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    win 98 sis 5597/8 openGL

    hello, i am making my old comp into my *gaming machine* (ive never played games on it before) and the first thing i have installed is american mcgee's alice. however it wont start:
    American McGee's Alice win-x86 Nov 13 2000
    ----------------------
    Config: config.cfg
    execing default.cfg
    couldn't exec menu.cfg
    couldn't exec config.cfg
    couldn't exec localized.cfg
    couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
    ...detecting CPU, found x86 (P5/Pentium2, MMX)

    ------- Input Initialization -------
    Initializing DirectInput...
    Couldn't set DI coop level
    Falling back to Win32 mouse support...
    Joystick is not active.
    ------------------------------------
    ----- Client Initialization -----
    ----- Initializing Renderer ----
    ----- R_Init -----
    Initializing OpenGL subsystem
    ...initializing QGL
    ...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded
    ...setting mode 2: 512 384 FS
    ...using colorsbits of 16
    ...calling CDS: ok
    ...registered window class
    ...created window@0,0 (512x384)
    Initializing OpenGL driver
    ...getting DC: succeeded
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
    ...-1 PFDs found
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 8, 16, 0 )
    ...-1 PFDs found
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
    ...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
    ...restoring display settings
    ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (2)
    ...setting mode 3: 640 480 FS
    ...using colorsbits of 16
    ...calling CDS: ok
    ...created window@0,0 (640x480)
    Initializing OpenGL driver
    ...getting DC: succeeded
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
    ...-1 PFDs found
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD( 8, 16, 0 )
    ...-1 PFDs found
    ...GLW_ChoosePFD failed
    ...failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
    ...restoring display settings
    ...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
    ...shutting down QGL
    ...unloading OpenGL DLL
    ...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
    ...initializing QGL
    ...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
    ...shutting down QGL
    ----- CL_Shutdown -----
    -----------------------
    GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

    this is very perplexing. where can i get an openGL driver for my sis 5597/5598? i am having no luck with this stuff...
    the screen blinks like the game is about to begin but then my regular screen comes back and i have this jabble about open GL...
    thank you in advance...

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    Re: win 98 sis 5597/8 openGL

    oh i forgot to mention that on my other computer that has xp, the game started but there were millions of colors and it just looked horrible and the cursor was huge and i couldnt see anything. its a sony vaio and doesnt even have the option to go to 640x480 which is what the manual says you should set it to manually when you manually run it from the start menu.
    i cant get this working on either computer.

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