N2 - Still no success installing N2. Help!

Thanks for the response to those who have replied. I've tried many things. 1. Installed updated drivers for my Diamond Viper that support full Open GL. 2. Installed directx. 3. Installed and launched N2 from both dos and win95 in all modes (n2.bat, n2rend, etc.) 4. Ran the soundcard autodect. Is identified my sound card and the sound test worked properly. The problem is identical for all cases: The opening video runs fine, then I see dos command line information and responses from N2 like it is being launched, then the screen goes blank (completely black) and I get no keyboard control. Control-alt-del does work however to recover from the lock-up. One clue that I think is significant is that when it tries to load univbe I get a response that "No supported SuperVGA chip detected". It appears that N2 doesn't recognize my video card. Any other ideas? Jim

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> Thanks for the response to those who have replied. > I've tried many things. > 1. Installed updated drivers for my Diamond Viper that support full Open > GL. > 2. Installed directx. > 3. Installed and launched N2 from both dos and win95 in all modes (n2.bat, > n2rend, etc.) > 4. Ran the soundcard autodect. Is identified my sound card and the sound > test worked properly. > The problem is identical for all cases: The opening video runs fine, then > I see dos command line information and responses from N2 like it is being > launched, then the screen goes blank (completely black) and I get no > keyboard control. Control-alt-del does work however to recover from the > lock-up. > One clue that I think is significant is that when it tries to load univbe I > get a response that "No supported SuperVGA chip detected". It appears > that N2 doesn't recognize my video card. > Any other ideas? > Jim

Jim, I had the same exact problem when I first changed over to a Viper 330 AGP card. The solution is really dead simple. First go in a delete the whole enchilada, then when you re-install do _NOT_ install Univbe. I got that one from Sierra, and lo and behold N2 rocks right along on the Viper card! I had the same symtoms too- black screen. Try the fix and I'd bet you'll be racing pretty pronto. All the best, Mike -- Michael S. Davis Creative Media-Works Computer/Audio/Video Convergence "from Creative minds spring Creative solutions." http://www.creativemedia-works.com

When yo boot the game, do not run the intro. Use nascar2.exe.

Here is what the N2 readme file says about UniVBE "PROBLEMS WITH UniVBE Not all video cards are compatible with UniVBE. If the machine locks up or acts strangely after running uvconfig, reboot the machine and delete the univbe.drv and uvconfig.dat files in the NASCAR2 directory on your hard drive." Hope this helps Jeff