Well it looks like I have been successful in getting BETA 8 installed. It's quite a journey--uninstalling the old install, reinstalling MTW, reinstalling VI, patching to 2.01, reinstalling the mod. But, it seems to have worked. I am able to access the VI foyer--which looks quite different!

I must say, the extensive work that the Samurai Warlords development team has put in is to be commended. It looks great. Beautiful splash screens, Shogun-like menu system--even the VI foyer is revamped to look like the STW foyer. Outstanding. Your contributions to this community continue to be top notch.

I have an unfortunate problem with my video card which prevents me from playing MTW-VI campaigns, and sadly, seems to affect the Samurai Warlords campaign as well. I suspect that I need to back date my drivers to the ones posted in other threads here. As soon as I select a campaign and faction, the game attempts to load the map, and bombs to the desktop every time. I'm hesitant to back date my drivers because it may affect other, more current software that I use regularly. Oh well, Maybe at some point I'll bite the bullet and give it a try. I can always reinstall the current drivers if it messes things up.

Again, cheers, to what looks like a fabulous mod. I'll look for you in the foyer today.