Topic: HeLLP Cant see the ships Vid Card/AGP problem???

[SurveyCrew]

Loaded up op, patched to 2.5.5.2 (get it rite?)
installed firesouls 4.0
installed scripts for the Forge
tried a full reinsatll, no dice. Any ideas?
BTW, just put in a new nvidia vid card, did install latest drivers.

Thanks in advance.

[SurveyCrew]

I can see the shields , just not the ships.....Hellp!!!   
Also cant see the ships in Single player mode.
Maybe today ill install the stuff one at a time to see what the hell happens, ack!

[Hexx]

Does your shiplist point to the right models and are the models presetn in the folders?

[SurveyCrew]

how do I check to see?

I just reinstalled Dx 9.0,  on the 3rd 3-D test , I saw 3 cubes and a blurry "window" , like the "my computer" box borders kinda flickering. Dont know what that means. I klicked that I saw the cube with DX on it sooooo...idunno on that one.
So how do you make sure shiplist points correctly, thats a new one to me.
Thanks Again!

The test where I see the 3 cubes with X on them is the AGP Texture Acceleration , set to enabled.
The first two are fine...am I onto something here? Is my AGP port messed up should I throw the vid card in a PCI slot?
Thanks!

[KBF-Kurok]

 Did you delete all the sfc files before you reinstalled the game? If not you will need to uninstall it again and then manualy delet the sfc folder in your programs files. Reinstall patch to 2552 install firesouls op 4.0 . At that point i would check to see if your moderla are working. If so install bonks scripts and you should be able to log in. I hope this helps.

[SurveyCrew]

yes i did. I thnk my problems are beyond sfc 

[SurveyCrew]

The file nvdisp.drv is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL).  Current drivers tested for a WHQL logo are only available on Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.  New Windows 98 drivers are no longer tested for WHQL logos.

O(n the 3rd 3-d test, I see three spinning DX cubes.
Also installed OP , no patches, still could not see ships. This seems like a hardware or driver problem.
I looked into updated patches from Nvidia, but when tried to install could not find support for Geforce2 TI (64mB).
the third test on DX diag tool is the AGP port.
Any ideas, Im stumped as to what to try next
thanks in advance!

[el-Karnak]

Try setting your wireframe setting to 1 in your sfc.ini files:

[SurveyCrew]

I think I have narrowed the problem. It seems that the Nvidia Geforce2 TI  (Titanium) , is not supported by nVidia any longer. The installation disk was installed but it caused AGP Texture acceleration problems with directX 9.0c. So, now Im looking for a driver or another vid card, lol.
I tried to find the Vid Chips in the bios settings to see if i could disable Motherboard 3d, Asus A7v 133 motherboard, to no avail. When I try to install the "latest' driver , I do not see a hardware selection for my vid card, Geforce2 Ti (64Mb).
If anyone knows how to read DirectX diagnostics id be happy to try and post them.
Ive also started looking at 3rd party drivers but am having trouble finding/trusting the correct product.
I hope this info helps the computer gurus to help me   
Again, the main symtoms are:
cant see ships on OP
3d test fails (I see 3 directx "cubes' and garbled "window boxes")
directdraw fails on the 3rd test, where it seems like the 3d test failure, garbled graphics in triplet.

If there are any questions that i can answer to get this going id be abliged.
thanks in advance!

[Bonk]

Try uninstalling all the drivers and let windows use its own?

[SurveyCrew]

I fixed it!!!!
I needed to set the card refresh rate to its default and get an older driver that supported the 64mm Geforce 2 Ti

Heres a few links to help others out with this problem


   This is the driver i used

http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/56.64/56.64_win9x_international.exe

The microsoft knowledge base was very helpful too.

Thanks frr the tips.

[KBF-Crim]

I recently had a simular problem...regressing drivers fixed it...