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Problem with DirectX / 3dFX / Win98

Simon Bubni

Problem with DirectX / 3dFX / Win98

by Simon Bubni » Sun, 06 Sep 1998 04:00:00

I've been having problems with my 3dFX games for the last week. The problems
are:

    Grand Prix Legends:  Sierra Sports screen is cropped,
           and then the game exits to Windows
    Jedi Knight:  when I start/load a level, I hear music but see
           nothing and then am booted to Windows
    F1 Racing Simulation:  game looks OK, but sound is bad and maybe
           some flickering of background graphics (trees)
    QuakeGL: get wglCreateConnect failed error, and then exits to
           Windows
    Shadows of the Empire: crashes with blank screen, needing reset

The funny thing is that all was fine one day, then I found these problems
the next day. I had these games up and running successfully for months
prior. Everything was fine after installing Win98 and the multimedia update
(DX6 etc), and I didn't install anything else, so I don't think it is that.
I did have problems shutting down the computer for a week prior (various
errors after the shutting down screen). Non-3DFX games work just fine. I
tried reinstalling DX6 and got the latest 3dFX drivers (Caopus Pure 3D), to
no avail. HELP...please! What else can I try, short of re-installing Win98?

My system specs:
 Pentium 200 MMX
 Canopus Pure 3D 3DFX card
 32 MB RAM (now 64, but didn't help)
 Windows 98
 Installed Multimedia Update, also tried standalone DX6

Simon Bubnic

<Sport..

Problem with DirectX / 3dFX / Win98

by <Sport.. » Sun, 06 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Try copying your Glide2x.ovl file to all the main directories of your games.
The file should be in C:\windows\system\


>I've been having problems with my 3dFX games for the last week. The
problems
>are:

>    Grand Prix Legends:  Sierra Sports screen is cropped,
>           and then the game exits to Windows
>    Jedi Knight:  when I start/load a level, I hear music but see
>           nothing and then am booted to Windows
>    F1 Racing Simulation:  game looks OK, but sound is bad and maybe
>           some flickering of background graphics (trees)
>    QuakeGL: get wglCreateConnect failed error, and then exits to
>           Windows
>    Shadows of the Empire: crashes with blank screen, needing reset

>The funny thing is that all was fine one day, then I found these problems
>the next day. I had these games up and running successfully for months
>prior. Everything was fine after installing Win98 and the multimedia update
>(DX6 etc), and I didn't install anything else, so I don't think it is that.
>I did have problems shutting down the computer for a week prior (various
>errors after the shutting down screen). Non-3DFX games work just fine. I
>tried reinstalling DX6 and got the latest 3dFX drivers (Caopus Pure 3D), to
>no avail. HELP...please! What else can I try, short of re-installing Win98?

>My system specs:
> Pentium 200 MMX
> Canopus Pure 3D 3DFX card
> 32 MB RAM (now 64, but didn't help)
> Windows 98
> Installed Multimedia Update, also tried standalone DX6

>Simon Bubnic


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