Direct3D/DirectX?

Hey video gurus, I need your help ;-) Just built a new system, added all my sims and here's what's up. First noticed all the sims were exceptionally bright, the monitor on max contrast, min brightness. N4 Dover especially washed out. So then I loaded N3 and in 1024x768, direct3d, I find no needles in the gauges (very hard to shift, pit for fuel or watch temps). Switching to "None" accelerator brought the needles back but the res is bad (I'm addicted to hi-res!). Loaded Nascar Legends (because they're similar engines) produced the same results, no needles in direct3d, needles work fine in "None". So going back and forth with monitor changes, accelerator changes, res changes I switched N4 to OpenGL and low and behold, the beauty is back!!! Awesome color, contrast, the works! Very smooth framerate and normal looking view. Runs fine too, 50-60 fps! So, my problem is my sims are too bright and no gauge needles appear in N3 or NL and my question is: have I a corrupt d3d or directx file somewhere? Or did something else change? Any ideas? All the other sims work fine on my older (smaller, slower, etc...:-) machine. Should I look for d3d or other files to upgrade? Any suggestions appreciated! Win98Se Athlon 1.2 gz 512 mb Radeon 64 AGP DirectX 8.0 -Brian www.brianmclernon.com

If its just "washed out" check your display properties for gamma adjustments in your video adapter MadDAWG

Brian Mc <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:VAmR6.86867$[email hidden]... > Hey video gurus, I need your help ;-) > Just built a new system, added all my sims and here's what's up.First > noticed all the sims were exceptionally bright, the monitor on maxcontrast, > min brightness. N4 Dover especially washed out. So then I loaded N3 andin > 1024x768, direct3d, I find no needles in the gauges (very hard to shift,pit

Quoted text (9 lines)

> for fuel or watch temps). Switching to "None" accelerator brought the > needles back but the res is bad (I'm addicted to hi-res!). Loaded Nascar > Legends (because they're similar engines) produced the same results, no > needles in direct3d, needles work fine in "None". So going back and forth > with monitor changes, accelerator changes, res changes I switched N4 to > OpenGL and low and behold, the beauty is back!!! Awesome color, contrast, > the works! Very smooth framerate and normal looking view. Runs fine too, > 50-60 fps! So, my problem is my sims are too bright and no gauge needles > appear in N3 or NL and my question is: have I a corrupt d3d or directx

file

Quoted text (15 lines)

> somewhere? Or did something else change? Any ideas? All the other sims > work fine on my older (smaller, slower, etc...:-) machine. Should I look > for d3d or other files to upgrade? Any suggestions appreciated! > > Win98Se > Athlon 1.2 gz > 512 mb > Radeon 64 AGP > DirectX 8.0 > > -Brian > > www.brianmclernon.com > >

I had the same problem it is your video drivers. Down load the new bata drivers and all will be fixed. My N3 now has needles and NL works as well. BUT you should know openGL slows down in FPS but D3D workes better HOPE THIS HELPS REBEL