Had a big problem starting SS08 on my win 7 x64 home.
I could run Mission Editor fine, its just the main game.
My version appears to be 1.4.2 from the mission editor.
hope this helps someone...
So when I start the game, I get the VStep logo and once it reaches 100% I get a message...
ActiveMovie Window: QuestViewer.exe - System Error
The program can't start because MFC71.DLL is missing from your
computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
So I have to kill QuestViewer to exit this message.
I've try installing the game again,
tried running SS as administrator and WinXP modes.
I then tried copying MFC71.DLL from www.dll-files.com to my system32, no different.
then I copied MFC71.DLL to my SysWOW64 folder and wow it works! It asked for my key and bingo I'm sailing.
Anyone had this issue?