IT DOESNT WORK

[nightlordforeve]

I bought it and doesn't work.
It sometimes shows a logo or sometimes just a black screen but either way it says it stopped working and gives me an error.
I've also tried Prince Valiant's solution below but the same thing.

How do I play this on Windows 7 64bit????

[Sheen_ES]

Still life doesn't run well with x64 OS, in fact it doesn't (as far I know). Some time ago I tried to play this game on Vista 64 and It was impossible. I have just to buy this game and I have no problems to play on Windows 7 32. Run perfectly.

64 architecture OS is not a good option with games, and with old games less. Companies not take seriously this system. I had so many problems with games on Vista 64 that i promised myself I'd never use a 64 OS again until its programation being thoughtfully implemented.

Anyway, you can try compatibility mode with Windows NT 4.0, althought it didn't work with Vista 64 when i tried some time ago. Maybe with the Steam version works. Good Luck.

Regards.

[gijas04]

Still life doesn't run well with x64 OS, in fact it doesn't (as far I know). Some time ago I tried to play this game on Vista 64 and It was impossible. I have just to buy this game and I have no problems to play on Windows 7 32. Run perfectly.

64 architecture OS is not a good option with games, and with old games less. Companies not take seriously this system. I had so many problems with games on Vista 64 that i promised myself I'd never use a 64 OS again until its programation being thoughtfully implemented.

Anyway, you can try compatibility mode with Windows NT 4.0, althought it didn't work with Vista 64 when i tried some time ago. Maybe with the Steam version works. Good Luck.

Regards.


Mum, maybe a few years ago but in today's world of gaming a 64 bit system is a must since many new games are uping RAM usage to 4 G's which a 32 bit only uses 3.5 G's or something.

[KarlMonster]

How do I play this on Windows 7 64bit????

Find the StillLife.exe file here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\still life

1) Select StillLife.exe and right click on it.

2) Select 'Properties'

3) Select the 'Compatibility' tab

4) Click to check the box for "Run this program in Compatibility mode for"

5) Click on the pull-down menu right underneath that and select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"

6) Optional: at the bottom, check the box for "Run this program as an Administrator" [this is probably unnecessary, but can't hurt]

7) Click OK

8) run game

9) Its probably also a good idea to disable the Steam Community in-game overlay, you can do that in the Steam client

The Steam store page says the game wuns in Vista/7, but the manual clearly states "98/ME/2000/XP." Steam *should* make it clear that the game wasn't made to work in native Vista/7. They *should* because that can mean the difference between Microids being willing to offer you support or not.

[Sheen_ES]

Mum, maybe a few years ago but in today's world of gaming a 64 bit system is a must since many new games are uping RAM usage to 4 G's which a 32 bit only uses 3.5 G's or something.

That only happens in XP and Vista (maybe). Windows 7 32 support more than 4 GB. In fact the problem was the OS and not the architecture. My PC support up to 16 Gb Ram and I'm running a 32 architecture (I have 8 Gb Ram and use all 8 Gb). With Windows 7 the only that matter is what motherboard you have.

But, anyway, I know 64 rchitecture is much better than 32 one. But when you install old games or programs you can find problems. 64 architecture give not a real difference on performance than 32 one (actually, of course). When it happens I change without any doubt.

Regards.

[Flamaros]

That only happens in XP and Vista (maybe). Windows 7 32 support more than 4 GB. In fact the problem was the OS and not the architecture. My PC support up to 16 Gb Ram and I'm running a 32 architecture (I have 8 Gb Ram and use all 8 Gb). With Windows 7 the only that matter is what motherboard you have.

But, anyway, I know 64 rchitecture is much better than 32 one. But when you install old games or programs you can find problems. 64 architecture give not a real difference on performance than 32 one (actually, of course). When it happens I change without any doubt.

Regards.

Are you really sure to have Seven 32bits? Or did you switch 8Gb(its) with 8GB(ytes), because it's not the same. 1GByte = 8Gbits.
And with some recent hardware you can have 32bits extensions that allow you to adress more memory than 4GB, but that not as good as a complete 64bits architecture with the OS.

[Sheen_ES]

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/08/19/make-windows-7-and-vista-32-bit-x86-support-more-than-4gb-memory/

[|Clockwork|]

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/08/19/make-windows-7-and-vista-32-bit-x86-support-more-than-4gb-memory/

Wow, your are so wrong, its not even funny. You might want to do some more research before trusting that guys blog. Not only is he linking to something that perhaps I shouldn't even mention, but he has not even tested it himself.

Try reading this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
Also read some of the comments in his blog post to see why it is a bad idea

It might be possible to extend the memory limit with those hack tools, but there is no guarantee of system performance or stability, so your recommendation is pretty useless.

Also, its 2011, upgrading to win 64bit does not bring software related compatibility issues as it did 2-3 years ago.

[in.meinem.turm.]

Also, its 2011, upgrading to win 64bit does not bring software related compatibility issues as it did 2-3 years ago.

It does with at least old software. I use a lot of software that has no updates and will not work on 64 bit systems.

[Sheen_ES]

It might be possible to extend the memory limit with those hack tools, but there is no guarantee of system performance or stability, so your recommendation is pretty useless.

I don't recommend anything. I linked that to show 32 architecture can support more than 4 GB. I don't use that program, I use another more tested (http://wj32.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/pae-patch-updated-for-windows-7/). Anyway, It's something I use, nothing more. I have never recommended this program to the rest of the people. And yes, you're right, it's not recommended to anybody without knowledges, and is not guaranteed the performance or stability of the system, although I have not had any problem yet.

Thanks for the link info.

Regards.

[lightswitch94]

This is such bull. They should have specified that it would not work win 7. Is there any way to get a refund?

