nova

Hi there! My Quake1 (GLQUAKE.EXE) runs fine on Win2k RC3, and has been running fine on RC1 and RC2, too! A very common problem not only with Win2k but also with Win9x and WinNT4 (often when having replaced the graphics card, either FROM a VoodooX or TO a VoodooX) is: You may not have the correct OPENGL32.DLL file in your Quake directory. If you have a Voodoo1/2 (and maybe 3, but as I don't have a V3, I can't tell for sure), you need to have a so-called mini-GL driver in the form of the above DLL file. For most of the other cards (including TNT and TNT2), you should have *no* OPENGL32.DLL *at all* in your Quake dir so Quake uses the OpenGL ICD (Installable Client Driver) driver installed in your OS, that is, for these cards you shouldn't need anything special except a working display driver for your OS. If you have a TNT/TNT2 and you have a OPENGL32.DLL in your Quake dir, try renaming the file to OPENGL32.DLL.OLD or something and run Quake again. I hope this helps. nova. [This message has been edited by nova (edited 27 November 1999).]

You can do it this way: Edit the .INF file of your TNT/TNT2/GeForce drivers (AFAIK it only works with the NVidia reference drivers (this includes all the misc Win2k drivers from NVidia themselves, Asus, AOpen, etc.), it might not work with any Creative or Diamond custom drivers). Look at the end of the file, all the different card types supported by that driver are listed there under the section "[strings]". What you need to know is the codename of the card, i.e. "NV4" for TNT1, "NV5" for TNT2, "NV10" for "GeForce" and so on. Assuming you have a TNT2 (="NV5"), search for a rather large block of lines looking like this (note the "NV5_Modes" string which indicates that these settings are for the NV5 cards): Code: HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 640 480 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 320 200 60 70 72 75 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 320 240 60 70 72 75 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 400 300 60 70 72 75 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 480 360 60 70 72 75 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 512 384 60 70 72 75 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 640 400 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 800 600 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1024 768 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1152 864 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1280 960 85 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1280 1024 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1600 1200 60 70 72 75 85 100 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1920 1080 60 70 72 75 85 100 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1920 1200 60 70 72 75 85 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 1920 1440 60 70 72 75 0"HKR,, NV5_Modes, %REG_SZ_APPEND%, "16 2048 1536 60 0" This has already been edited by me. As you can see, you need to overwrite the undesired refresh rates ("60 70 72 75 85" in my case) with spaces, so the desired refresh rate at a specific screen resolution is the lowest refresh rate number in the according line. Here, I've deleted all rates below 100Hz for 640x400, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1152x864, and all rates below 85Hz for 1280x1024. Note: there are multiple blocks of lines for different color depths: 8, 16 and 32. Listed above are only the 16bpp modes. You should do this for all three color depths. Then reinstall the driver with the new .INF file. This should solve the OpenGL refresh rate problem. If you need higher refresh rates for DirectDraw/Direct3D games, run the DirectX Diagnostic Tool (DXDIAG.EXE) and switch to the last tab ("More Help"), click the "Override..." button and enter the desired refresh rate. I'm using 100 here, too. This should solve the DirectDraw/Direct3D refresh rate problem. nova. [This message has been edited by nova (edited 27 November 1999).]

I don't know whether the 4.60 ASPI drivers will help you with Win2k, but nevertheless, here they are: http://user.cu-muc.de/nova/misc/files/aspi-4.60-1019.zip nova. [This message has been edited by nova (edited 13 November 1999).]

Go to Control Panel, Power Management, there should be a Hibernation tab where you should be able to ENABLE hibernation support. THEN you may select "Hibernate" in the shutdown dialog box. nova.

Well, I did know the trick using DXDIAG, but this doesn't change anything for OpenGL games (Quake2, Q3Test)! Does anyone know how to force (or simply set) a higher refresh rate than 60Hz for OpenGL on a TNT/TNT2 card with any of the driver versions? nova.