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There is a known problem with Quake 3 engine games
which use the OpenGl method in that ATI Catalyst drivers
will not work particular since Cat 10.5 .

The most suggested fix found on the Net is to replace the file
 atioglxx.dll with a version from Cat 10.4 or earlier.
This atioglxx.dll is in XP & VISTA in ' Windows\System32 '
In Windows 7 its in 'Windows\SysWOW64'
Its the same for 32 & 64 bit versions.
Or to install a pre 10.5 version of the Cat Drivers....(hardly satisfactory)

I've been using this method OK until recently when I found the
latest Catalyst 10.12 still wouldn't work in XP with an older
atioglxx.dll & not well in Win 7.

Much further Net searching yielded the following fix:
The problem occurs at the start up of these games which can not cope
with modern complexities in the ATI OpenGl driver.
By going into the games Folder & making a copy of the main EXE file
then renaming that to QUAKE3.EXE that should now run OK.
The quake3.exe name fools the drivers into using a configuration the engine
can work with.
The using old  'atioglxx.dll' tactic is now not needed. Indeed the lastest 
version
will give better results.

Games affected:
GLQuake
Quake II
Heretic II
Sin 1
Kingpin: Life of Crime
Soldier of Fortune 1
Soldier of Fortune 2
Anachronox
Call of Duty 1 & UO
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Single Player
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Medal of Honor Allied Assault & the two expansions
KOTOR (sometimes)
Star Trek Voyager Elite Force
Star Trek Voyager Elite Force 2
Heavy Metal FAKK2
Daikatana
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