Quake 3 Problems-

[Ausm]

I am having trouble running Quake 3 on my son's computer Every time I try to run the program I get a Opengl subsys error message and then the program crashes. I have all the latest Detonator drives and Quake 3 patches installed.

System Spec

Celeron 366@550
128 Meg of Mushkin RAM
Abit BX6 rev 2.0 mobo
CL TNT2 Ultra
WinME

Ausm

 

[sandorski]

Try going back to Det2(5.xx series).

 

[virtuamike]

Could also try to disable OpenGL extensions, run it just in Direct3D mode.

 

[Vrangel]

Its OpenGL only. Cant run in D3D.
But it needs latest DirectX to be installed on the system.

I guess the problem is driver mixup.Have you used CL drivers before?
Make sure you deleted those completely. Also 6.xx arent the best for TNT2.
Go back to 5.xx .

 

[BFG10K]

Quake 3 needs Direct X 7 to run and you can find it on the game CD. Microsoft also has a newer version, Direct X 7A on their website. I am using that and the game works fine. Note that if you disable the OpenGL extensions you may solve the problems but the game will play somewhat slower.

 

[Brill]

IMHO I think your best bet is to uninstall Q3. Reinstall Nvidia drivers(Detonator 5.xx) then install DirectX 7.0A, and reinstall the game.