What is my Problem with Q3?

[ctowle]

I have upgraded to several new components and hence, reinstalled my OS. I now cannot successfully load Quake 3.

Here is my pertinent OS & HW:

-Win2000 Pro (SP1)
-AMD Thbird 900 w/ Asus A7V
-Radeon DDR 32 MB

I figure it is a simple setting or a patch that I am missing. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance 🙂


This is the error message taht I receive when I try and start Q3:

============================================
...creating GL context: failed
...failed hard
...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
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): failed
...releasing DC: failed
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
-----------------------
Q_strncpyz: NULL src
===============================

 

[SYST3M]

well if you can go to win98, i'd suggest that because the radeon dirver performance in q3/win2k is horrible. second of all it looks like it can't load your opengl driver. try reinstalling your drivers or going to a different release of the drivers

 

[demenion]

I don't really know why Q3 isnt working but Radeon win2k beta drivers are not that bad. I could play giants/sacrifice/quake3/ut/nhl 2001 fine.. q3 timedemo 127 i got over 70 fps.

 

[ctowle]

It isnt the OS, I played Q3 with 2000 before. I had a different MB/CPU/Video card. It was a 16MB Asus.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Exacly the problem is not the os but the win2000 drivers.

 

[ssteele]

I have had the same problem. To correct the problem I reset the machine and set the texture detail on medium and it corrected the problem. Try that if that doesnt work go for a voodoo5. I went to one from an ultra2 and had no problems at all. With my Ultra2 alot of my games didnt work but with the voodoo my games work perfectly. No Lag nice and smooth.

 

[ninjazed]

I have a TNT Ultra 2 with all video options maxed and Q3 rulez! IMO you have some driver difficulties with your video card. WinBlows 2K probably doesn't help either. I've heard it to be finicky with some games.