day defeat source

Hey,
Does anyone know if there is anyway to get Day of Defeat source working properly under vista? Right now it runs but like poo and looks like poo too :(

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Does anyone know if there is anyway to get Day of Defeat source working properly under vista? Right now it runs but like poo and looks like poo too :(

Define poo a bit more specifically. How do the other Source games run?
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Hi Paul,
Currently Day of Defeat is missing a lot of the sky textures, stuff is flashing and artifacting all over the place. I am using the latest Vista drivers from Nvidia's beta site. I have, further, pushed down the direct X level to 8.1, 8.0, 7 etc. All to no avail. The lower levels actually just crash the game.
I have not tried any of the other games because, to be honest, it's really all I am playing. I also have tried giving myself full administrative rights to the steam folder.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Johnathon
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Does anyone know if there is anyway to get Day of Defeat source working properly under vista? Right now it runs but like poo and looks like poo too :(
Define poo a bit more specifically. How do the other Source games run?
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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I went to the steam suport before I installed beta 2 and it says that STEAM is NOT compatible with vista as of yet. Guess we just have to wait till they come out with a steam platform that supports vista and its capabilities. Zach
"Johnathonm" wrote:

Hi Paul,
Currently Day of Defeat is missing a lot of the sky textures, stuff is flashing and artifacting all over the place. I am using the latest Vista drivers from Nvidia's beta site. I have, further, pushed down the direct X level to 8.1, 8.0, 7 etc. All to no avail. The lower levels actually just crash the game.
I have not tried any of the other games because, to be honest, it's really all I am playing. I also have tried giving myself full administrative rights to the steam folder.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Johnathon
"Paul Smith" wrote:
"Johnathonm" wrote in message
Does anyone know if there is anyway to get Day of Defeat source working properly under vista? Right now it runs but like poo and looks like poo too :(
Define poo a bit more specifically. How do the other Source games run?
-- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User. http://www.windowsresource.net/
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 05:33:02 -0700, Smitty wrote:

I went to the steam suport before I installed beta 2 and it says that STEAM is NOT compatible with vista as of yet. Guess we just have to wait till they come out with a steam platform that supports vista and its capabilities.

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