Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 03:02:57 pm
Post by: vsfedwards on October 12, 2003, 03:06:56 pm
If you know them, post your specs here so that more technical people can help ya out there.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 03:18:21 pm
Ahem.
Intel Pentium 4 w/ SSE2 2.7 ghz processor
nVidia G4 MX 440 (had Ti4600, but it burned out) Driver Version 5.1.75, DX9
512 meg of RAM
C-Media Dolby Digital DTS Surround Sound Card w/ Altec-Lansing Surround Speakers
Win XP Pro
Thats about it, save for my peripherals...
Post by: vsfedwards on October 12, 2003, 03:34:06 pm
Post by: ActiveX on October 12, 2003, 03:51:18 pm
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 03:52:59 pm
Post by: Toasty0 on October 12, 2003, 04:07:02 pm
Run a dxdailog and see what it says.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 04:11:56 pm
Post by: ActiveX on October 12, 2003, 04:30:39 pm
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Aha, a Descent 3 fan! Its actually a Pyro-XL. I modelled it in 3D Studio Max, originally planning to port it into D3. Never got around to it. She's a custom ship, cross between the Pyro-GL and the Black Pyro, and the Pyro-GX.
I have the Black Pyro mesh somewhere in E:...hehe...
I never saw the Pyro-GX...
I came up with something I called a Pyrostar awhile ago...
Maybe I can find the drawings...
Post by: Dash Jones on October 12, 2003, 04:33:47 pm
Off chance that it's this...what's your screen resolution set to? Is it 16 or 31 bit...probably isn't the cause, but just thought I'd check.
Other than that, it could be another driver not working well in conjunction with everything else?
Only time I had blocks was in SFC2 under XP first time I put it in...which was more of an executable problem...but I don't think it would be that with this.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 04:54:21 pm
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 05:17:26 pm
Post by: vsfedwards on October 12, 2003, 05:26:04 pm
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Alright, here, I took a Screen of the errors... tell me if it looks familiar...
Agggh, thats scary....never seen that one before...
Post by: Dash Jones on October 12, 2003, 05:33:54 pm
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Alright, here, I took a Screen of the errors... tell me if it looks familiar...
Holy Crack, no I have to say that one is a new one to me for SFC 3. Hmm, looking at it, the 2d is fine, looks like it's linked to the d3d drivers there, except I haven't had problems with the Nvidia drivers in that area.
The 2d areas look like they are running just fine. It's the actual 3d stuff that looks corrupted or something. Now that is odd. That red targetting thing with the square at the upper left corner looks out of place too, but unlike the 3d screens, I have no clue what could be causing that. Looks like you might be in a Nebula. I've heard of problems with things like this in 2d, but never in 3d. There were two causes for it in 2d, one was not enough card memory. The memory of the card was burned out, or just didn't have enough. Geforce 4, even an MMX should have enough. The other was with internet connections. Some connections drove the cards wild, depending on how the system routines went and then only with certain games.
You got me on this one. I haven't the faintest idea what the root of the problem might be.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 05:47:37 pm
Post by: Toasty0 on October 12, 2003, 06:00:55 pm
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Alright, here, I took a Screen of the errors... tell me if it looks familiar...
Holy Cow, Video Man! I've never seen that one. I tihkn your installation may be corrupt--try a fresh install. Be sure to delete everything doing with SFC3 including the directory. Re-install and patch.
Hope that helps.
Best,
Jerry
Post by: ActiveX on October 12, 2003, 06:06:39 pm
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 06:24:34 pm
Post by: NannerSlug on October 12, 2003, 09:58:38 pm
Post by: TB613 on October 13, 2003, 04:54:24 am
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ill be sure not to upgrade my drivers. lol.:)
Nvidea drivers have gotten very shakey. Before the G4's came out their drivers even the beta drivers were rock solid. Now with every driver update you have to decide if the new problems will be worth the trouble.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 03:02:57 pm
Post by: vsfedwards on October 12, 2003, 03:06:56 pm
If you know them, post your specs here so that more technical people can help ya out there.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 03:18:21 pm
Ahem.
