Elder Scrolls games and Windows 7?

Post » Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:36 am

Are any of the Elder Scrolls games compatible with Windows7? I hope so, especially Morrowind. I just switched to a Laptop which has Windows 7.

I hope you can help me.

Thanks in Advance.

Lady Galadriel

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Beulah Bell
 
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Post » Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:54 am

All of them are.
Even Arena and Daggerfall.

For Morrowind, you need to do a few quick and easy things to avoid some problems (because Windows 7 is terrible at letting you alter files in certain cases)
Especially if you want to use mods or patches.

Here's some info on Morrowind, which also applies to Oblivion (and I assume Skyrim)

Changing the Installation path is the simplest way to avoid problems. Programs installed in Program Files will be restricted by Windows 7.

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NIloufar Emporio
 
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Post » Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:04 am

skyrim and oblivion are

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Amy Cooper
 
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Post » Fri Jan 17, 2014 11:16 am

All of them are.

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michael flanigan
 
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Post » Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:15 pm

Arena and Daggerfall do need DosBox though. Morrowind and newer are natively compatible.

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Post » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:34 am

Info about how to get Daggerfall and Arena working can be found on UESP Wiki
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/General:Playing_DOS_Installments_under_DOSBox#Installing
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Files It's actually much easier to just use the Daggerfall.setup.exe than the CD.

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Post » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:47 am


Yep! When I first switched from console to PC
(a Windows 8 machine), the first game I installed was Daggerfall via the Daggerfall.setup.exe compiled by Ancestral Ghost. It was very easy to install and works great.
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