Albert on 1/7/2009 at 07:12
Ok, now I'll make this perfectly brief: I decided to start afresh, and formatted my hard drive on my Inspiron 1525 and reinstalled vista. Yes, even after going through the standard troubles of installing audio/video drivers, and applying the ddfix patch to the game: It starts the first mission (in 800x600 Resolution on an 1280x800 lcd monitor, set to maintain the aspect ratio), and this is the weird part, it starts the game with glitchy colors (nix on the sky, though, oddly enough...). This is what I mean:
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http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5766/glitchq.jpgSad, if it wasn't for the fact that the game crashes 2 seconds after, I'd reckon this'd be the closest Garret would get to a peyote trip :joke:...
Imagine, just paste an image of some beatles member or the blue meanie on this work of art and you'd have well, (
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8370/glitchbluemeanie.jpg) something else :rolleyes:...
But I digress. Can I pinpoint the solution to this problem, or is this going to be a 24 hour drama?
Volca on 1/7/2009 at 12:42
It is clearly running in the software mode - that probably means either 3d driver is missing or the game can't find it for some reason.
bikerdude on 1/7/2009 at 15:51
Quote Posted by Volca
It is clearly running in the software mode - that probably means either 3d driver is missing or the game can't find it for some reason.
Seconded, what gfx card do you have in yer Dell..?
Albert on 1/7/2009 at 17:18
mobile intel(r) 965 express chipset
MoroseTroll on 1/7/2009 at 17:20
Albert: Please make sure that you've installed a graphics card driver for it. The last one should be on your Vista DVD or can be downloaded from the Dell's website.
ZylonBane on 1/7/2009 at 19:05
This thread promised an explanation. Albert fails to deliver.
Albert on 1/7/2009 at 20:23
Sorry, what more do you need to know? I installed the latest drivers, and no luck...
Well, actually, to be honest, I installed the drivers from a different website. For some asinine reason, I couldn't download the drivers from the dell website, so I just googled what I thought might work. Also, I installed directx 10 for good measure. Overall, this is what the game reads the graphics to be:
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http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1598/primm.jpgAlbert on 1/7/2009 at 21:07
UPDATE: I disabled the ddfix patch and... Oddly enough, it works! Well, it crashes a few seconds in, but I think that just means the single core patch was removed along with the ddfix patch.
ZylonBane on 1/7/2009 at 21:16
Quote Posted by Albert
Sorry, what more do you need to know?
*ENGLISH FACEPALM*
Look up the difference between "explain" and "describe".
Albert on 1/7/2009 at 21:30
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
*ENGLISH FACEPALM*
Look up the difference between "explain" and "describe".
*SWEDISH FACEPALM*
Hmm, didn't I already define what this situation involves?
Didn't it already occur to you this is invloving:
1. A Dell laptop: Inspiron 1525... with vista reinstalled, obviously.
2. Graphics failed to function. OK, so Disabling the DDFix patch works, but now it'd be a little better if I can figure out how to get to where I was when I originally was able to play the game to near-perfection...
Jeez, search up the difference of "Cooperative" and "pretentious", Why dontcha?
