Why my UT doesn't work in OpenGl mode??? UPDATE- Its working - SWEET !!! Thank you BenSkywalker.

[bauerbrazil]

Im trying to run UT with the compressed textures but the game doesnt work in OpenGl mode. What could be wrong here?

Tbird 800
CLA Geforce2 GTS(driver 6.26)
UT 400

Pls help.

 

[NFS4]

Works fine for me in OpenGL mode

Athlon 735
SDR GeForce
Detonator 6.18
Windows 2000 Pro SP1

 

[bauerbrazil]

I reinstaled win98se, drivers, UT and i get the same with screen and an error message that i got before.

NFS4, what should i do?

 

[bauerbrazil]

Bump^^^^

Any ideas???

 

[Zeeliv]

You're trying to run the special textures from the second CD in OpenGL correct? Looks to me like you didn't follow the detailed instructions a few sites had (Ben's being the best IMO). You're running 4.00 and you need to be running 4.02, and if you overlooked that I wonder if you overlooked the special openGL .drv thing as well? Look here.

 

[bauerbrazil]

I didnt install the textures yet. I just installed UT from CD1 and im trying to run in OpenGL mode first. I'll try the compressed textures later, if i can run with the normal textures

 

[Dark4ng3l]

I think the OpenGL is still experimental for ut so maybe its just you with this problem. I know ut runs horribly in OpenGL on my voodoo 3 and even locks up sometimes. I also get some missing textures on certain maps in OpenGL.

 

[SCUBA]

ya Open GL and UT never come along

 

[Thor_Sevan]

What ??? UT no good in opengl. Use it if everyting else failed before ! Even software rendering ! Direct3D is the way to go.

 

[Zeeliv]

Bauer, you're going to install a patch at some point anyway...the OpenGL only got better as they went along. So there's no point in trying to get OpenGL to work in 4.00 when you will be using something more up to date anyway. If you're trying for the special textures at some point, then get 4.02 and try it (OpenGL, not the special textures just yet) then, otherwise just install the latest patch.

 

[bauerbrazil]

I installed 402, no good. 428, it worked!!! Reinstalled 402, no good again. I heard many people saying they are using 402 and S3TC, whats the problem with my computer?

 

[bauerbrazil]

WOW, its working and those textures are great. You guys have to try this.

BenSkywalker is explainning how to do this here and i have to say its worth the work.

 

[BenSkywalker]

Your welcome

Thank you for letting me know it helped at least one person, so far I haven't had any feedback(thanks also Zeeliv, both for the praise and reccomending it).

 

[Jonny]

Good for you man, now, do you have some screenshots for us?

 

[BenSkywalker]

Here are some comparitive screenshots, though you may have already seen those.

 

[Patriot]

Does this work with the later patches like 4.28? Or should I just keep running it with the 4.02 patch (which would suck because than I can't play online). Any thoughts?

 

[bauerbrazil]

Just work with the 402, but i think they are trying to do one for 428.

 

[Jonny]

The 4.02 patch created by Fredrick Gustafsson gave us our first taste in Windows, but many people didn't like the idea of reverting to such an old patch when many mods wouldn't work with a version as old as 4.02. Now, LokiGames, has posted a patch which allows Windows users to utilize both the latest 4.28 patch and make use of the higher quality S3TC textures under OpenGL. Here are some screenshots which display the differences-


btw, ben, nice work on that article, u the man!

 

[Sugadaddy]

I just installed the s3tc textures and edited the ini file, and honestly I'm not that impressed. I did notice the walls do look much better on some maps, but I don't think it's worth the hassle of having to adjust your gamma and brightness way up in the detonator drivers...(the one in the game doesn't seem to work anymore, and believe me, it's dark as hell if you don't adjust it)

As for speed, it does give a couple more fps according to the timedemo thing, but it stutters when there are other players on the screen. Direct3d still runs better IMO, and I'm switching back to it. I hope they'll fix it, because it does have really good potential, but it's not perfect yet...

Forgot to mention, did you look at the sky in the galleon map, it's just horrible.

 

[BenSkywalker]

Jonny

Thank you for the compliment

Sugadaddy-

Which patch/build/board and drivers are you using? Can't say that I see any problems with the sky on Galeon, are you using a nVidia board with 6.34 drivers(known to have some rendering flaws with S3TC)?

 

[Sugadaddy]

Ben, I'm running UT 4.28 with the Loki OpenGldrv on a Creative GTS. I guess you're right on the money, because I am using the 6.34 fasttrax drivers. I'll try other drivers, I hope it fixes it...

BTW, do you know if the texture hack works with UT 4.32??

 

[OnlY_oNe]

is it useful to enable s3tc when you haven't got the second cd? (uh i lost it )

 

[MSNY]

Bump question...

Anybody know if this works with UT 4.32 ?

 

[oldfart]

Yes, it works fine in 4.32. Here is another article that Ben did on it: Gamebasement

 

[*kjm]

Will this work on a Voodoo5500?