Kaiser 0 Posted June 28, 2001 Hi all, Has anyone experienced a problem whereby the game (and the whole system actually) will lock up solid when playing in OPenGL mode? This happens at random intervals, and apparently regardless of what Nvidia drivers I try (6.22, 7.58, 7.76, 12.41 - all WHQL). I would just play under D3D as the game does run OK then, however I'm unable to ESC back to the menus from there as all I get is a black screen. I'm running the latest version of HL (1.1.0.6) but the funny thing is it USED to all work OK...maybe somethin to do with Win2k SP2 as thats the only recent (major) change I can recall making to my setup? System Details: DELL XPS T550 (PIII @ 550Mhz) 32MB CL GeForce DDR (using 6.22 WHQL drivers at present) CL SBLive Value Win2k (+SP2) Direct X 8.0a Thanks in advance for any suggestions guys! Share this post Link to post
Brian Frank 0 Posted June 28, 2001 Yeah, that D3D thing happens in anything based on HL (OpFor, BS, Gunman Chronicles,...). I have noticed a few intermittent lock-ups on BS and Gunman--regardless of any overclocking or not. I wish I knew what the problem is. All the fixes I have off the top of my head don't apply to you. You may want to check on the drivers for the motherboard. I'm not sure, but I'd guess it would be an Intel chipset, possibly a BX, but I can't say. You should be able to find that out. If all the drivers have been changed and it still happens, it just may be one of those things that you have to live with. Another thing: Did you install SP2 right after installing Win2k, or did you do it much later. I'm not saying go reformat now, but just some food for thought. It could also be heat, so make sure all the fans are working and that the dust is cleaned out. Also, check your power supply to make sure it's okay. Share this post Link to post
Wolf87 0 Posted June 28, 2001 Since Blue Shift brings graphic improvements maybe DirectX 8.1 Beta would help for D3D. It fixed Kyro 1 et 2 problems, improved high precision textures et patched quadratic interpolation. Many minor bug fixes also improve speed: http://www.clubic.com/t/gen/fl341.html Share this post Link to post
Kaiser 0 Posted June 28, 2001 Thanks for the replies... Brian: It is indeed an Intel BX board - I've never even looked for updated drivers to be honest, tho I have installed the latest versions of Dell's BIOS as they come out. As to your SP2 question, yes I installed it straight after a recent reload so unfortunately I haven't checked whether things work OK under SP1, but then go wrong under SP2 (yet!). I cleaned the fan on the GF card lately as well as it was gettin very noisy (apparently an issue with some CL cards) so it should be ok. I'll give Wolf's suggestion of DX 8.1 a go first tho before I think about a reload - last time it took almost the whole weekend to get everything back to "normal" - but thanks again for your help...much appreciated! Share this post Link to post
