<r> Um...the net is not a necessity. Unlike East Front, which is. <br/>
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Speaking of which--and this being the discussion of artillery and all--I just completed a mission in my current EF campaign...and <I><s>[i]</s>100% of my tank losses were from mortar fire<e>[/i]</e></I>. I'm really ...

Still hoping for an ETA for 1.05--I did some searching, but didn't find anything on this.

Thanks for that. Any timeline on that update?

I just returned after being off the net for 5 months, and wondered whether there has been any discussion of the "improved" artillery rules--the ones that make mortars more deadly than opposing tanks. Am I the only one who finds these rules utterly inane?

I've never encountered this before in my life--not in a music CD, not in any kind of software. I sent a letter about it to Matrix about a month ago, giving them all the info off the CD...but no reply. Does this happen with a lot of Matrix products?

Hardware? Not a software problem?

So...this is the end of it...it just doesn't work on VISTA, end of story?

I'll have to remember this, when I see Matrix games advertised as "VISTA compatible."

It's been awhile, and I haven't seen any response or indication that this is being looked into or that a fix is in the works, so my question is, when something like this is pointed out by multiple people--what happens next?

Maybe "when" is appropriate, as well. Thanks.

<t> Something I've never seen before: Data error (cyclic redundancy check). This is 5 or 6 scenarios into playing Germans in campaign, I forget which theater...but one of the ones that starts at the beginning of the war and continues on. <br/>
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<t> I was able to begin playing Conquest of Greece, but did not stay with it long enough to see whether there would be a problem advancing to the next scenario, etc. I'm running Vista Home Premium, on a laptop I bought about 1.5 years ago. I have to run the Tiller games on compatibility for XP with ...

<r> I didn't see this thread...does this relate to your concerns at all?<br/>
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That's supposed to be <URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1539033&mpage=5&key="><LINK_TEXT text="tm.asp?m=1539033&mpage=5&key=">http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1539033&mpage=5&key ...

<t> West Front, Ardennes Sprearhead...I unclicked my compatibility boxes, hoping it would now be Vista-friendly under 1.04.&nbsp; I got a WF.exe error, as follows:<br/>
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Problem Event Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; APPCRASH<br/>
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It worked. &nbsp; I thank you, as I'm sure Jason (and one or two others) are also thanking you. &nbsp;[8D]

<t> When I right click on this zip file, located on my Desktop, here is the list that displays:<br/>
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Open<br/>
Open with<br/>
Share...<br/>
Send to<br/>
Cut<br/>
Copy <br/>
Create Shortcut<br/>
Delete<br/>
Rename<br/>
Properties<br/>
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That's it. No 'extract'. <br/>
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<t> Please bear with me--I'm really not trying to make this difficult. I am using WinZip 12.0, the latest version. Neither in the Wizard nor the Classic mode, do I find "extract to here" as an option. The extraction provides a file path, no "here" offered...and indeed it is somewhere else. This is ...

<t> Well...this is how things go for me.&nbsp; I've got the update on my hard drive...sort of.&nbsp; I downloaded and used WinZip, which seemed to run through its process up to Finish...but there are some things that tell me this didn't "take" (for what reason, I could not say).&nbsp; First, I note ...

<t> Unlike the rest of you, I am like most gamers, inasmuch as I'm not particularly computer savvy--I just want things to work. I have Vista Home Premium, and know there are compatibility issues...when I look at the many games that appeal to me, when I don't see Vista listed as one of the OS's--and ...

I thank you both for the answer to my question and for your comment about the OOB. I did/do not know about unresolved Talonsoft-era issues, so I will indeed keep it in mind.

Here's another question: will any campaigns I have underway in version 1.02 be lost when I install the 1.04 patch? If so, is there any way for me to preserve them in a format that can be run on 1.04? As always, thanks for your reply.

<t> I'm still hoping to get a response to my previous post. Also, I have some additional 1.04 installation questions. Is there something I have to do with previous download/updates before installing 1.04? In the past, with any update with any game I've patched, I just downloaded and activated the ...

<t> Question: When 1.04 does appear, will it resolve the Vista compatibility issue? I am specifically wondering whether I will be able to uncheck the "disable desktop composition" box and "run as Windows 98/ME". Anyone know?<br/>
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As to discs and such, I make this offer: if anyone is willing ...