Open GL problems. Please Help!

OpenGL OpenGL: User Software
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I have just downloaded the game Wolfenstein Enemy territory, and my PC meets all the minimum requirements. I have a 1GHZ pentium III, 256 RAM, 32 MB Geforce 2MX video card along with a 120 GB hard-disk. However, as soon as I try running the game it displays this message:

ET 2.56 win-x86 Sep 5 2003
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
E:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\pak1.pk3 (10 files)
E:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\pak0.pk3 (3725 files)
E:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\mp_bin.pk3 (4 files)
E:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory/etmain

3739 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn’t exec language.cfg
couldn’t exec autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
…detecting CPU, found Intel Pentium III
Bypassing CD checks
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----

----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
…initializing QGL
…calling LoadLibrary( ‘E:\WINDOWS\System32\opengl32.dll’ ): succeeded
…setting mode 4: 800 600 FS
…using desktop display depth of 32
…calling CDS: ok
…registered window class
…created window@0,0 (800x600)
Initializing OpenGL driver
…getting DC: succeeded
…GLW_ChoosePFD( 32, 24, 0 )
…35 PFDs found
…GLW_ChoosePFD failed
…GLW_ChoosePFD( 32, 24, 0 )
…35 PFDs found
…GLW_ChoosePFD failed
…failed to find an appropriate PIXELFORMAT
…restoring display settings
…WARNING: could not set the given mode (4)
…setting mode 4: 800 600 FS
…using colorsbits of 16
…calling CDS: ok
…created window@0,0 (800x600)
Initializing OpenGL driver
…getting DC: succeeded
…GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
…35 PFDs found
…GLW_ChoosePFD failed
…GLW_ChoosePFD( 16, 16, 0 )
…35 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 -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )

GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

Please help me on what to do. It states I don’t have OpenGL, yet I have a completely compatible Video Card. Someone please reply. :confused:

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try with the gldirect program. Any problem send me an email at alejourd@yahoo.com. Good Bye.

Alexander

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Originally posted by <try with this program>:
[b]try with the gldirect program. Any problem send me an email at alejourd@yahoo.com. Good Bye.

Alexander[/b]
INCREDIBLY stupid advice Alexander.

Here is what Activision says (I suspect your problem is the first one)…

Set your desktop to a resolution of 800x600, 32 bit True Color.

  1. Right-click on your desktop and select Properties.
  2. Click the Settings tab.
  3. Set your screen area to 800x600.
  4. Set the colors to 32 Bit (True Color). Under Windows NT this will be listed as 65554 colors.
  5. Click Apply and OK.

All background applications must be shutdown prior to running the game.

Make sure the 3D hardware acceleration is turned all the way up.

  1. Right-click on the My Computer icon on the desktop and select Properties.
  2. Select the Performance tab and click the Graphics button.
  3. Make sure the acceleration slider is set to Full.

For Windows XP and 2000:

  1. Click on the Start button > Settings > Control Panel.
  2. Double-click the Display icon.
  3. Click the Settings tab.
  4. Click the Advanced button.
  5. Click the Troubleshoot tab.
  6. Make sure the acceleration slider is set to Full.
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Thanks very much for replying! I’m going to try out “Uh”'s advice first, because that seems to be the problem. Everytime I launch Wolfenstein, it resizes the desktop! I’m going to try it out right now!

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Hey again, I just tried everything (except using the older version of OpenGL) but it just won’t open the game. I’ve installed it on my primary disk ( E: ) I partitioned it so that Windows was on a seperate drive which makes it less vunerable, I’ve even installed it on the 3 other hard-drives I have.

I’m not tech smart, but I can get around with computers. I’ve never had this problem before with OpenGL, or any other compatibility problems or whatnot. I regularly play other FPS’s such as Americas Army (I assume it doesn’t use OpenGL), Delta Force - Black Hawk Down, and I also play some Warcraft, all flawless, never any problems.

Please could someone smart take a look at the script that was generated by the Wolfenstein game? I believe the key lies in the last few lines. I’ll copy it again and highlight the places where it goes wrong (in my first post). - I realized the line: GLW_ChoosePFD failed appeared a couple of times, could this have anything to do with it?

Could someone please help me?

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The “ChoosePFD” failure message indicates that the game does not like the available set of pixel format descriptors (PFD) that your OpenGL driver supports.

Without knowing more about the requirements of this game, I would guess that it is complaining about the depth or stencil buffer options in the available pixel format list, since your display resolution appears to be satisfactory.

Since this looks like a Quake-engine game (QGL), you might want to try the GLDirect driver from SciTech as an alternative. Besides optimizing Quake engine performance, there is a log file option that includes a listing of all of its pixel formats, so that could help you zero in on this complaint if the same problem also happens with that driver too.