Problems with Q2 and HL ---> OpenGL???

[MiToBo]

I can't run Q2 nor Half-Life on my PII400
I installed the new 5.30 and I know I can't use the TurboGL ICD, but the curious thing is that from the Q2 console it seems my PII can't initialize the OpenGL driver. Ok, maybe a driver overlap, so I went and checked that Q3Arena works perfectly well. I previously had a voodoo2 but I uninstalled it. No opengl32.dll files around. I finally tried Unreal and even this doesn't work. I assume this should be a openGL problem but if so, why does Q3 works??????

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PII400MHz G400DH IBMDTTA7110 64MbRAM
DVD+ASUS50x+TEAC4x

These are my number, MiToBo is my name.

[Zwisch]

delete the config.cfg file in yoru quale2/baseq2 folder, remove your opengl32 in the games folder and start the game again.

[Zwisch]

just don't touch the opengl32 located in your windows/system folder!!!

[JAZZ]

Was Quake 2 installed before you put in the Matrox? I assume Q3 was installed after...
Try deleting config.cfg from the baseq2 folder and run the game again. You have the latest 3.20?

J

[MiToBo]

I knew I must kill config.cfg but nothing changed. And I didn't touched windows\system.

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PII400MHz G400DH IBMDTTA7110 64MbRAM
DVD+ASUS50x+TEAC4x

These are my number, MiToBo is my name.

[Maggi]

Hi MiToBo.

Make sure there are no glide2x.dll or glide3x.dll files in your system ... if you still have some, delete 'em and reboot.

But maybe Zwisch's <FONT SIZE=1>(actually quite hard to pronounce that "sch's" ...)<FONT SIZE> advice helps you out.


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Have Phun !
Maggi
Home rig:
Celeron333A @ 500MHz
Asus P2B-S @ 100MHz FSB
2x 128MB CAS2 SDRAM
Matrox G400 @ 150/200MHz core/mem clock
... and some other goodies ...

[MiToBo]

oooooops, and I have the new 3.20 Quake2 version!

[JAZZ]

If you start the game in compatibility mode then exit and change your video option to default OpenGL does it work?

[MiToBo]

okeee glide killed, nothing changed SIGH!

[MiToBo]

Tried compatibility mode right now, effect: ZERO. DAMN...

This thing's gonna drive me crazy...

[JAZZ]

Does reinstalling the game give out the same issue. May take you a couple of minutes...

[MiToBo]

even reinstalling Q2 was unseccessful.

But I'm quite sure the problem is with openGL. Do I have to install the driver with the setup program or do I have to do it with Windoze driver update?

And primarily does anybody knows how to uninstall driver? I mean not only matrox but even diamond, no uninstalling feature, nowhere!

[MiToBo]

Okeee, as I supposed the problem was with Driver installation.

After I used uninstal from matrox I didn't reinstall a standar VGAcard. If the driver setup program can't find it it just pretend to install the files while it doesn't!!!

After I installed the standar VGA card I finally achieved to install the G400 driver...phew!!

[JAZZ]

So the drivers are now installed. Problem still there? What about in safe mode what do you have listed in your device manager under display adapters and monitor?

[MiToBo]

ops! I forgot to write that now everything is fine and every OpenGL game works. As a matter of fact it was a problem with driver installation.

Tnx to everybody!