I have a copy of BOTF i am runnin windows vista, i had to unnistall forgot why......now i am trying to reinstall the game everything installs well but the game ALWAYS freezes as soon as i clikc on a race and hit continue, i cant even get to the map. another thing is that i have no sound at all. i have tryed reinstalling it same problem. plz help me i love this game and i really want to play but i cant. :cry:

Nobody out there has any ideas?

Try one of jokers xp patches, might work for vista as well. Look through here for it i have looked but cant be arsed to look that much than a few pages for u as i dont have the time.

It had a cool install thing tho that did it for u with a bat file i think.

http://www.armadafleetcommand.com/botf/ ... wforum&f=3

The patches for BOTF are available in the downloads section of the main Armadafleetcommand forums,which is:

However, the above link will NOT work until you actually sign into the forums. There are several XP patches available on there - different computers need different patches, but i'm not entirely sure why. Don't forget that there is a second page of patches - click the link at the bottom of the download page to see the rest of them!

The 'Joker' person that Skeeter mentioned above is a well-known BOTF modder - probably the best known modder, actually. Joker created most of the patches that are available. He has his own site, which is



I personally don't like the structure of the site - it's easier to download stuff from Armadafleetcommand - but if none of the patches work, have a look around Jokers site as there may be some newer stuff. You could also try sending him an email. I've never spoke to him, but I heard he is willing to help people with their BOTF problems.

Welcome to the site.

Thanks jig thats the patch i was on about.

Mal, where do i get all this stuff can you post a link for me

BTW i dont think the disk is the problem because i downloaded the game on my sisters comp and it downloaded fine, the game downloads on mine as well but it always freezes after i pick a race and hit continue, and there is no music, could i be missing something?

well then it's your comp and the settings on it then. Help can be found best here: http://www.armadafleetcommand.com/botf/

If there's no music, it might be that it's a codec issue. Every computer is different, so I can only give examples not a specific pack that you can download, but I currently have the installed on my computer. Without it, I cannot play ANY of the movies in BOTF - they don't even attempt to play, the game just skips them. Once I installed the pack, it all ran perfectly.

The ACE Mega Codecs pack is the only one that works for me - i've tried several without any luck. The link above is the right one, but I was having trouble accessing the whole site earlier. Hopefully it'll be working by the time you read this.

There are plenty of codecs packs available, but free-codecs.com is probably the best place to get them from...when it's working.

*Warning - installation of a codecs pack MAY cause other things to stop working!*