| Trouble with new OS ????? [message #3996] |
Sat, 08 March 2003 13:22  |
stewardc
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Howdy, all
I just upgraded my computer. The new one has Windpws XP, and will not load Renegade. It will start and go to the dark mottled red screen where it develops the radar, weapons monitor, etc, then cancells itself out ond will not allow registration info. the load just stops and I'm looking at my desktop.
Help....I'm suffering from withdrawal
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DC 
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| Trouble with new OS ????? [message #4299] |
Sun, 09 March 2003 05:42  |
stewardc
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No, it is not an upgrade, but a whole new computer. I've tried all the things you listed.....no luck still.
DC
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| Trouble with new OS ????? [message #4337] |
Sun, 09 March 2003 06:45 |
Anlesauk
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Location: New York City
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This sounds like the all too common, Renegade not being compatible with very many video cards, problem. What video adapter does this new computer have? You need to make sure that you have the latest Win XP compatible video driver installed, plus at least DirectX 8.1. If your video card is a Voodoo, sorry, your out of luck, unless they finally came out with a compatible video driver. I suspect there are other cards out there that have the same prople. WS never did anything about it. This forced me to buy a different video card and it worked just fine after that.
"We fight for the One, we die for the One!"
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| Trouble with new OS ????? [message #4740] |
Sun, 09 March 2003 20:17 |
Ren Sizzlefab
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It may not be a service pack issue, I loaded renegade straight after the initial install of XP Pro, no service packs or updates installed. I had the same problem where it crashed out when loading up the installer, it ended up being a faulty stick of RAM causing my problem, but I'd try the alternate installer supplied by Sk8rimuk, that managed to get renegade installed even with my faulty RAM, but it died later and gave me version mismatches whenever I tried to go online.
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| Trouble with new OS ????? [message #4800] |
Sun, 09 March 2003 23:02 |
Ren Sizzlefab
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Yeah, like I said, it was the faulty RAM stick, got it replaced under warranty and all worked like a charm.
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| FIXED at last [message #6537] |
Fri, 14 March 2003 19:07 |
stewardc
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It seems that, although the Windows site did not have a driver update for the video card, the manufacturers site did. Loaded it and all is well at last.
I'm smilin now !!!
DC
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