Half Life and TurboGL

[stuartdd]

Half Life does not work at all well with the turbo gl drivers at above 640/480. When I
start a game it is fine, pause and change some game setting, return to game, screen remains
black. Change video options, return to game and it reloads OK. This does not happen with the
standard gl drivers.

If I use D3D at anything above 640*480 I get 2 small rainbow coulored screens at the to of
the display and the remainder of the screen is black.

I have upgraded to HL Opposing Forces but the problem remains. Is there a optimal config
file I should use.

Q2 is running at 95 FPS at 1024/768. wow :-).
Q3A is at 29 with ALL features on. It looks fab :-)
I could even get Unreal to work at 1024/768 after an upgrade and some fiddling.
Half life (The best single player game of all time) sucks :-{

Can any one help?

My System:
P3 500 (Intel), QDI Brilliant S motherboard, 192 meg memory, Latest Bios.
Creative Labs Encore 2 DVD drive + inlay card.
G400 Max. One version behind the 5.0beta. (The best G card money could by :-)
13 gig Quantum Fire Ball HD.
Sonic Storm sound card (bad move :-{ ).
Windows 98 SE (Complete re-install in FEB 2000).

[paulcs]

I think that's a BX motherboard you're using, so you might want to try the new beta drivers:
http://www.murc.ws/Driver/Win9x/PD5/w9x55010.exe

They appear to be a very good solution for Intel-users. The new ICD is frequently faster than TurboGL, particularly at resolutions higher than 800x600.

If you decide to take this route, remove the TurboGL file from your game folders before installing, using TurboGL Manager or manually.

Use Matrox's uninstaller, install the standard VGA driver, and run the PowerDesk setup program to install the new drivers while in VGA mode.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net