Touhou + Vista?

[Ragnikarth]

Okay it looks like I have major issues. On Vista 32bit, Touhou games seem to lag down to 30FPS sometimes. It's ridiculous, and just makes me stop playing.

Am I doing something wrong or is it the PC?

[?q]

Update your graphics driver.

Alternatively, use custom.exe to have the game only display 1/2 of the frames.  But definitely update.

[Lexica]

Video card more than anything else, and for me I couldn't care less with user account controls etc so I just turn it off...

[PN]

Another related question - what are the minimum specs needed to run touhou at 60fps?

On a P3 1GHz, with 256MB of RAM and a Geforce 400MX, I get a constant 30 fps under Win2K, and ~40-45 frames using Wine in Xubuntu for PoFV (same machine).

My Core2 Duo machine with WinXP SP3 runs all the games at a constant 60fps (e6650, Geforce 8800GTS, 2GB RAM).

@Black-cat:  It's probably the keyboard on your laptop.  Some aren't designed to be able to recognize that many inputs simultaneously.  My sister's is the same way.  You might be able to find a key mapping program that might let you map multiple keys to one (kinda how Joy2Key works, but a keyboard version if it exists), but I can't see it not being messy.

[KamiDewhurst]

Does anyone run Touhou on Vista? I know people use XP, and I'm using 2000 and there aren't any problems. But I'm gonna be getting a laptop for college soon, and they pretty much all come with Vista. If I can't run Touhou on it, then I'll need to install XP on it. But if I can run Touhou, there's no need to change the OS. Yeah, what OS I use depends completely on whether it can run Touhou or not hahaha

I use vista. I have most games and they work. Just one is only mean't for Windows XP. I have it but it doesn't work. (th12) 
Good luck. 

[orinrin]

Life Sign "Thread Resurrection"

[Euoia]

Haven't had any problems on my laptop yet... then again, my skills in the later touhou games are lacking. Therefore, I can't have problems with the later spellcards because I never reach them.. >.>

[OkashiiKisei]

While we're on the subject of computers and Touhou compatability, is it possible to play Touhou games on a iMac? I haven't tried to install the games yet, since I'm afraid what'll happen if they aren't compatible.

I tried searching up the solution on Touhou Wiki, but they didn't give a straight answer. They said if you donwload Crossover Chronium it would work, but they weren't sure, since they hadn't officialy tested it, and it could just as easily blow up in your face. When looking through forums and sites about the games, I couldn't understand a word of all technobabble flying around.

I still have an old windows computer though, Windows HP or something. He's an oldie though, and I think installing anything on it would make it sputter it's last breath. And even if it works, the computer is very slow and would probably lag tremendously. My iMac is far quicker and newer, but again, I don't know if it's compatible.

[orinrin]

It is probably safer to just run an emulator for the Mac.

[OkashiiKisei]

It is probably safer to just run an emulator for the Mac.

....I didn't even it was possible to use emulators on Apple computers... At least, those SNES or N64 emulators. What kind of emulator do I need? A PC emulator?

[Kinzo the Astro Curious]

More of a problem with the laptop than the OS. Your laptop just can't read more than 3 keys at the same time.

Luckily both my Toshiba laptops never had a problem with this.

Argh, my Acer laptop does this. Its bloody annoying if you need to deathbomb, or shoot and go two directional keys at once as it doesnt respond.

Also, 7 here. Later touhous Run alright if everything else is shut down. EVERYTHING!
(7 really has crap resource management compared to XP.. never tried vista)

[orinrin]

....I didn't even it was possible to use emulators on Apple computers... At least, those SNES or N64 emulators. What kind of emulator do I need? A PC emulator?

Boot Camp is the official Windows emulator developed by Apple.  I think you need a XP or Vista install CD though.

[Alice]

Argh, my Acer laptop does this. Its bloody annoying if you need to deathbomb, or shoot and go two directional keys at once as it doesnt respond.

Thinkpad has best keyboard among laptops, it can responds 5 keys simultaneously.

Boot Camp is the official Windows emulator developed by Apple.  I think you need a XP or Vista install CD though.

I think Boot Camp is not an emulator but a dual boot utility. VMWare for Mac might be a good option, it provide good emulation.

[Momiji]

Yeah, Boot Camp is a boot loader/driver installer.  If you don't mind restarting your computer a bit, it'll give you the best environment for Touhou.  Virtualization software like VMware or Virtualbox are second alternatives, you won't need to reboot every time you play Touhou, but it won't be quite as fast.  Just make sure you have 3d acceleration passthrough turned on.

Also, for rollover problems use an external keyboard or controller.

Anyway, shouldn't this thread've been in Tech Support?