GPL: D3D: Menu corruption/artifacts

Hi all: I upgraded my GeForce2 drivers to the Detonator 3 series, to aid in N4 frame rates. Now I have the dreaded menu corruption in GPL. The in-game graphics are fine. I had this problem eons ago with a Voodoo card. Who out there is running GPL in D3D with the Det 3 drivers and not getting this problem? Are they card manufacturer specific drivers? Is there one of the about 2,300 adjustments that affects this problem? Thanks, Marc. -- **************************************************************************** Marc Collins [email hidden] Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? ****************************************************************************

Do you mean the flashing menus? "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8I2j6.128829$[email hidden]... > Hi all: > > I upgraded my GeForce2 drivers to the Detonator 3 series, to aid in N4frame > rates. Now I have the dreaded menu corruption in GPL. The in-gamegraphics > are fine. I had this problem eons ago with a Voodoo card. Who out thereis > running GPL in D3D with the Det 3 drivers and not getting this problem?Are > they card manufacturer specific drivers? Is there one of the about 2,300 > adjustments that affects this problem? > > Thanks, > > Marc.

Hi Mark, Do you have VSYNC disabled in D3D? I believe this is the problem. See one of the above posts on how to disable it in D3D, or write me. Good Luck, -Tony- Marc Collins wrote in message <8I2j6.128829$[email hidden]>... >Hi all: > >I upgraded my GeForce2 drivers to the Detonator 3 series, to aid in N4frame >rates. Now I have the dreaded menu corruption in GPL. The in-gamegraphics >are fine. I had this problem eons ago with a Voodoo card. Who out thereis >running GPL in D3D with the Det 3 drivers and not getting this problem?Are

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>they card manufacturer specific drivers? Is there one of the about 2,300 >adjustments that affects this problem? > >Thanks, > >Marc. > >-- >***************************************************************************

* >Marc Collins >[email hidden] > >Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change >to take effect. Reboot now? >**************************************************************************** > > >

Already disabled...this corruption only occurs in the menu screens. Marc. "Tony Jester" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:rebj6.1076$[email hidden]... > Hi Mark, > > Do you have VSYNC disabled in D3D? I believe this is the problem. Seeone

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> of the above posts on how to disable it in D3D, or write me. Good Luck, > > -Tony- > > Marc Collins wrote in message > <8I2j6.128829$[email hidden]>... > >Hi all: > > > >I upgraded my GeForce2 drivers to the Detonator 3 series, to aid in N4 > frame > >rates. Now I have the dreaded menu corruption in GPL. The in-game > graphics > >are fine. I had this problem eons ago with a Voodoo card. Who out there > is > >running GPL in D3D with the Det 3 drivers and not getting this problem? > Are > >they card manufacturer specific drivers? Is there one of the about 2,300 > >adjustments that affects this problem? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Marc. > > > >-- > >*************************************************************************** > * > >Marc Collins > >[email hidden] > > > >Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change > >to take effect. Reboot now? > >*************************************************************************** > * > > > > > > > >

I guess there is a bit of flashing, but it basically messes up the menu graphics wherever your mouse is when the menu is first displayed. Sometimes you get other corruption when you move the mouse. Once into the game (where there is no mouse), there is no problem. N4 does the same thing, but not quite so bad. It can be eliminated by choosing the "use software cursor" option. Marc. "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CT9j6.1202$[email hidden]...

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> Do you mean the flashing menus? > > "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8I2j6.128829$[email hidden]... > > Hi all: > > > > I upgraded my GeForce2 drivers to the Detonator 3 series, to aid in N4 > frame > > rates. Now I have the dreaded menu corruption in GPL. The in-game > graphics > > are fine. I had this problem eons ago with a Voodoo card. Who out

there > is > > running GPL in D3D with the Det 3 drivers and not getting this problem? > Are > > they card manufacturer specific drivers? Is there one of the about2,300

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> > adjustments that affects this problem? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marc. > > >

I only get that if I turn on FSAA, and only in one of the FSAA settings, the "2x2 special" mode. Certainly without FSAA the menus always look fine in GPL, apart from when they occasionally start flashing. With the flashing though, the mouse doesn't leave trails, and the problem is fixed by going to the next or previous menu. Sounds like you have a different problem. If you're using FSAA, try a different setting. If you're not using FSAA, try a fresh install of GPL. Needless to say, you shouldn't be getting this problem. I've run GPL with 6.18, 6.34, 6.47 and 6.50 all without the problem you describe. Other things to try - check you don't have any previous video card driver files hanging about (not always easy to do) - check the d3d settings for the card are on default - check you have the right lines in your core.ini for d3d - check the bios settings related to the agp slot are right (check 'cache video bios' and 'cache video ram' are off, and agp aperture is at least 32MB). Sorry it took a while to reply, my news server is unreliable. "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:JYlj6.138670$[email hidden]... > I guess there is a bit of flashing, but it basically messes up the menu > graphics wherever your mouse is when the menu is first displayed.Sometimes > you get other corruption when you move the mouse. Once into the game(where > there is no mouse), there is no problem. > > N4 does the same thing, but not quite so bad. It can be eliminated by > choosing the "use software cursor" option. > > Marc.