To do this quickly with premade database click file open and choose nfs se cd installer from my directory XP vmware setup for windows 10 to install Install the ms app compat NFS SE databases for installation and running the game Install microsoft application compatibility toolkit 4-1 Install Vmware Tools via the VM tab of VMware workstationĪdd share to host to install files via VMware VM tab settings options shared folders always enable and map as network drive then add the share Make sure windows installer CD is in tray
Usb enabled and use USB 2.0 for compatibility and show all USB input devicesĭisplay auto detect and for 3D graphics check “Accelerate 3D graphics Install VMware workstation version 10.0.0 build 1295980 onto windows 10Ĭhoose guest OS windows XP pro 32-bit with SP2 I have updated it for my windows 10 host setup. My way of setting up NSF SE windows version in a windows computer for 2020 Based on that, I am posting here how I got the windows version to work on my windows 10 PC using a Win XP Pro VM. As soon as I rebooted the machine and tried again, it launched with the black screen and broke again.The download here, also includes the windows version. Also worked as many times as I launched it during that Windows session. NET and DirectX steps before first launch, and the game worked properly on first launch. Here are the other steps I've tried so far (WITHOUT success) - If you have the same problem, no doubt you have tried many of these fixes before:ġ) Delete Steam game files and re-downloadĢ) Verify game files, reboot and then try againģ) Run NFS11.exe (outside of Steam) as an Administrator, or with Compatibility settingsĤ) Set affinity of NFS11.exe process in Windows task manager to CPU0 and CPU1 only (to hopefully get around multi-core CPU issueĥ) Actually downloaded Origin (the EA gaming platform) and ran into the same problems there, so Steam itself doesn't appear to be the problemĦ) Uninstalled Steam, reinstalled, and restored commonapps folder. I have tried everything from 12.4 to the current 13.9.
This "fix" always works regardless of AMD driver version. Something is happening on shutdown or boot-up to break this and I'm not sure what it is exactly.
Re-installing display drivers ALWAYS works for the current session of Windows and always breaks after a reboot/logout. Before I list out what I've done, here are the specs on my machine:įYI, NFS Hot Pursuit installed, game files verified, patched to latest version:ġ) Game won't launch - black screen on startup.ģ) Re-installed AMD display drivers (No reboot)Ĥ) Game launches properly after this - and works as many times as I launch and close it.ĥ) Once I reboot the machine - the black screen issue comes back While I don't have the problem completely nailed down yet, I hope this helps someone.
There is no doubt in my mind that the issue is related to ATI/AMD display drivers after trying nearly every other fix under the sun. I've got a fairly common problem from what I've seen - NFS Hot Pursuit (2010) doesn't launch and sits there at a black screen, waiting for me to kill the task in Windows.