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[Insane Morphius]

Just bought the game;

Installed just fine, but when I go to play it tells me that the OpenGL subsystem could not be opened?

I have the following on a clean install of WinXP Pro

Athlon XP1900 with SK6 Extreme (Not clocked)
Abit KG7 motherboard
256 PC3000
60GB WD ATA100 7200RPM
60GB WD ATA100 7200RPM
(Not Raided)
Visiontek GF3
24X CDRW (TDK Velocd)
16X Pioneer DVD106S
TB Santa Cruz
Logitech Z560's
Samsung SyncMaster 760Vtft (LCD)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I really wanna play this game and not being able to play really bites.

thanks in advance

Morphius

[Insane Morphius]

this is exactly what it says:



Wolf 1.0.0 win-x86 Nov 13 2001
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
C:\PROGRA~1\RETURN~1\main\sp_pak2.pk3 (232 files)
C:\PROGRA~1\RETURN~1\main\sp_pak1.pk3 (1342 files)
C:\PROGRA~1\RETURN~1\main\pak0.pk3 (4775 files)
C:\PROGRA~1\RETURN~1/main

----------------------
6349 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec language.cfg
couldn't exec wolfconfig.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
...detecting CPU, found AMD w/ 3DNow!
Bypassing CD checks
----- Client Initialization -----
Cmd_AddCommand: map_restart already defined
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded
...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS
...using desktop display depth of 16
...calling CDS: ok
...registered window class
...created window@0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
...restoring display settings
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS
...using colorsbits of 16
...calling CDS: ok
...created window@0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
...35 PFDs found
...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
...restoring display settings
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
...initializing QGL
...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
...shutting down QGL
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

[dadx2mj]

What drivers are you using for the vid card. The native XP drivers don't support opengl

[Insane Morphius]

Dad,

Just installed the newest nvidia drivers, and i can get into the game, but now whenever I go to move the mouse the game bluescreens for a fraction of a second then it reboots the system WTF.

I installed the latest AGP 410 as well after I installed the nvidia

[Insane Morphius]

I am just about ready to snap this FU%*ing disk in half, damn!!!!!

[Insane Morphius]

OK Dad.

Just installed Counterstrike, and the same thing happened, system reboot. Is this indicative of a driver problem?

[The Wraithlord]

That or, heaven forbid, a video card problem.

[Insane Morphius]

I can play movies and 3d demos just fine. WELL, guess i am gonna have to do a format..... crap I hate that

Be back in a few hours, am not going to install XP, just going to try with ME

[FlyingPenguin]

Format WON'T HELP probably, so don't do it.

You almost certainly have an IRQ issue (it's almost always the reason for random reboots).

You probably have a PCI IRQ channel sharing problem (this is NOT the same as an IRQ conflict, there are four PCI IRQ channels labelled A - D and all your PCI and AGP devices must share them)). This problem does not affect ISA cards.

This problem is very common with NICs, some PCI sound cards (the SBLive in particular is VERY prone to it) and SCSI controller cards. These cards do NOT like to share a PCI IRQ channel I explain the problem in detail here with a fix: http://soldcentralfl.com/quakecoop/glfaq5.htm#5_9

It'll be a combination of two devices causing the problem. Best way to isolate it is to pull ALL your cards except the vid card (IMPORTANT: note what slot each card was installed in). Play the misbehaving game and see if it runs stable (yes, the game should run just fine without a sound card installed). If it behaves, install each card ONE BY ONE starting with the sound card until you isolate the bad boy. It's important to put the cards back in their original slots to avoid PCI IRQ Sharing problems.


There's some other possibilities:

- The Geforce does NOT like to share an IRQ with other devices - make sure it's the only card using it's IRQ. If you can't change the IRQ for the conflicting card in Device Manager, then you must move the card to another slot.

- In the motherboard's BIOS menu, make sure that "Assign IRQ to VGA" is enabled and that both "Video BIOS Caching" and "Video Ram Shadow" are disabled. Set "AGP Aperature" to 64. The wrong Aperature setting can cause reboots and lockups.

- Remove any utilities for your old video card (Voodoo cards for instance install 3Dfx tools which MUST be removed via the Add/Remove icon in Control Panel). Also, you should ALWAYS change the video driver to "Standard VGA" first before swapping cards to purge the old driver. If you didn't do that before, do it now. Change it to "Standard VGA", reboot and it'll redetect the geforce and ask you for drivers.

- If you're overclocking (either the vid card or the cpu), don't and see if that helps.

- I recommend you download a free utility called NVmax that allows you to tweak your Geforce card. Available here: http://www.tweakfiles.net/video/nvmax.html

Using NVmax, set AGP to 2x instead of 4x if it's defaulting to 4x (many motherboards don't properly support AGP 4x). I also recommend you disable AGP fastwrites and Side banding addressing (all these are located in the System->AGP Services menu). These can cause a lot of problems like you descibe, and disabling them causes only a very minor performance hit.

- Go to the motherboard manufacturer's web site and see if there's an updated Flash BIOS for your mobo. It could be your AGP bus support isn't up to spec. Geforce cards are fussy about AGP.

- You may not have the proper or the latest drivers for you motherboard's APG to PCI Bridge. The Geforce, again, is fussier than most cards about AGP compliancy.


You should also check out the Geforce FAQ at http://geforcefaq.com

Hope this helps...

[Insane Morphius]

FP,

Thanks for the post bro, but too late. I did the dreaded format getting rid of XP and going to try just ME. Will repost if I still continue to have problems. Atleast I now have the ability to go to 640X480 where in XP using the reference drivers I could not, lowest was 800X600 or something like that

Again, thanks for the help

[Insane Morphius]

Well,

that did it, finally playing the game

Must have been a total mess with my drivers and stuff, anyhow, thanks for all that helped!

Most appreciated

[Insane Morphius]

Am in the game down in the catacombs, damn thats pretty scary,

I am at the fire creature but keep dying LOL, guess I need a bigger gun

[The Wraithlord]

'Nades work wonders against it. Just be sure to hold it for the first few clicks so that you can toss the thing and have it go off in the creatures face.

[Insane Morphius]

Thanks,

Moving along pretty nicely now, but damn its creepy

[Piper]

You may want to try Detonator Destroyer if this happens again. I've used it in the past to clear up all my driver related problems.

Guru3D