halflife doesnt work in 32bit

[nehalmistry]

when i try starting HL in 32 bit color i get message "your desktop must be set to 16bit colour, this is sometimes called 65536 colour" blah blah blah...

anyway, it used to work in windows 98 but ever since i installed windows 95... i havent been able to play in 32bit colour.. i am using osr2..

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[jackzod]

Half-Life do not support 32 bits. I you set your desktop in 32 bit, it will still be played in 16 bit. Just do some benchmark, you'll see absolutely no difference between 32 and 16 bit, and that was true even on a TNT1, so it's not the Power(!!!) of the G400 that's doing that.
I don't know why it doesn't allow you to play tough (Win95 error)???

[Wombat]

Are you using 32-bit or 24-bit?

[DeFrag]

/me just wonders why your using Win95?

-DeFrag

ps: HL only runs in 16bit just like whats his name said

[Kruzin]

I can play HL/TFC with my desktop set to 32bit. Plays fine (with thw ICD...not using TurboGL for this game).

But, yes it is a 16bit game anyway. The only reason I can think of for that error is if your desktop is in 24bit.

Or maybe it's just 95...it never did have any decent AGP support, and TurboGL is made for 98 (it will work in 95 if it's a P2, but not P3...not sure about the AMD TGLs). I'll go with these guys when I ask...Why 95? You're moving backwards...

[nehalmistry]

your all wrong im afraid... even though the difference was little... i DID notice a difference... darnit if i had some screenshots i could prove it to you...

and my desktop was set to 32 Bits...not 24... although i did try both...

Kruzin: RRRREEEEAAAADDD.. dont just jump out and say anything... i have a g200... not g400.... turbogl doesnt apply so no point mentioning it......

secondly i think win98 sucks... thats why i downgraded(or what i would call upgrading)

[Rags]

Well have you installed the USB upgrade for that wonderful jewel of an OS?

Rags

[Kruzin]

Well, excuuussseeeee me!

HL also works fine with a 32bit desktop on my G200 in my secondary system, with the ICD in OGL mode, using 98.
There. Happy?

[IceStorm]

Try this:

- Find the Icon that starts HL.
- Right-click it. Choose Properties from the drop-down menu.
- Go the Shortcut tab.
- Edit the Target box. Make it look something like the following:

c:\sierra\half-life\hl.exe -nointro -console -numericping -bpp16

See if that works.

-bpp16 and -bpp32 determine which mode HL uses. All the variables for the command line are at http://members.xoom.com/HQH51 in his FAQ on HL.

Just my $0.02

P.S. HL now supports 32bit. Think after rev 1.0.0.8 it started supporting it. Looks a wee bit nicer, runs a bit slower.

[nehalmistry]

Thx to IceStorm... i fixed my problem... i changed the shortcut to inlcude -bpp32 .... and my desktop is set to 16bit..... looks much better now...

[Arsa]

Well, HL uses 16 bits to display it's menu.
I don' think that can be changed.
But, when it switches to 3D (either DX or OGL) it does not care.

I had the same problem with 3dfx Banshee.

[MadCat]

The undeniable fact is that all the source art in HL is 16-bit. Now, given that this is a dual-textured game with only sparse transparency, youre going to see little difference in 32-bit mode (but youll get a notable performance hit). Unlike Q3A, 32-bit HL isnt worth it. Kudos to HL's level designers for never over-stressing the pallette...too many games suffer from banding because idiot level designers never consider their limitations.

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