Cruis.In Posted December 27, 1999 Report Posted December 27, 1999 Hi, I have a Voodoo2, and the monitor goes out of sync after I play bc3k and then try to start it again.Let me explain. I start the game, and everything's fine, some T.V show comes on that I want to watch, so I exit bc3k normally, QUIT. Now after watching T.v I come back and start it again, the monitor goes out of sync. I can hear the music. And the game just keeps going, all the way to the starting menu, which is when the monitor comes back on, and it's in windows with a dialogue box saying "this program has performed illegal op."So in effect, if I play a session of bc3k, and I exit normal, I always have to reboot before I can play it again.has anyone had this trouble? Can anyone help?
Supreme Cmdr Posted December 28, 1999 Report Posted December 28, 1999 What version of the game are you playing?Have you search the forum for issues like this?
Cruis.In Posted December 28, 1999 Author Report Posted December 28, 1999 v2.08Yes, and I didn't see one at first. Because the threads topic didn't properly identify it. But Somewhere I read, about switching to 2 mb of texture memory, that solved, the out of sync error. So I can exit and restart bc3k normally now without having to reboot. Now I'm hoping that I don't have the boot back to desktop, 'fault protection error' now.Would limiting glide apps to 2mb of texture memory make bc3k run slower? Like less frames?
StormCrow Posted December 28, 1999 Report Posted December 28, 1999 I have this problem as well. I've had it from 2.08 through 2.09G. I play with texture memory limited to 2mb cause if I don't it seems to crash even more than normal. I have to reboot everytime I exit the game or it doesn't work.
Supreme Cmdr Posted December 28, 1999 Report Posted December 28, 1999 Limiting the texture memory to 2MB has nothing to do with BC3K. It is a problem with the 3DFX DOS Glide API and drivers.The reduced texture memory does not result in lower frame rates.
Papi Posted December 28, 1999 Report Posted December 28, 1999 Hi! I had the same problem with my voodoo2, there is a workaround though so you don't have to reboot. Click your right mouse button on your desktop select properties and then voodoo2 properties and go back by closing properties. This takes less time than rebooting. I don't know why but after playing bc3k with voodoo2 (I had Orchid Righteous) bc3k and all "dos based" programs caused out of sync. If I checked voodoo2 properties there was no texture or any other memory for voodoo available. But after returning to desktop and going back to check the properties all lost memory was back! Why it does that, I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with refresh rates. Anyways this is the only way I avoidid rebooting.Cmdr Jason Cloud GCV Silver Lining
Cruis.In Posted December 28, 1999 Author Report Posted December 28, 1999 Hey yeah same thing. I noticed all the memory was reading 0. Then I go in, just push ok. Instead of cancel or anything else, and bc loads as normal. Do you also have the problem where it boots you back to desktop after an hour or so?
Papi Posted December 28, 1999 Report Posted December 28, 1999 Unfortunately I usually haven't got time to play over an hour, but yes, I remember getting booted back to desktop few times. I got it solved as per FAQ memory/config settings. So, I don't think it has anything to do with your voodoo gard. I have just upgraded to voodoo 3 and the problem has not been haunting me anymore.Cmdr Jason Cloud GCV Silver Lining
Papi Posted December 28, 1999 Report Posted December 28, 1999 Hi! Since last post I had time to try out the new patch. I let roll for about three hours in ACM mode without any problems. I lost two of my IC's, but what the heck.Cmdr Jason Cloud GCV Silver Lining
Cruis.In Posted December 30, 1999 Author Report Posted December 30, 1999 LOL, if you think that's bad, I got a story for you. But it would be deleted.Anyway down to my question, I'm posting it here so as not to start a new thread. ok I don't know how to do that QUOTE thing so I manually quoteQuote 'Figures. Never use old save games with new beta versions!'If I patch to 2.09 Final when it's out. Can I use my old save games form 2.08? I have not patched to any of the candidates as yet. Just want to make sure.
Charles Lindsey Posted December 30, 1999 Report Posted December 30, 1999 War stories; do a search but this one is really interesting. http://www.bc3000ad.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000260.html Old but cool. Got a really good new one? Post it. Haven't seen a war story in a while. They are usually put in General Discussion. At the top of the page; just under the "post reply" button; is a faq link. That is this board's faq (ubb code) and not a BC3K faq. It explains quotes, urls, and smilies there.Last paragraph: NO!!! Do not use old saved games with any new version. If an updated version tries to tell an old saved game something it doesn't know about you are asking for troubles. ------------------ Commander Chavik ICV Phoenix "We Shall Arise From The Ashes" Official BC3K Tester
Cruis.In Posted December 30, 1999 Author Report Posted December 30, 1999 what?? But I've captured IDAN and all.. a strategic point. And got so many millions. and have thousands of ep. So I really have to start over, unless I want to get all sorts of errors right?And I had nearly all my scre %30 ai too. so do I delete the save games from BC? Or do I delete them manually in DOS?
Supreme Cmdr Posted December 30, 1999 Report Posted December 30, 1999 If you delete them from within Roster, they will be deleted. Just check the SAVE folder, to be sure. Thats where all the profiles are kept.
Cruis.In Posted December 31, 1999 Author Report Posted December 31, 1999 Ok, I'm sorry about this, but I have another quick question. I just want to be sure, so as to get the most out of my graphics.Gouraud shaded textures is the highest setting for space graphics right? Or does texture mapped look better? It didn't say which is the highest setting in the manual.
Papi Posted January 1, 2000 Report Posted January 1, 2000 Yeah, you're right, gouraud shade textures is highest for space.Cmdr Jason Cloud GCV Silver Lining
Guest Armond3 Posted December 18, 2000 Report Posted December 18, 2000 Hi. I haven't posted here in a long time, but I have been playing BC3K for quite a while. But recently I started having problems with my computer. I have a Monster 3D II card. After I thought I got the game to work again, I still have one last issue. It's just like the one mentioned earlier. I can run the game once, but if I quit and try to play again my monitor goes out of sync. I read that they went into properties and opened up the voodoo 2 properties and then clicked okay. But whenever I try to open up properties after running the game, I get an error message reading: Mutual exclusion prohibits this. What is going on? Can anyone help me here? I'd really like to be able to play the game more than once, before having to reboot the system. Thanks. [This message has been edited by Armond3 (edited 12-18-2000).]
Supreme Cmdr Posted December 19, 2000 Report Posted December 19, 2000 Nothing to do with the game. Its a problem with your system and the video card. Read the FAQ
Guest Armond3 Posted December 19, 2000 Report Posted December 19, 2000 Thanks for your reply, SC. I checked my video card drivers and tried to update them again. It turned out that the whole time I thought they had been updated, they weren't. Leave it to Diamond to make one of the most difficult to understand upgrade instructions. Anyway, I appreciate the response, and it's great to have the SC reply himself. I'm sorry if I wasted any of your time.
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