🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: alt.games.quake3
Article #276855

Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading

#276855
From: Forplay2k
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:47
44 lines
2780 bytes
Your running a 8meg video card I'd start there as your problem. Low setting
or not. Your have a card that goes back to the P2 time. It time to upgrade,
also have you installed the lastest q3pointrelease_132.exe.



"Thomas" <nospamhere@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Hi,
>
> Am trying to install Quake 3.
>
> Have a P4(1.5Gb)/256Mb/Matrox G200 (8Mb)/40Gb HDD running Win 98SE.
>
> Tried to do a minimal install and everything seems fine until you try to
> load Quake 3 and I get a white screen and a mouse arrow. Nothing else and
> the PC is locked up.
>
> Tried to do a full install. PC Locks up!!
> Re-loaded DirectX (8.1) - DXDiag shows "no problem". PC Locks up!!
> Used GLSet-up to re-install Matrox drivers. PC Locks up!!
> (Have read somewhere that the G200 cannot be use din high res - but cannot
> find a command-line switch to run Q3 at lower res).
>
> Have tried all manner of desktop settings - running in 16bit, 24bit,
32bit,
> 800*600, 1024*768, 1152*864 - every combination and still the PC locks and
> crashes with this white screen
>
> Strange thing is - the same PC used to run the Quake 3 demo no problem...!
>
>
> Anyone offer a clue as to how to sort this out.(Have tried searching
"google
> groups" and visited many Quake 3 websites, but none have shown a solution
to
> this problem.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>
> (Posted to a.g.q3, r.g.c.q.m, u.g.c.q3)
>
>
Technical Details
Message-ID: <ViednZEficcEF5CiXTWJiQ@comcast.com>
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!news5.aus1.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail
References: <_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!news5.aus1.giganews.com!firehose2!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:47:37 -0500
Reply-To: "Forplay2k" <Forplay2k@hotmail.com>
From: "Forplay2k" <Forplay2k@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.games.quake3, rec.games.computer.quake.misc, uk.games.computer.quake3
References: <_pk6a.4740$Yu6.39561236@news-text.cableinet.net>
Subject: Re: Help please - Quake 3 crashes on loading
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:47:35 -0400
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
Message-ID: <ViednZEficcEF5CiXTWJiQ@comcast.com>
Lines: 46
NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.61.213.61
X-Trace: sv3-yXAERubuIsFHaBEIWk4/7e3du9VRb+ds+2qVzcPrkT9ACpa23bUhef59Q92cM8hOyxtWrcRxQTGP6X7!dCwSPKt3vFhRMzDV4Hc+3AKxxfy0xkx7QwykwHQXAtMXacpCtc7PJbasfDWh
X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net
X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly
X-Postfilter: 1.1
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit