Tales of Monkey Island running on Windows 7

[Dyne]

Thanks for all the help so far guys, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by accolon

Did you try to install the Bootcamp drivers? Try to download the most recent graphics driver from the nVidia website.

Or you could take your XP disc and integrate SP2 (very easy to do with a tool called nLite, use Google to find it). XP is fully supported by Bootcamp.

I installed the drivers from the Mac OSX disc and they installed correctly. I also downloaded updated drivers from nVidia's site, although I think there is a compatibility issue with Windows 7. I got the following message:

"This is a response from a pre-release version of Windows 7. If you have feedback about this response, please use the survey at the bottom of the page.

Compatibility issue between a chipset in your computer and Windows

This problem was caused by a compatibility issue between this version of Windows and a chipset in your computer. The chipset was created by NVIDIA Corporation.

The model name of the chipset is NVIDIA nForce."

Not too sure what to make of that, but I did try to follow the steps provided but nothing happend.

Oh, and thanks for the info on nLite, I might try it out.

If the game running slowly has nothing to do with Windows 7, then would it be recommended to try out the 64-bit version instead of the 32-bit version? Apparently 64-bit uses your ram more effectively, but has less compatibility than 32-bit. If anyone could explain the two more in depth, I would be much obliged.

Here is a picture of my specs in depth, and according to Microsoft, I pass the recommended requirements to run Tales of Monkey Island.


The reason I purchased the cheaper option of the available iMac's was because I'm not a huge fan of having to update your hardware just so you can play the latest games. And considering that "Cloud Gaming" is supposedly coming later this year, and supposedly 100% compatible with MacOSX I figured that I wouldn't need to spend more money on better hardware if Cloud Gaming will work on any machine that can stream video. For more information, search "OnLive" and "GaiKai" in google.

Again, thanks everyone.

[hansschmucker]

As a "cloud gamer" from the past, I can tell you that Cloud game isn't everything it's said to be. The PS3/PSP crowd had it for a few years now and the lag that you always have keeps you from playing any type of action game.

About Win7: At Q5 I get perfect framerate and at Q9 it's still acceptable with a GeForce GO 7950 with WQ index of 4.6 (5.9/5.2 for graphics)

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by hansschmucker

As a "cloud gamer" from the past, I can tell you that Cloud game isn't everything it's said to be. The PS3/PSP crowd had it for a few years now and the lag that you always have keeps you from playing any type of action game.

Really? I thought the technology was still in the testing phases. I know there are rumors of "Cloud Technology" hitting the PS3. I remember hearing that Sony recently registed a trademark titled "Playstation Cloud" or something along those lines.

I've still got my skepticism on the technology, but the demonstration videos seam to work very well.

[hansschmucker]

Originally Posted by Dyne

Really? I thought the technology was still in the testing phases. I know there are rumors of "Cloud Technology" hitting the PS3. I remember hearing that Sony recently registed a trademark titled "Playstation Cloud" or something along those lines.

I've still got my skepticism on the technology, but the demonstration videos seam to work very well.

Sorry, didn't think about a non-Sony gamer not being familiar with RemotePlay. The PS3 can be used as what usually be the provider and stream games to the PSP that way. It's not actually called cloud-gaming and the infrastructure is a little different since you control the host as well, but from a purely technical POV it's the same: Server hosts game, client sends input from client to server, server sends result back. This happens via a standard internet or a direct Wifi connection

[accolon]

Originally Posted by smashing

Is Tales any simpler than Doom 3 (a few year old game)? I doubt so.

I think players really need to shake off the mentality that adventure games will be forever compatible with slow machines. That is just not the case these days!

Maybe TOMI is not simpler than Doom 3, but the graphics are far from being as complex as in many other current games. All I wanted to say is that the 9400M is not as bad as some people said in this thread. If it can run Doom 3 at 80 fps, it should be able to run TOMI without major problems.

Like I said, I put TOMI onto an old laptop with Intel GMA X3100 (and a Celeron 1,7 GHz), and it runs fine on quality setting 3. The 9400M is far more powerful (about 5 times faster than the GMA), so do your math.

Whatever the problem is, it's not the graphics chip in this case.

[Maestro J]

Apple version of TOMI is now AVAILABLE!!! Just go to telltale site!

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by Leak

Why do people buy crappy, non-upgradeable Apple products again?

agreed.

Originally Posted by Iron Curtain

True, I hate the non-upgradability, but given a choice between upgradability and ease of use, I'd choose ease of use.

ahem... watch this video, plz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz5Fc8k4M50

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

agreed.



ahem... watch this video, plz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz5Fc8k4M50

That guy reminds me of my maths teacher...