Need help getting vampire the masquerade bloolines to work (steam version)

[Trasken]

Ok, so im running a 1 year old macbook pro with bootcamp and vista ultimate 32-bit.
Dl'ed the game off of steam and when i tried to run it it said there was some error and it crashed to desktop.
I uninstalled and am in the process of downloading again, anyone can give me some tips on getting this game to work?

 

[Huntn]

Hopefully you'll get it going. I'm currently running this game on a PC, great game btw. I also run bootcamp and 32bit Vista on my MBP so I'll be keeping en eye on this thread.

 

[Hansr]

Dunno how the DRM is for the Steam version but for the CD version you pretty much need the unofficial patch to get it with anything above XP.

 

[txa1265]

Dunno how the DRM is for the Steam version but for the CD version you pretty much need the unofficial patch to get it with anything above XP.

I disagree.

I own the CD version, the Steam version and also on Direct2Drive. I have had all three installed on both XP and Win7x64 (I avoided Vista where I could, as it was the worst OS release in modern memory), and I have never had to use one of the unofficial patches.

 

[davwin]

I would recommend trying to install the 1.2 official patch manually (get it from worthdownloading or other sites) once you've reinstalled it through Steam. You should also try loading the wide-screen fix (from widescreengaming forums) as the patched dll fixed alot of graphical issues with Bloodlines for me. The other thing to try would be as suggested - to try using the latest unofficial patch and see if that helps.

I do remember having issues installing this one off CD's in Vista but, it's been sometime now and I've been on Win7 for a while now so I don't remember what I had to do to fix it but these 3 steps + the others suggestions should be a good starting place.

 

[lannister80]

Anyone want to buy a 3-foot-high stack of Jyhad cards?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Eternal_Struggle

 

[mydust]

is it the game available a decade ago?