OK - so here's the problem: I've reinstalled this game because I was bored and I tried to import ships that I have had saved from the last time I had the game installed many many moons ago, they don't import; in fact, a new ship created from the new install exported OK but it also won't import. I get an error,
"Director Player Error
Integer expected
(window "E:\Program Files (x86)\SCW2\ShipMain\EXPORT\NCC0001")"
In the example above, Its the ship made with the new install. Suffice to say that no matter where the Import ship is on the PC the same error pops up. And yes, I realize that the game is on the "E" and not the "C" drive, which would probably be my next thing to try out; reinstalling to the "C" drive.
This game relys on quicktime. I thought that maybe this was the issue (based on some research I did before this); I started with the most up-to-date version (7 point something) installed on C, then E, then the same thing with the version on the disc (4!!) with the same error each time.
The machine is set to dual boot win7 Ultimate x64 or winxp pro x86, so that is the very next next step for me to try (which should help explain the "x86" on E:\Program Files (x86) - its for win 7 programs; E:\Program Files is for XP programs - not the smartest layout I guess but it works) after trying the install on the C drive.
The screwy thing is that other than this one issue the game runs awesome. Using the old version of quicktime makes the game sound like death being drug over gravel, though; so using the newer version would be preferable.
Worst case ontario I could probably put it all on the antique dell I have (its a wee bit closer to the recomended specs of the game, but its still XP Pro) but this is an undesireable outcome as booting that thing up takes around 7-10 minutes.
Any help would be appreciated, but I am willing to take the loss with this one - I do understand that this is an ancient game in software years and may never work 100% on Win7.
Cheers,
The Czar