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Article #70Re: Unreal crash at 1st launch
From: NOSPA... RudyL
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 00:00
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On Tue, 26 May 1998 21:46:25 -0700, "Patrick Van Osta" <pvan...@earthlink.net> wrote: >My system: >Pentium 233mmx >64 Mb EDO Ram >4.3 Gb Harddrive ultra dma 33 >Diamond Edge 4Mb video card >Diamond Monster 3D2 Voodoo2 8Mb card >Guillemot/ubisoft maxisound gametheater 64 soundcard > >I have now tried to install Unreal several times (bothwith and without >Directx5, of which I already had a version, running with Quake2, for >instance). >Every time I go to launch for the first time, the log comes onscreen and >appears to be loading the game. I get asked whether I have a 3DFX card, and >I get told that Voodoo Rush doesnt work. >Then, as the game is about to start, I see, for a split second, an attempt >to open a window and then the screen goes black and NOTHING further happens. >In fact, none of the keys work (escape, windows, etc) and I have to >ctl+alt+del to close the game and usually I have to reboot to regain >control of my system. > >I have many 3DFX-accelerated games (Quake1 and 2, Hexen2, Jedi Knight, >Mysteries of the Sith, Turok, etc) and all worked fine in 800x600 >full-screen, 3DFX accelerated mode. > >Now, when I want to start Quake2, I get the following message: >_GlideInit Environment: glide2x.dll expected Voodoo^2, none detected > >when I click on OK, I get: > >grSstSelect: non-existent SST > >Would you have any idea whats going on here and how I get my computer back? >Im just about ready to give the Unreal CD away, as long as I can keep >Quake2 working properly >Now, nothing related to the Voodoo card works, even the Diamond mini-icon in >my taskbar, which brings up the display properties, generates the above >error-message >I have removed and re-installed the card, with the latest drivers (the >Monster ones ). > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. >Patrick >e-mail: pvan...@earthlink.net > > > It does the same thing on my computer except I get a runtime error message. If you get it fixed please let me know what you did e-mail: rs...@cyberenet.net
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From: NOSPA...@snip.net (RudyL) Subject: Re: Unreal crash at 1st launch Date: 1998/05/27 Message-ID: <356dea94.799011@news.snip.net> X-Deja-AN: 356934940 References: <6kg5ru$bbl$1@suriname.it.earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.games.unreal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit