Nifskope crashes under win7

[mancika]

Hi! I switched finally from WinXpSp3 to Win7 x86 since it handles hardware way better then Xp. But some progz just dont like it.

 

Nifskope starts up and loads models but after a short while working in it crashes so i cannot do anything at all. I tried compatibility settings (to xp sp3).

 

Anyone knows a solution? Thx in advance.

[Feltmarskal]

Hi! I switched finally from WinXpSp3 to Win7 x86 since it handles hardware way better then Xp. But some progz just dont like it.

 

Nifskope starts up and loads models but after a short while working in it crashes so i cannot do anything at all. I tried compatibility settings (to xp sp3).

 

Anyone knows a solution? Thx in advance.

My guess would be that you either changed from 32 bit to 64 bit or that it is simply not compatible with Win7. Try to run it in compatibility for Windowx XP Service Pack 3. Left click on the icon, press "compatibility", Run this program in compatibility for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Good luck, i think that's how it is. My Win7 is Danish, so i don't know the exact words for it, but i think you should be able to find compatibility thing. :)

 

compatibility is f***ing hard to spell! God bless Google Chrome for correcting it :P

[prandiningrat]

Mightbe that's not compatible with win 7 x86, but i can see nifskope working fine under that OS(win 7 x86) not even try to changing compatibiltiy settings..

I know that Win 7 has built in driver but usually too old, so you can try to update your GPU driver..because this program using GPU OpenGL to work(rendering process).

or try to reinstalling with new version with delete all registry keys related to this program..

[mancika]

Mightbe that's not compatible with win 7 x86, but i can see nifskope working fine under that OS(win 7 x86) not even try to changing compatibiltiy settings..

I know that Win 7 has built in driver but usually too old, so you can try to update your GPU driver..because this program using GPU OpenGL to work(rendering process).

or try to reinstalling with new version with delete all registry keys related to this program..

 

I switched my driver and it seems a good idea. I didnt know that Nifskope uses Opengl so thanks for the tip. Still got crashes but less. Weird is i cannot select opjects in the viewport but only by selecting in the block list.

Also in Ati Control Center i thinkered with the settings. Seems it has an effect. Ill look further into it since this is not solved yet.

 

Its worth to mention how much better the game runs (and everything that uses 3d) under win7. Its like 150% and the look is completely different. Having issues in editing tho makes me angry....

[prandiningrat]

I'm using nVidia, and nifskope using 'nvoglnt.dll'. I mean for multitexturing. Thats nVidia compatible OpenGL. I'm sure ATI is the same as nVidia.

Have you tried to uncheck 'antialiasing' or 'shaders' under render menu?? and also you can read 'known issues and workarounds' in nifskope readme.txt.

[LHammonds]

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and an ATI Radeon HD 5870 and have had no problems with NifSkope.

 

I have it installed in a custom directory outside of "Program Files" to avoid any unpleasantries associated with the Vista/Win7 UAC security enhancements. Although your problem is probably related to the video card and drivers more than the increase folder security. You might want to try and run it in Administrator mode to see if that helps though.

 

Place a shortcut to NifSkope on your desktop, right-click, select Properties, on the Shortcut tab, click the Advanced button and place a checkmark beside "Run as Administrator" to see if that helps. If not, turn the option back off.

 

LHammonds