I need some technical Assistance

[Ballbarian]

I don't think that the dom install touches the windows registry at all. It basically just creates a folder and plops the game files in it...

Ah.

I renamed my original dom3 directory and did a fresh install.
Vista is your problem. (Have I mentioned anywhere that I HATE VISTA?)

I created a new game with the new install and low and behold, no saved games folder appeared in my new dominions3 directory.

I named the game StupidVista and then clicked through a hundred buttons to make vista search the entire hard drive and not just the "indexed" locations (thank you very much MS...) and found the game here:

C:\Users\Ballbarian\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Pro gram Files\dominions3\savedgames

Well of course! Why didn't I think to look there in the first place.

Probably the easiest solution to your troubles would be to just copy the game folder back from your old PC again and put it in a location that makes sense to you.

Mine is in: C:\Games\dominions3
Then just make your own shortcut by right clicking on the dom3.exe and put it on your desktop, or in your start menu.

Hope this helps.

[Atreidi]

LOL Guess what guys. It works now.
I dont know exactly what I did that made it work but this is what I did.

I erased every trace of the game from my Laptop. Then I took all the files from the Dominions CD and threw it on my Hard Drive. From my hard drive I installed the game. When I finished installing it a Windows Warning popped up that said something along thses lines " Your installation might have encountered some problems would you like to re-install " I said Yes. Then I installed the new patch and WAALAA. It worked.

=D thanks for your help guys. I hope this helps if something like this was to happen to anyone else in the future. It is probably a VISTA problem.

[Ballbarian]

I've just had bad experiences with technical support departments. I've been tranfered to India, China, and Mexico, or even places in the US with outsource people that dont know much about my problem. I hope it is not the case.

Just wanted to add that if you ever need Shrapnel's support folks you will be in for a treat. They have been helpful, responsive and pleasant every time that I have contacted them.