Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 i cant even install the game on my computer. when i try i get a message that this version of the file is not compatible with the version of windows im using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Are you sure you downloaded the right game?! Try downloading again anyway, it installed fine for me (on win 7 64bit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Avadon installed just fine for me, and I too have 64-bit Win7. Maybe your download got corrupted? And I noticed Norton has been treating the install file like it contains a virus; if you have a Norton product, you may want to disable it temporarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 you can try run installer on compability mode if nothing else helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish posfan12 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 I get a 1013 "Failed to run setup" error if they're related in any way. Compatibility mode is grayed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 broken package maybe, re-download and try again (clear browser's cache and Windows temp-folder before that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish posfan12 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 No luck. Tried using a different download link and browser. Same problem. The installer seems able to extract the contents of the archive, but then is unable to proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Micawber Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 So to confirm: your OS is windows7 64bit, you have downloaded AvadonDemo.exe from the spiderweb website (and not anywhere else), but it still fails to install? Assuming you have administrator privileges and there is a sufficiency of disk space & memory, it's hard to see what could be causing this. Can you post more details of your machine and its configuration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 i installed it on my xp laptop and moved the game over to my win 7 computer, but it plays abysmally slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 For the slow game problem, go to http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/avadon/techsupp.html and read the entry on what to do if your game is running slowly. As for the installer refusing to run, if you did indeed try redownloading with a different browser and it still doesn't work, the part of your OS dedicated to unpacking and installing msi files (Microsoft installer files) may be damaged. You need to have Windows Installer 5.0 properly installed on your machine. Running Windows Update might be a good start. - Jeff Vogel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 that did the trick. i downloaded the file from a different mirror and updated my video drivers and it worked. thanks alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Spidweb Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Thanks for letting me know. When people with 64 bit Win 7 have problems, new drivers solves them 9 out of 10 times. - Jeff Vogel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articulate Vlish posfan12 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 OK, the problem had nothing to do with the operating system being 64 bits. Rather, it was because I moved the default OS downloads folder to a different partition. This can be easily done in Windows 7 by right-clicking on the folder and adjusting the settings on the "Location" tab of the properties page. This is a new feature of Windows 7 which Avadon apparently does not support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Rick Simon Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Unfortunately, going with newer drivers is not always a workable solution. I have a multi-monitor setup with 2 ATI cards driving 4 monitors. This works fine for most stuff (including Battlefield 2, 2142, Halo, etc) but Avadon simply crashes after the opening (resolution selection) screen. This happens regardless of the selected options (full screen/windowed, resolution, gameplay option, etc). To add insult to injury, the crash scrambles the display properties (positioning & resolution) for the monitors which then require resetting. A newer Catalyst driver is available which "fixes" Avadon, but it does not support the second video card. When facing a choice between Avadon and giving up 2 of my monitors, I'm afraid the game loses hands down. Nor am I overly enthused at the prospect of replacing my video cards with a single, quad output card due to the cost. As a final work around I did try setting it up in XP mode (Win7's XP mode virtual machine) and Vista (in another VM). It does work that way but the gameplay is unbearably slow due to the serious graphics limitations of the VMs). So as it stands, I have a copy of Avadon that will never be played...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 If you bought the game from Spiderweb directly, you can get a refund. Just send an e-mail. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Originally Posted By: Rick Simon As a final work around I did try setting it up in XP mode (Win7's XP mode virtual machine) and Vista (in another VM). It does work that way but the gameplay is unbearably slow due to the serious graphics limitations of the VMs). Some VMs allow you you to change how much base memory and video memory is available to the VM; you might want to play around with these settings a bit, to see if it'll speed things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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