HL BlueShift v G400

[IsoTycoon]

Hope there is someone who might be able to solve this problem.
Got me a copy of BlueShift but i can't get it to run with my G400 card. I read that some G400 users might have problems getting the game to run. I have all of the latest drivers also running on Win98 SE, with DX 8.0.

[Ali]

Worked fine for me.

Win Me, Latest drivers etc, G400

Its VERY short though. I feel a bit ripped off. Only took about 2 hours to finish.

[Tom]

IsoTycoon,

Can you be more specific?
I had no trouble with Half-Life Blue Shift....
other then the downside mentioned by Ali.

p.s. I use WinME and the latest 6.51.012 drivers.

[IsoTycoon]

I get into the settings in BlueShift, but when i try to start a new game, it hangs. Never had this type of problems before. Can it be DirectX 8 problems?
Or can it be Mainboard related?

[IsoTycoon]

Here is some more info (sorry, only in swedish)
0 System-timer
1 101/102-tangenters eller Microsoft Natural Keyboard
2 Programmerbar avbrottshanterare
3 Kommunikationsport (COM2)
4 Kommunikationsport (COM1)
5 Creative AWE64 16-bit Audio (SB16-kompatibel)
6 Diskettstyrenheter (standard)
7 EPSON Printer Port (LPT1)
8 System CMOS/realtidsklocka
9 AMD 756 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
9 IRQ-hållare för PCI-styrning
9 Matrox Millennium G400 - English
10 Realtek RTL8029(AS) PCI Ethernet NIC
10 IRQ-hållare för PCI-styrning
11 32-Bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
11 IRQ-hållare för PCI-styrning
12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 Matematikprocessor
14 Primär IDE-styrenhet (dubbel fifo)
14 AMD 756 PCI Bus Master Dual IDE Controller
15 Sekundär IDE-styrenhet (dubbel fifo)
15 AMD 756 PCI Bus Master Dual IDE Controller

Conflicts/sharing:
IRQ 9 AMD 756 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
IRQ 9 IRQ-hållare för PCI-styrning
IRQ 9 Matrox Millennium G400 - English
IRQ 10 Realtek RTL8029(AS) PCI Ethernet NIC
IRQ 10 IRQ-hållare för PCI-styrning
IRQ 11 32-Bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
IRQ 11 IRQ-hållare för PCI-styrning
IRQ 14 Primär IDE-styrenhet (dubbel fifo)
IRQ 14 AMD 756 PCI Bus Master Dual IDE Controller
IRQ 15 Sekundär IDE-styrenhet (dubbel fifo)
IRQ 15 AMD 756 PCI Bus Master Dual IDE Controller


Microstar MS-6167 Mainboard
AMD Athlon K7 500 MHz 512 Kb, SLOT-A
256 SDRAM 168-pin PC100
IBM Deskstar 22GXP 13.5Gb UDMA66, IDE
Matrox Millenium G400 32Mb, AGP
40X CD-Rom
Creative Soundblaster AWE64, pci
3Com EtherLink III ISA NIC
RealTek RTL8029(AS)-based PCI Ethernet Adapter
Win98 SE directX 8

[Helevitia]

This probably wont solve your problem but for starters....if I remember correct, the G400 likes to use IRQ 11 or higher. Also, try to prevent other devices from sharing IRQ's with the card. Sometimes that can cause problems. Also, have you updated your drivers? and your BIOS? What about your via drivers? Have you lowered your AGP speed to 1x? Also, another trick is to lower the acceleration settings in display properties by one notch and try again.

Dave

[Rags]

His IRQ's look fine to me. 9 or higher is the general rule, so 9 is alright.


Are you using a USB game controller or mouse?

Rags

[RichL]

I've got a G400 and BlueShift worked with mine, but the display died everytime I changed video modes (like to the save screen and back).
Of course, it might have something to do with it coming from a downloaded RAR file....

[Greebe]

Do you have problems playing HL or any of it's other varients?

[IsoTycoon]

No problems running HL Counterstrike

[Greebe]

Well other than the nics and sound card being different we basically have the same machine. It maybe a game bug, but from what I gather by the others reporting, this may not be the case.

altho... what AMD AGP driver are you using?

[IsoTycoon]

Not sure about the Amd AGP driver, please guide me.....

[Greebe]

goto System Properties/Device Manager/System Devices, select AMD-751 AGP Host to PCI Bridge and then click on Properties. On the properties page click on the Driver tab and tell me what the date is.

[IsoTycoon]

There is no Host to pci bridge. How do i install and where can i find it?

[Greebe]

http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/bin/amddrvpk_120.exe

DL and install