Intel Pentium 4 w/ SSE2 2.7 ghz processor
nVidia G4 MX 440 (had Ti4600, but it burned out) Driver Version 5.1.75, DX9
512 meg of RAM
C-Media Dolby Digital DTS Surround Sound Card w/ Altec-Lansing Surround Speakers
Win XP Pro
Thats about it, save for my peripherals...
Post by: vsfedwards on October 12, 2003, 03:34:06 pm
Post by: ActiveX on October 12, 2003, 03:51:18 pm
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 03:52:59 pm
Post by: Toasty0 on October 12, 2003, 04:07:02 pm
Run a dxdailog and see what it says.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 04:11:56 pm
Post by: ActiveX on October 12, 2003, 04:30:39 pm
Quote:
Aha, a Descent 3 fan! Its actually a Pyro-XL. I modelled it in 3D Studio Max, originally planning to port it into D3. Never got around to it. She's a custom ship, cross between the Pyro-GL and the Black Pyro, and the Pyro-GX.
I have the Black Pyro mesh somewhere in E:...hehe...
I never saw the Pyro-GX...
I came up with something I called a Pyrostar awhile ago...
Maybe I can find the drawings...
Post by: Dash Jones on October 12, 2003, 04:33:47 pm
Off chance that it's this...what's your screen resolution set to? Is it 16 or 31 bit...probably isn't the cause, but just thought I'd check.
Other than that, it could be another driver not working well in conjunction with everything else?
Only time I had blocks was in SFC2 under XP first time I put it in...which was more of an executable problem...but I don't think it would be that with this.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 04:54:21 pm
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 05:17:26 pm
Post by: vsfedwards on October 12, 2003, 05:26:04 pm
Quote:
Alright, here, I took a Screen of the errors... tell me if it looks familiar...
Agggh, thats scary....never seen that one before...
Post by: Dash Jones on October 12, 2003, 05:33:54 pm
Quote:
Alright, here, I took a Screen of the errors... tell me if it looks familiar...
Holy Crack, no I have to say that one is a new one to me for SFC 3. Hmm, looking at it, the 2d is fine, looks like it's linked to the d3d drivers there, except I haven't had problems with the Nvidia drivers in that area.
The 2d areas look like they are running just fine. It's the actual 3d stuff that looks corrupted or something. Now that is odd. That red targetting thing with the square at the upper left corner looks out of place too, but unlike the 3d screens, I have no clue what could be causing that. Looks like you might be in a Nebula. I've heard of problems with things like this in 2d, but never in 3d. There were two causes for it in 2d, one was not enough card memory. The memory of the card was burned out, or just didn't have enough. Geforce 4, even an MMX should have enough. The other was with internet connections. Some connections drove the cards wild, depending on how the system routines went and then only with certain games.
You got me on this one. I haven't the faintest idea what the root of the problem might be.
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 05:47:37 pm
Post by: Toasty0 on October 12, 2003, 06:00:55 pm
Quote:
Alright, here, I took a Screen of the errors... tell me if it looks familiar...
Holy Cow, Video Man! I've never seen that one. I tihkn your installation may be corrupt--try a fresh install. Be sure to delete everything doing with SFC3 including the directory. Re-install and patch.
Hope that helps.
Best,
Jerry
Post by: ActiveX on October 12, 2003, 06:06:39 pm
Post by: Adm_Roberts on October 12, 2003, 06:24:34 pm
Post by: NannerSlug on October 12, 2003, 09:58:38 pm
Post by: TB613 on October 13, 2003, 04:54:24 am
Quote:
ill be sure not to upgrade my drivers. lol.:)
Nvidea drivers have gotten very shakey. Before the G4's came out their drivers even the beta drivers were rock solid. Now with every driver update you have to decide if the new problems will be worth the trouble.