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rehtep69
2008-12-06, 15:37
hello, i just bought the LOTR War of the Ring but i am finding it impossible to save the game, i just get a message saying invalid save. has anybody else gotten this message and do they know how to fix it? its a shame because its a good game aside from this. i have Windows Vista if it helps, any help would be appreciated

StarWarsNerd
2008-12-06, 21:21
What OS are you using?

lethargic
2008-12-06, 21:28
I have that problem sometimes when trying to play older games on Vista machines.

Try changing the program's compatibility settings to WinXP. That usually clears it up for me.

rehtep69
2008-12-08, 14:24
Thanks for the help but, eh, could you tell me how you do that? and my OS is Vista. I just get the same message: invalid save name but it doesnt save by codes, it should just be a standard click to save but i get that message. Apparantly its happening alot too i've read of others getting this problem.

lethargic
2008-12-08, 15:55
Grrrrr...

*deep breath*

Right click on the icon for the game and go to properties. There should be a tab that says "compatability". Go there and change the settings to WinXP.

I don't know why Vista does that to some games but, like I said, this should fix the problem for you.

rehtep69
2008-12-08, 17:27
damn it, i did that but i am still getting the invalid save name message grrrrrrrrrr

lethargic
2008-12-08, 17:44
Dunno...you could try also right clicking on the icon and selecting run as admin. Maybe see if there's any updates or patches for the game. There's also uninstalling/reinstalling the game.

That's all the idears that I have.

You could try googling around, see if there's other people that have had the same problem. That's usually the first place I go when I can't get a game to work with Vista.

There's some games that won't play well with Vista no matter what you try.