SoF OpenGL Initialisation error?

[AlexanderPriem]

Hi guys,

Help! I just got my very own Soldier of Fortune. I installed it. I started it. It crashed...

I got new G400 drivers from the Matrox site. I started SoF again. It crashed...

I used the latest drivers and still it DOESN'T WORK. I get a "OpenGL initialisation error". I'm out of options right now, so anybody.... CAN YOU HELP ME???

Thanx,
Alex.

[Rags]

Hi,

Make sure your desktop is set to either 16 bit or 32 bit NOT 24. Also try disabling dualhead before starting the game.

Rags

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[dZeus]

Don;t run the game as administrator, but as a power user. It says that all over the web...

[Kruzin]

Make sure you have an IRQ assigned to the G400 in the BIOS....

[AlexanderPriem]

Hi Kruzin,

I think I tried giving the G400 an IRQ in the BIOS. But I don't think I tried it with the latest drivers. I think I disabled the IRQ before I installed the latest drivers. I'll try this.

Thanx.

[Frag Me]

I had the same problem.....just kept feeding it the cd untill it finally installed properly.

The 5.30 drivers work fine for me with no crashs so far.

Good luck....it's a great game!

Dave

System:
Win 98SE
PIII 800E@908MHZ
256MB Mushkin high performance pc133 sdram
Soyo 6BA+IV w/Intel Chipset
G400 MAX no OC (Yahhh Baby)
Voodoo 2 SLI for Glide (oldies but goodies)
SB Live Platinum
w/ Cambridge Soundworks theatre surround
Creative 48X cdrom
HP 8100i cd writer
2x20 GIG IBM Deskstar UDMA 33 HD's
Sony 400F 19"
3com NIC
crappy 56K US Robotics Winmodem

[Oracle]

i solved some of my probs of sof with a newer glsetup thingy go to
http://www.glsetup.com/ downloading the file the 1 i got was 64mb!!!!! never gonnna happen on my 36k modem:| ,so select install from web it only took bout half an hour

but i hit another snag it crashes after the 1st level i know the remedy but i havent had time to fix it yet :

hope this helps :{)

Oracle

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P3 600e (not o/c yet <G&gt
128mb 100mhz sdram
abit be6-2
matrox g400 max (not o/c
soundblaster 16 (thinks its a 128??????)
4.3gb seagate udma 33
15.3 wd udma 66
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[Kruzin]

I suggest staying away from glsetup. It is just a package of rather dated drivers for various video cards. You get more current drivers by using either 5.30 or 5.52 from Matrox...

[AlexanderPriem]

Thanks for replying! I tried using 16bit colour and 32bit colour, disabling DualHead, nothing seems to work. I am using Win98.

Any more suggestions anyone?

[AlexanderPriem]

Thanx.

I'll try the latest drivers with an IRQ enabled in the BIOS. If this doen't work I'll try 5.30 drivers.

I hope it helps...

[helio]

Oracle - whats that fix for the end-of-level-one crash?? I've been looking all over, let me know please....!

[Tom]

The "end of level one" crash is common.
Check it out on the SOF message board. http://sof.ravensoft.com/

Try this:
-uninstall the game
-hunt down and eliminate any registry entries
-reinstall the game
-run SOF in the Default Mode to set it up

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Matrox G400MAX
PIII 616
Asus P2B-L
128MB PC100
Quantum Fireball KX 27.3
Monster Sound MX200

[Tom]

The "end of level one" crash is common.
Check it out on the SOF message board. http://sof.ravensoft.com/

Try this:
-uninstall the game
-hunt down and eliminate any registry entries
-reinstall the game
-run SOF in the Default Mode to set it up

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Matrox G400MAX
PIII 616
Asus P2B-L
128MB PC100
Quantum Fireball KX 27.3
Monster Sound MX200

[Tom]

The "end of level one" crash is common.
Check it out on the SOF message board. http://sof.ravensoft.com/

Try this:
-uninstall the game
-hunt down and eliminate any registry entries
-reinstall the game
-run SOF in the Default Mode to set it up

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Matrox G400MAX
PIII 616
Asus P2B-L
128MB PC100
Quantum Fireball KX 27.3
Monster Sound MX200

[Tom]

The "end of level one" crash is common.
Check it out on the SOF message board. http://sof.ravensoft.com/

Try this:
-uninstall the game
-hunt down and eliminate any registry entries
-reinstall the game
-run SOF in the Default Mode to set it up

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Matrox G400MAX
PIII 616
Asus P2B-L
128MB PC100
Quantum Fireball KX 27.3
Monster Sound MX200