Expendable bumpmapping doesnt work!

[Binke]

Hey..
the bumpmapping in the game Expendable doesnt work for me with my 32mb G400 Millenium. But techdemos work..
this is odd..it is set "ON" in the options menu...but it doesnt work! i cant figure out the solution...hm could it be a demo problem?? directx problem? im using dx7.0
and latest turbogl, and latest pd..
im using a Celeron400@500mhz, 192mbram..abitbx 2 6.0..mx300 and a Matrox Millenium 32meg G400, non max, dualhead.
help?

[Yggdrasil]

Don't quote me on this but I think the Expendable demo does not support hardware bump mapping.

[vanguardian1]

The demo off of the G400 CD, not the internet one....(I'm the one who told him to come here, 'cause I don't know what to do about this one....)

[Binke]

Hm..no im playing the demo, from a demo CD...probably the internet one.
but there is a directory in the Expendeble mapp, which says "bumpmapping" and it contains several graphics files for bumpmapping.
I didnt buy the retail version of the G400..
just the card, a matrox driver CD & cables..
i have no idea if i have the latest G400 bios. probably not. but i mean the techdemos work alright, the bumpmapping works there, so there shouldnt be any problem with the bios..me thinks..

[Maggi]

right, the bios shouldn't be the problem as the ech demo seems to run properly, but it always good to have the latest bios installed.

Anyway, did you download the patch from Matrox yet ?

[vanguardian1]

Sorry Binke, I was under the impression that you got the retail version.

[Binke]

yup, it didnt work, well the demo wouldnt even start, it said "FATAL ERROR: the BDF is missing"
odd, well i guess it only works with the retail version....

[Maggi]

I get that error message when I forgot to insert the CD ... was yours inserted ?

[Broken]

Some information...

As far as I know, the patch only works on the retail version, which is why you got that error. So, you've got two options. Either, go out and buy the retail version, apply the patch and enjoy Expendable with bumpmaps. Or you could just drop the whole thing. But before you go out and buy it, maybe you should rather wait for Battle Zone 2, which has bumpmapping out of the box. Choice is yours...

[Binke]

no shit

[Maggi]

Do you have the latest G400 bios installed ?

Wait a minute ... do you have Expendable from the G400 CD ?

There's some mentioning about a DEMO, but on the CD should be the full version ...

Just in case you could head to http://www.matrox.com/mga/drivers/patch_demos/home.htm and download the expendable patch to enable EMBM for the regular retail versions of Expendable ...

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Cheers,
Maggi
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