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Later/latest Catalyst drivers breaking GPL using D3D

3 posts by 2 people · 10 Apr 2005 12:03 UTC - 11 Apr 2005 08:28 UTC

marc fredo via GamesKB.com 10 Apr 2005 12:03 UTC#22094
I have a Gigabyte 128Meg 9200 using Catalyst 4.4 drivers, 2D Version 6.14.10.6436 and run GPL 1.2.0.2 with the D3D driver under Win XP pro SP2. It runs awesomely and very stable (apart from the occasional flicker in the menus - which is not uncommon for GPL). My problem is when I install ANY later ATI drivers, GPL breaks. It still runs but all I get to see is a small window in the upper-left of the screen. The rest of the screen is black but the game is obviously running. I could use the OpenGL driver for GPL but on my system D3D is far better (looks better and allows me 85Hz refresh @ 1280 x 1024). As of writing this I believe the Catalyst is up to version 5.2 and a number of other software titles break without these later/latest drivers. Believe it or not, I'm probably going to install XP pro onto another partition with Catalyst 4.4 drivers just for GPL, install the latest Catalyst on my main XP pro partition and dual-boot !! Has anyone else come across this problem with later Catalyst drivers running GPL with the D3D driver ? -- Message posted via http://www.gameskb.com
In article <[email hidden]>, loose ether via GamesKB.com <[email hidden]> wrote: > My problem is when I install ANY later ATI drivers, GPL breaks. > It still runs but all I get to see is a small window in the upper-left of > the screen. The rest of the screen is black but the game is obviously Had the same problem. Found a solution in the RSC forums http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=105748 Important excerpt: With ATI cards, GPL runs as only a small square in the top corner of the screen 1- Set the line in the core.ini: [D3D7] DirectMirrorRendering = x equal to 0 Runnig 5.1 now or something like that without problems currently. Herwig

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