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4671-11CF-AD65-C41002C2CA35}

Vendor ID: 0x10DE

Device ID: 0x0531

SubSys ID: 0x30CF103C

Revision ID: 0x00A2

Revision ID: 0x00A2

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A

 

 

Card name: NVIDIA MCP67M

Manufacturer: NVIDIA

Chip type: GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M

DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0531&SUBSYS_30CF103C&REV_A2

Display Memory: 1065 MB

Dedicated Memory: 57 MB

Shared Memory: 1007 MB

Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll

Driver Version: 7.15.0011.5665 (English)

DDI Version: 9Ex

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 9/19/2007 15:05:00, 4943872 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: n/a

WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4671-11CF-AD65-C41002C2CA35}

Vendor ID: 0x10DE

Device ID: 0x0531

SubSys ID: 0x30CF103C

Revision ID: 0x00A2

Revision ID: 0x00A2

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A

 

 

Sound Devices

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Description: Speakers (Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_103C30CF&REV_1000

Manufacturer ID: 1

Product ID: 100

Type: WDM

Driver Name: CHDRT32.sys

Driver Version: 4.36.0007.0000 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

WHQL Logo'd: n/a

Date and Size: 3/4/2008 02:32:00, 188416 bytes

Other Files:

Driver Provider: Conexant

HW Accel Level: Basic

Cap Flags: 0x0

Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

I3DL2 Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura ZoomFX: No

 

Description: SPDIF Interface (Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221)

Default Sound Playback: No

Default Voice Playback: No

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5051&SUBSYS_103C30CF&REV_1000

Manufacturer ID: 1

Product ID: 100

Type: WDM

Driver Name: CHDRT32.sys

Driver Version: 4.36.0007.0000 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

WHQL Logo'd: n/a

Date and Size: 3/4/2008 02:32:00, 188416 bytes

Other Files:

Driver Provider: Conexant

HW Accel Level: Basic

Cap Flags: 0x0

Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 0, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: No

EAX 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

I3DL2 Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura ZoomFX: No

 

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Sound Capture Devices

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Description: Microphone (Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221)

Default Sound Capture: Yes

Default Voice Capture: Yes

Driver Name: CHDRT32.sys

Driver Version: 4.36.0007.0000 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Date and Size: 3/4/2008 02:32:00, 188416 bytes

Cap Flags: 0x0

Format Flags: 0x0

 

 

Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives

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Drive: C:

Free Space: 118.8 GB

Total Space: 226.5 GB

File System: NTFS

Model: Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 ATA Device

 

Drive: D:

Free Space: 2.0 GB

Total Space: 12.0 GB

File System: NTFS

Model: Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 ATA Device

 

Drive: E:

Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632N ATA Device

Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6001.18000 (English), 1/20/2008 21:23:02, 67072 bytes

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HD in this case is Hard Drive.

 

Of course! Well I tried this loading to the hard drive and once again the CD stopped working . . . I assume 91%.

 

Here are two important facts:

 

1. This 2 pack Jedi Academy CD installs successfully on XP computers

2. There is slight scratch on the 2nd CD

 

Could it be plausible that XP extracts data from CD's in a different manner that XP and this scratch is indeed a loading error factor here.

 

As now other Vista use in this forum appears to have had this issue. I can only logically surmise that this scratch has to be the problem for my VISTA laptop. Perhaps by simply purchasing a new Jedi Academy game I can achieve loading success.

 

What do you think?

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SUCCESS!

 

It was the CD! How weird that it would load on XP and not Vista.

 

I loaded the 2nd CD to a network PC succussfully and then copied it over to my Vista laptop. However I could not the game to load via the folder so I burned a copy of CD 2 to a CDR. Then I loaded disc 1 and then loaded the copied disc to a triumphant success. I then destroyed the copied CD.

 

All is well . . . learn something new with PC's all the time.

 

And when is Lucas Arts going to make more PC games! Where is our next Jedi Knight and X-Wing or Tie Fighter games!

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