in the shell

I've just finished Retro Retrievers: Bell's Angels, written for the Telecommunications History Group as part of my Games Architecture module at uni. It's not Call of Duty or anything, but I'm still proud

If you want to take a look, go to http://jgdesignworks.com/EngBlog/blog5.php. It's definitely more in Alpha than release stage, and I'd love comments on it (good or bad).

Jeff

for some reason I have a song rattling around in my head.

"Take me out to the Bell game, take me out with the crowd ...."

"take me out"? some kind of first person shooter?

So far the only comment I can make is it doesn't run in Windows 7 64-bit

Saito wrote:So far the only comment I can make is it doesn't run in Windows 7 64-bit

Oh, that's me out too then....

Unless I set up a VM of XP 32bit

That's odd ... since I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, and it works for me.

It does end up in the x86 Programs folder, so it's probably running in 32-bit mode, but it ought to work.

What error(s) are you getting? Is it a .Net framework error? An XNA framework error?

--Jeff

I get a standard Windows 7 'BellsAngelsArch has stopped working' dialog and this Info:


Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: BellsAngelsArch.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4d0ad257
Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Fault Module Timestamp: 4a5bdbdf
Exception Code: e0434f4d
Exception Offset: 0000b727
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

*shrugs*

Hmmm ... that would seem to be a problem with a goofy bit Microsoft left not flagged (re: running 32-bit programs on a 64-bit system). Since I can't replicate it on my machine (since my 64-bit machine runs it just fine), I'm not sure I've fixed the problem. I did try, though, and have re-uploaded the setup program.

I realise this is a pain (and for a free game, as well), but if you get a chance could you download again and try to reinstall? If it works, great! If not, I'm at a loss (and pissed at Microsoft for not supporting their own 64-bit platform better).

I think there's supposed to be some sort of "WOW64" 32-bit emulator enabled on Windows 7, but obviously it isn't doing the trick.

Thanks!
Jeff

i have a Win32 machine I can try it on too, I'll give it another shot.

Thanks.