[woolerland]

Mum, maybe a few years ago but in today's world of gaming a 64 bit system is a must since many new games are uping RAM usage to 4 G's which a 32 bit only uses 3.5 G's or something.
what???

that makes no sense....

from top of my head i can only name 2 games which are 64 bit compactable.. (crysis 1 and metro 2033 i think). All other games run in 32 bit in on a 64 bit OS... so maximum ram a game can use is still only 3.5 GB, and the maximum ram i've seen used was 2 GB on crysis 1 and that was on 64 bit exe lol....

[Klaste]

I run it, I get a black screen. I control alt delete it, cancel, tab back to it, it works. If it works at all, then the whole 64-bit incompatibility thing is debunked, because I'm running 64 bit windows 7. Is it still buggy? Of course, but that's for a different reason.

[Mogan]

There are a couple threads about this problem over on GoG.com's Still Life boards, maybe check there.

[lightswitch94]

Still nothing. I have tried changing the compatibility modes and some other things listed from other sites, but nothing seems to work. Each time i try and run it, the steam says "launching Still life", then nothing happens.

[light487]

I ran it first time on Win7 Home Premium x64.. not a problem...

[gijas04]

It works fine for me and I have Windows 7 - 64 bit system. Didn't even have to set the compatability to XP Service Pack 3 or 2 for that matter.

[Metal85]

runs fine with win 7 32bit. came right in to the game. just that my monitor is complaining with this message "NO OPTIMUM MODE. OPTIMUM MODE 1920x1080". so my monitor turns black after 30sec. and i thought they would have changed it for todays computers. why dint they build in widescreen support.

i tried other things to get around my monitor that it doesnt come with this message and i can play in peace without getting a black screen after 30 sec.
so i went in to the properties under compatability and it is already set to "NT 4.0". so i tried the option the game should start with the 640x... resolution, but it dint work either. it doesnt seem to save the options i have made in the properties. i guess steam somehow doesnt allow it.

i hope they patch this problem that it should be for modern OS as stated under the requirements and fix the widescreen problem.

[DeeZaster]

I just wanted to comment about Sheen_ES claims on the 64bit os, (be it vista/xp/win7) that software/games don't run as well as in 32bit. Games run better for me on a 64bit os, always have but I only tried Vista/Win7 with 64bit. Its not the software people were having issues with either, it was DRIVERS. This game runs fine for a friend of mine running Win7 x64 but it doesn't even work for me on my 32 or 64bit Win7 os, as I dual boot. I launch the game, black screen, thats all. My previous installation of Win7 x64 ran the game fine until dialogs came up for you to click on and at that point I couldn't click or activate anything. Again it was on both 32/64, samething. I have upgraded my pc between these two times which might have an impact on just getting a black screen now.

Back in XP 32bit times I always wanted to play a game called Faust. It was impossible to run properly on that os, the audio would not sync (one of the features the game hyped up about) and would break up constantly and lead to crashes. When I upgraded to Vista 64bit the game ran flawlessly, and no having to do mickeymouse work arounds either. Beyond Good & Evil is a great example to prove its not the software/game but the reason BG&E doesn't run off of a 64bit os is because of the drivers it uses for copy protection. Grab a version without any copy protection on it and you will see it runs perfectly. As well Still Life I suffers from this problem as well (both copy protection & playing the game), but then again it does have issues running on vista+, 32/64bit it doesn't matter with this game. Try running a codec pack installed with this, you might be surprised.

[kamwoo]

Hi

I tried running it in compat mode, updated my video card and verything possible that I read from other web site, but still unable to get SL to run. I am running Vista Ult 64. When I run SL from the SL.exe aplication, I can see the splash screen come up then the window that says launching SL, then nothing. When I open the Program Manager, I can see that Game.exe is still running but the game does not acually play. Is this game not compatible with my version of Vista? Kind of feel ripped off; buying a game that I cannot play.

PS, I'm also running it on my laptop and ran the verify integrity of the game cashe (still nothing)

Also the game says it does support vista:

system Requirements
OS: Windows® XP/Vista/7
Processor: 1GHz CPU
Memory: 512MB
Hard Disk Space: 1.2GB
Video Card: DirectX compatible graphics card with 128MB memory
DirectX®: 9.0c
Sound: Sound card with DirectX 9.0c support

I have a quad core 4 gig ram Nvidia 9800 GT videocard. So my system more then meets the requirement to run this game.

[Metal85]

i got already a reply from support regarding at least my problem. he thought it would be a driver problem. so he gave me 3 links like dx 9, newest driver and C++2010.
my monitor still comes up with that crap that the mode is not good and that i should change it to 1920x1080. just you cant change the damn resolution in this game. the game as such starts fine. only my monitor doesnt allow me to play it after 30 sec.
i also feel ripped off that it doesnt work for days systems. why wright that OS is win7 when it doesnt even work for widescreen monitors.

[colorado]

For the record, it runs fine for me in Vista 64 bit. It started up and ran with no tweaking required.

My set up:

Vist 64
GTX 285
quad core i7
6 gig ram

I just thought I should mention this in case someone is thinking of buying it and gets the wrong impression that it won't work at all with Vista 64. It does work with Vista 64, so if it's not working for you I'd check into video card driver problems or something.

[SkeleDragon]

I to am having issues with this game but Metal85 i had a similar problem to what you have in the first Suffering game what i did was simply temporarily attached a second monitor so that my monitor wouldn't be able shutdown


As for Still Life I found that when it launches it will look like its not working then after a few seconds it pops up and runs perfectly i just have a bit of trouble launching it

[Xuang]

It doesn't even show up for me what gives? when I'm at the task manager it's there on my processes but no game at all so just like that other guy said how do I get a refund for this? :/