it is auto changeing to sofeware mode and it is not suported

kcollingham

i had to load a new copy of vista on my com so tecnaly i have 2 vistas on working and one not anyway i went and loaded steam up on my new vista and when i went to play ns it keeps switching to sofeware mode and i cant change it to open gl. it worked fine on my old and now broken vista and it was running in open gl. any ideas?

corpsman

Vistas broken, imagine that....

I know BTW that this doesn't help you at all, but that's like buying a car that is famous for having everything go bad, then asking other people why it doesn't work. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" /> I would suggest you install XP again and wait until Vista has a couple service packs [or Patches if you will]. There should be a service pack #3 for XP soon, according to the MS secrets blog it should be right after we start the new year, Feb or Mar.

Thansal

1)
Don't install 2 copies of an OS on your computer and expect things to work properly.
Whenever you are installing an MS operating system I really suggest you do a complete format before hand (don't forget to back up all your stuff), unless you really know what you are doing.

2) Your video card drivers are not installed. Go download em and install them.

I assume that you installed the drivers under the OTHER copy of Vista, so this new one knows nothing of them. This is going to be the case for all drivers and installed programs.

Ahnteis

re-install drivers.

Make sure you have cl_gammaramp (or is there another _ in there?) turned off to be able to play NS in Vista.

Thansal

<!--quoteo(post=1661964:date=Nov 27 2007, 02:07 AM:name=Ahnteis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ahnteis @ Nov 27 2007, 02:07 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661964"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->re-install drivers.

Make sure you have cl_gammaramp (or is there another _ in there?) turned off to be able to play NS in Vista.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
correct command, but that only matters if it is a 64bit OS (there is a non 64bit Vista, right?)

Ahnteis

<!--quoteo(post=1661988:date=Nov 27 2007, 05:51 AM:name=Thansal)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Thansal @ Nov 27 2007, 05:51 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1661988"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->correct command, but that only matters if it is a 64bit OS (there is a non 64bit Vista, right?)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm not positive. I haven't played NS on Vista. However, I *thought* that the 32bit version had trouble too?

Thansal

<!--quoteo(post=1662226:date=Nov 29 2007, 02:19 AM:name=Ahnteis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ahnteis @ Nov 29 2007, 02:19 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1662226"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm not positive. I haven't played NS on Vista. However, I *thought* that the 32bit version had trouble too?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The gamma problems mostly come from 64bit oses. His problem is specifically that he didn't have drivers (or old drivers, or no graphics card) installed.

kcollingham

ok i reinstalled my drivers and made sure they were up to date and i used the cl_gammaramp 0 cammand and was able to change to open gl but i ended up with another problem i was able to get in to a server but it let play for about 10 min and it froze soon after selecing a team.