Archive for March 2009
Beyond Good and Evil in Vista 64 (Steam)
I recently purchased the Ubisoft classic pack via Steam. Mostly for one game, Beyond Good and Evil. Getting it to run on Vista 64 was a bit of a chore. First I needed a registry fix, which is different than the registry fix posted for XP/Vista 32bit. The file contains the following:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ubisoft\Beyond Good & Evil]
"Install Path"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\beyond good and evil"
You will need to change this if you installed the game somewhere else, the path listed above is the default.
After that, I had to run SettingsApplication.exe, located in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\beyond good and evil
Go to the advance settings tab, check “Manual compatibility settings.” I unchecked “HW Vertex Processing”
I had to do this because the 2D elements of the game, like the game’s user interface were flickering often. Others in various forums seem to uncheck other options depending on issues they are having. So your luck may vary. If you are still having issues check out Steam’s Beyond Good and Evil forums.
