Preliminary Windows Vista 32-bit fix. Subject to future updates and refinement.
Information posted here adapted from the forum thread - http://www.swrebellion.com/forums/postt3795.html
Please address any issues or concerns to the thread linked above.
General Info:
Microsoft has removed the support for Direct Draw Retained Mode from both Vista 32/64 editions. Rebellion requires this mode for operation and the d3drm.dll is required for this functionality. Vista has no implementation of this rendering mode and if present the file should be found within the contents of /windows/system32 and windows/WoW64/system32 on x64 systems.
Fix:
To circumvent this limitation we will use the d3drm.dll from Windows XP edition.
Download the file - Here (Hosted by dlldump.com or Here - Hosted by SWR
Copy the file to your C:\Windows\System32 directory.
Optionally register the file with the Windows registry using the following command. Reported as an unrequired step for Rebellion to operate on Windows Vista 32-bit.
REGSVR32 C:\Windows\System32\d3drm.dll
Known issues regarding this method.
C-3PO/Imperial Droid galaxy status introduction cannot be skipped by clicking on the galactic interface.
Space Battles reportedly have the same issues that Widows 2000 and Linux/BSD have.
Another possible fix is to:
1. Install Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (Freely available from Here.)
Note: Even though it says it will only work on Vista ultimate, it will install on all versions of Vista.
Alternative: You can also use VMWare, however VMWare is not free. You can get a 30 Day trial from Here.
2. Install an old version of Windows (preferrably Windows 9x).
3. Install the game.
Known Issues
This method requires a system with plenty of RAM and processing power to be effective. Most machines that can run Vista properly (1 gig of ram+) should not have a problem.
--Budious 23:43, 8 April 2007 (EST)
--Darthcircuit 00:55, 2 February 2008 (EST)
--Stratus 00:56, 18 October 2008 (MST)
