Beta 5.50

[Milf]

Having trouble with q2 and q3 with 5.50. The game will run once for me with the new driver then the next time I try to connect to a server it will load the map and all the goodies, and just as you think its gonna start it locks up, making a continuios low noise over and over.

cel 300@450
abit bx6r2
matrox G400 max alone on irq9
MX300 monster sound
256mb ram

[St. Cynic]

Interesting, I have a similar problem with 5.50.010--except using Half-Life. I can connect to one server beautifully. Once I leave and try to connect to another one, it shows my desktop (at 640x480) but I hear the sound from the game playing. Half off the screen is an old win3.1 type minimize app icon. I can alt-tab and get back to HL and actually see the level, but then the sound goes away. When I try exit HL at this point all menu screens are garbage and eventually dies with an invalid instruction error. Even more interesting: look at my hardware:

cel 300@450
abit bx6r2
matrox G400 alone on irq11
MX200 monster sound
128mb ram

[Johnny Ray]

St.Cynic,

I have the same problem with HL/TFC, except I don't get the invalid instruction error. Not sure if it's the new HL 1.0.1.6 update or the beta 5.50.01. I didn't have the problem previous to the update of these.

John

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PIII450 => 504 MHz, Asus P2B, G400MAX, PowerDesk 5.50, Aureal SQ 2500 (Vortex2), Klipsch Promedia V2.400 speakers, DirectX 7.0A, Adaptec AHA-2940U2W and Fireport40 Dual UW SCSI controllers, Quantum Atlas 10K and WD Enterprise HD (no more...it died!), Plextor UtraPlex Wide, Plexwriter 8/20 CDR, the last ISA modem, etc.

[St. Cynic]

J.R.

It is the PD 5.50.010. I was having this problem with HL 1.0.1.3. Upgrading to HL 1.0.1.6 did not make it better or worse.

Has anyone ever figured out where to report bugs with these public betas?

[paulcs]

You may have already. I'm positive Matrox's beta testers have a formal bug reporting mechanism, and the odds of one of them reading this thread are pretty high.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[TopCat]

I am running 5.50.010 and HL 1.0.1.6 update but have to say I havent had any probs at all.Is it possible it is an Intel related bug? HL runs rock solid now with new beta drivers,only wish I had a good connection... this phoneline is sooooo slooow.BT!! GGrrrrrr

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AMD Athlon 550
FIC SD11 M/B,BIOS 608
128 MB PC-100 Ram
Matrox Millenium G400 MAX 32 MB SGRam Dual Head
SoundBlaster Live!
2x Vision Master pro 19" Monitors
Sony 32x CD
Mitsumi CD-R
Iomega internal Zip Drive
IBM 15.4 Gig HD
IBM 6.4 Gig HD
SMC 10/100 T-Base Card
PD 5.30
TurboGL
CW Speakers
Win 98 SE
(It may not be the best sytem but hey...it works!!)

[ParaKnowYa]

Are you using TurboGL or the ICD that came with 5.50.010? If you're using 5.50.010 only be sure to check my driver pack (www.paraknowya.de) and use the latest version of the TurboGL drivers (www.murc.ws). This should help, if not please let me kno! =)

[PeTe]

St. Cynic,

Installed the new 5.50.010 beta and removed TurboGL ?

Well atleast i did just that and got same kinda problems.. just forgot that with TurboGL i can use multidisplay and with ICD you cant, so uncheck the second display from the properties when you star playing or go back to TurboGL. =)

Maybe you have some other problem, but that worked for me. =)

Pe-Te

[[paradox]]

Indeed im running PD 5.50.010
The map loads, the goodies load, the players load, it awaits snapshot and my harddrive just grunts at me constantly...
No problems in halflife or quake 2

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AMD K6-2/450, GA-5aa (bios 1.3), 64Mb PC-100, Millenium G200 16Mb (bios 2.3), Quantum Fireball EL 10.2Gb, Pioneer 10x DVD, Realtek 8029AS, Vibra16, Mitsubishi Diamond View 17"

[ParaKnowYa]

For all K7 users, please try the drivers online @ www.paraknowya.de with the latest TurboGL (make sure you uninstall the previous drivers first) this might enable you to use the latest TurboGL which on my system works better than the latest ICD! Just a try!

Kruzin & Ant: I need a good address @ Matrox, I've sent some mail over yesterday with no answer yet. Any idea who I can contact concerning the drivers and stuff? Please mail me: myG400@paraknowya.de

[Sludge]

I have the same problem with the latest beta driver and half life. I cannot leave an online game in TFC and return without being booted back to the desktop with sound and a small Half life icon. I am using the OpenGL ICD. The latest TurboGL locks my system, the old TurboGL works fine.
This is not an Intel only problem.

My system:
Athlon 650
SD-11 motherboard (latest bios)
Matrox G400 singlehead (latest bios)Irq 11 alone
Soundblaster Live Value
Win 98SE
usual other stuff