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COMI, any version working on Vista?

SS the Free!SS the Free!
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_0_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=curse+of+monkey+island&sprefix=Curse+o
Is there any version of COMI that works on Vista without SCUMMVM on that page or in existence?

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  • presidentmaxpresidentmax
    edited August 2009
    nope
  • Guybrush ThreepwoodGuybrush Threepwood
    edited August 2009
    Actually, I think the 'Classics' line run on Vista without a problem. I know my Sam & Max Hit the Road one does.
  • BobTGoldfishBobTGoldfish
    edited August 2009
    to get CoMI to run on vista

    you need to use

    http://www.scummvm.org/

    This program.

    Trust me it works. I'm running vista and have CoMI running just fine using that baby!

    (the point here is that you NEED to use it. there is no version that doesn't as far as I know)
  • NabaDwANabaDwA
    edited August 2009
    why would you want to run it without scummvm?
  • BaggeBagge
    edited August 2009
    If you for some reason don't want to run the game through ScummVM, you can use this CMI launcher.
  • jortlabanjortlaban
    edited August 2009
    Bagge wrote: »
    If you for some reason don't want to run the game through ScummVM, you can use this CMI launcher.

    or get this installer.

    It gives you more and stable installation options and comes with the same above mentioned launcher.

    I have one question though... why wouldn't you want a launcher like ScummVM for the game???
    ScummVM runs like a charm on Vista (and even Win7)
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    I tried playing without ScummVM first. It played alright, for so long, then it just froze up. With that I definitely recommend just using ScummVM really. It's not like you've got anything big to set it up and it's easy to use.
  • SS the Free!SS the Free!
    edited August 2009
    So not being allowed to download stuff is a crime. -_-
    Does the Lucasarts Classic COMI work then?
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited August 2009
    SS the Free! wrote: »
    So not being allowed to download stuff is a crime. -_-
    Does the Lucasarts Classic COMI work then?

    If it's a parental problem just explain to them that ScummVM isn't illegal and isn't going to contain spyware and viruses etc. Have you been able to get Tales or is that forbidden also?
  • SS the Free!SS the Free!
    edited August 2009
    guitarsareboring wrote: »
    If it's a parental problem just explain to them that ScummVM isn't illegal and isn't going to contain spyware and viruses etc. Have you been able to get Tales or is that forbidden also?
    I have Tales and EFMI already works on Vista.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited August 2009
    SS the Free! wrote: »
    I have Tales and EFMI already works on Vista.

    If you can download this launcher (http://quick.mixnmojo.com/cmi-launcher) like someone else suggested I'm pretty sure you just replace the one you install from the CD, so you're not getting a whole new program, just changing one of the files?
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    If the above doesn't work. Can't you just go round to a friends house and download ScummVM onto a usb stick, or a cd, or something along those lines? :/

    When you've got ScummVM, it was made to be used with the retail cd's. All you have to do is get the files; comi.la0(It's on both disks, but they're identical, so doesnt matter which one you get it off), comi.la1, comi.la2 and the Resource files on both disks compiled into one Resource file in the same directory as the other files.

    As I said I did manage to get it to work on Vista. However it just kept freezing randomly, making it impossible to play without using ScummVM. :/
  • FrogacudaFrogacuda
    edited August 2009
    SS the Free! wrote: »
    I have Tales and EFMI already works on Vista.
    How did you get Tales if you aren't allowed to download anything?
  • jortlabanjortlaban
    edited August 2009
    SS the Free! wrote: »
    So not being allowed to download stuff is a crime. -_-
    Does the Lucasarts Classic COMI work then?
    Running a PC on Windows Vista is a crime all by itself:D

    nah... just kidding...

    but ScummVM is a very small and completly virus/spam free application.

    Let your parents have a look at the webpage, and explain to them that you need this app to play the just bought game because they have a crappy OS on their system.
    It's ScummVM or Windows 7, those are basicly the only options your parents have..

    Disclaimer: Using Window 7 as an OS still requires ScummVM or Launcher to be downloaden, CoMI doesn't run very well in Windows 7.
  • FuryFury
    edited August 2009
    Curse works with the classics discs, and that was $10.

    Still, I would just run SzummVm if you run into any problems. CMI had issues on my pc, often text would stuf up and dialog would repeat and freeze every 10min.
  • Shen-ZhiShen-Zhi
    edited August 2009
    my version runs fine on vista32 when i put compatibility mode to windows 98 / windows me (no. 2 on your link)
  • priznaprizna
    edited August 2009
    I have had Curse running fine on vista without ScummVM for ages now, to get it working i just downloaded this: http://quick.mixnmojo.com/cmi-setup and to fix a problem were the dialogue would loop every so often, just set the COMI.exe file to windows 95 compatability mode.
  • kevintrimkevintrim
    edited August 2009
    at the risk of sounding silly, i downloaded scummvm, and i dont know how to get it to install COMI, and im not sure how to get it to install. I had no trouble with my monkey madness CD.
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    Have you got the below files off your disks?
    Rawr wrote: »
    When you've got ScummVM, it was made to be used with the retail cd's. All you have to do is get the files; comi.la0(It's on both disks, but they're identical, so doesnt matter which one you get it off), comi.la1, comi.la2 and the Resource files on both disks compiled into one Resource file in the same directory as the other files.
    Once you have, then just open the directory/folder where those files are kept in ScummVM, and it should find the game. :)
  • dumpling321dumpling321
    edited August 2009
    just download scummvm anyways and throw it into a folder that your parents wont find... title it something like "favorite biblical passages" (i know a guy who hides his... ummmm well you really don't want to know what he hides in his "favorite biblical passages" folder...)
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    I had ScummVM crash on me the other day when I was playing easy mode of CMI, right when the ship leaves for Blood Island it locked up and I had to close it out, kind of upset me because I hadn't saved at all. :(
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    Unlucky. Actually I had EFMI freeze up, window just gave me and error that the program could not repond, when I was playing through it again the other week. I was just getting the final piece for the Ultimate Insult, where you have to do that dive. Hadn't saved since finding Ozzie's stolen treasure. x.x Had to redo that stupid Parrot rock puzzle(I hate that so much it's untrue, you can be going through those rocks for ages, talking to the drunken bird untill you find the one it's under). It's times like that I really miss autosave. Such a brilliant feature.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited August 2009
    dumpling321 wrote: »
    just download scummvm anyways and throw it into a folder that your parents wont find... title it something like "favorite biblical passages" (i know a guy who hides his... ummmm well you really don't want to know what he hides in his "favorite biblical passages" folder...)

    I think it's pretty safe to say the passages you're referring to aren't of a biblical nature...
  • jortlabanjortlaban
    edited August 2009
    kevintrim wrote: »
    at the risk of sounding silly, i downloaded scummvm, and i dont know how to get it to install COMI, and im not sure how to get it to install. I had no trouble with my monkey madness CD.

    Copy the RESOURCE folder, COMI.LA0 and COMI LA1 from disc 1 and the RESOURCE folder and COMI.LA2 from disc 2 of your original gamediscs to an easy to find folder on your HDD. (keep the resource folder in tact, don't put the files out of the folder, when windows states "overwrite" click yes).
    You don't need any other files or executables.

    Open ScummVM, Click "ADD GAME", go to the folder where you copied your files, Press "CHOOSE" then "OK" when the game-info screen appears....

    you should be done now.

    Click on the game and press "START".

    Voila, CoMI running in ScummVM
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