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Topic: I'm perm blind in EQ!!!
CBTao
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 02:24:38 AM
ok, get this, and heres a chance for the techies to shine.

I download allll the new EQ patches.
I have all expansions except lucilen
I have WinXP pro
I have a voodoo 5
the only thing I can see when I use EQ, is text

now mind you, I don't see -anything- in the login screen, except the small bar at the bottom that says loading chars, armor, eq, making sure gnomes are still short, etc. etc. (this by the way, is one of the texts that I can see)

I then, by sheer gamer intuition, manage to log my char using a mix of memory of buttons, and the force, and get in, I can't see -anything-, cept the text box, and names of mobs and players, thats it, just text.

What in the unholy fark is causing this and how do I kill it quickly then defile its grave?!

Daniel Gow
The Official "Whasap" Bear
posted 12-13-2001 05:37:53 AM
WinXP Pro.

Get rid of that piece of crap and then instal a more useful Windows operating system.

Koska Kintaro
Not Banned Yet
posted 12-13-2001 06:48:33 AM
quote:
Daniel Gow had this to say about dark elf butts:
Get rid of that piece of crap and then instal a more useful Windows operating system.

Yeah, like...uhhh....hmmm...well there really isn't one...

Drysart
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 09:52:49 AM
quote:
Daniel Gow had this to say about Captain Planet:
Get rid of that piece of crap

I thought for a moment you were gonna say something about the video card.

Aaniele
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 10:05:14 AM
EQ is a MUD now, theres not supposed to be any graphics
"a friend will help you move, a really good friend will help you move a body"
Rowyl
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 10:10:50 AM
Get the latest drivers for your voodoo 5 from www.guru3d.com.
-Rowyl
Koska Kintaro
Not Banned Yet
posted 12-13-2001 10:12:35 AM
quote:
Aaniele thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
EQ is a MUD now, theres not supposed to be any graphics

COOL!

/ex Necro Epic
"It appears to be a skull on a stick. The skull has an elongated beak and quacks at random intervals. It also sheds snow."

crap

Azizza
VANDERSHANKED
posted 12-13-2001 10:23:45 AM
quote:
Koska Kintaro wrote this stupid crap:
Yeah, like...uhhh....hmmm...well there really isn't one...

Can't argue with that LOL...

I have to think that it is the Video Card.

"Pacifism is a privilege of the protected"
JooJooFlop
Hungry Hungry Hippo
posted 12-13-2001 10:29:41 AM
As I recall, WinXP and 3Dfx cards don't mix too well in certain cases.
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CBTao
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 11:27:31 AM
alllrighty, updated my drivers
sacrificed a lamb
intoned latin for 2 hours

still nothing.

I'm preparing to try a percussion readjustment soon.

Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 12-13-2001 12:38:22 PM
quote:
Check out the big brain on CBTao!
I have a voodoo 5

Houston, we have a problem.

CBTao
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 12:44:43 PM
I would normally agree, except that in win 98, with the same card, everquest ran fiiiiiine, so I cannot fault the card itself, since it did function

so aside from updating drivers (which didn't work), or buying a new video card (which will take too long) what am I gonna do?

Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 12-13-2001 12:48:20 PM
quote:
CBTao had this to say:
I would normally agree, except that in win 98, with the same card, everquest ran fiiiiiine

Microsoft doesn't like updating functionality for dead companies.

=/

CBTao
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 12:50:20 PM
uh, but the didn't need to necessarily -update- functionality, merely maintain it, making me one less infuriated person.
Daniel Gow
The Official "Whasap" Bear
posted 12-13-2001 01:11:51 PM
quote:
Kegwen Tabibito had this to say about Tron:
Houston, we have a problem.

I use a Voodoo 5 5500 in WindowsME and it works just peachy.

*Answers both complaints, woohoo!*


I just thought of something else are you sure you're using DirectX 8.1?

And um...let me think, oh I know *try* setting everything to 16bit colors. In the eqclient.ini and for your display settings. Sounds stupid I know but um, yeah just give it a try.

Kolak
Pancake
posted 12-13-2001 01:46:02 PM
quote:
Daniel Gow had this to say about Duck Tales:
I use a Voodoo 5 5500 in WindowsME and it works just peachy.

WinME isn't WinXP

And, CBTao, if i remember correctly, Microsoft doesn't support 3DFX anymore (because they're dead), except in all pre-XP (when 3DFX was alive) OSes.

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Koska Kintaro
Not Banned Yet
posted 12-13-2001 01:48:31 PM
quote:
Kolak wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
And, CBTao, if i remember correctly, Microsoft doesn't support 3DFX anymore (because they're dead), except in all pre-XP (when 3DFX was alive) OSes.

They support 3dfx in the same sense that they support DOS, which is to say they do but not very well.

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