thepow

Oh, golly gee willickers! I never knew you could take out the trash! LOL! My hotmail account is only good for about 8-10 turns before it needs to be reset and the sent folder needs trashing. Try this email boys <font size="4">thepow</font>.</p> ------------------ "Medic!" [This message has been edited by thepow (edited 08-04-2000).] [This message has been edited by thepow (edited 08-04-2000).] [This message has been edited by thepow (edited 08-04-2000).]

Hot Dog! I got 5 games now! ------------------ "Medic!"

Alright I've got a few games now. Thanks people! ------------------ "Medic!"

What do I do? Can I order now? (Please) Just trying to beat the mad rush that will cause the forum to crash! ------------------ "Medic!"

I just wanted to get a few PBEMs going and thought I would drop a line here, if it is not a problem. If it is let me know and I will stop. P.S. What a great game! ------------------ "Medic!"

I dont get any fog. Thats fine with me. I happy the game plays now, as I have typed many o' message on this board. My thanks to you for the support, BTS and users.

My system configuration: EPOX MB w/AMD K6-2 500Mhz 128mb RAM (had) Creative Savage4 32mb Video (had) Sound Blaster 16 ISA (had lying around) Standard mouse w/wheel (had) HP 8x4x32 CDRW (had) Toshiba 32x CD (had lying around) Seagate 1.2GB HD (had lying around) Fujitsu 4.3GB HD (had) Realtec PCI network card (had) Game runs greeeaaat!!! I very happy now! It all cost me about $200.00! I used parts from my old system and pieced the new one with old stuff too. [This message has been edited by thepow (edited 07-28-2000).]

DEF BUNGIS I can't remember where I got the experimental drivers at but if you want I can post them on a web site or email them directly to you, zipped up. Let me know. Good News! I bought a new Mainboard and CPU. Installed everything and loaded CM. Everything went perfect, had my first full graphics game! YEAHOO! My system configuration: EPOX MB w/AMD K6-2 500Mhz 128mb RAM Creative Savage4 32mb Video Sound Blaster 16 ISA Standard mouse w/wheel HP 8x4x32 CDRW Toshiba 32x CD Seagate 1.2GB HD Fujitsu 4.3GB HD Realtec PCI network card (for Cable modem) Game runs greeeaaat!!! I very happy now! It all cost me about $200.00! I used parts from my old system and pieced the new one with old stuff too.

http://cgi.s3planet.force9.co.uk/cgi-bin/sml?sections/files/savage4.sml This the web site that seems to have the most info on the latest driver/BIOS updates for the S3 chipset cards.

Sometimes I have even noticed that some Mainboard manufacturers like to put jumpers on the board that control the built-in products. If you have a manual take a look in there, otherwise try their web site. My suggestion would to disable the on-board video.

I was using the Creative Savage4 32mb OEM (S3 Chipset) video card. Then I purchased the VooDoo2 12 PCI Accelerator card for a Permidia2 8mb AGP to put in my system. But I still have lockups, with either card! It really is starting to piss me off! I guess I should try different drivers from www.driverguide.com [This message has been edited by thepow (edited 07-27-2000).]

Actually I get fog and transparent buildings using my Voodoo2 1000 accelerator card. I also get fog and transparent things using the savage4 card by itself. My problem is I get lockups all the freakin time!

I did a complete format and reinstalled win98 se. Have had very little lockups since then. I am using Mr F's S3 SavageGlide Drivers with no hiccups. Also I have been using DirectX6.1a instead of 7. I continue to test out the system though. Thanks again for all the help

I have tried soo many different drivers and setups now I have gray hair! I even got lockups when I tried playing 640x480 with no Direct3d and no DirectDraw. I just am at a complete loss and will be reinstalling my system today or tomorrow Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well, I get the game to work finally after disabling my direct3d hardware aceleration and making a few other tweaks but then the game plays REALLY slow. At least I can play now! I will keep tweakin things though. It will work some day

I know when it happens to me I can usually press ESC to exit to the desktop. My mouse still works along with the sound. As far as a solution for your problem try this web site http://www.reactorcritical.com/ they have some useful info about latest drivers and such

My mouse installed is a generic PS/2 mouse via windows.

I'll try that and get back to you. Thanks for the suggestion

I still have problems with or without the sound installed. I switched the graphics card for an ATI. It still doesn't run, but now I can get more than 5 mins of play before the game freezes. When I say the game freezes, I mean the mouse continues to work and move just game stops responding. I can hit ESC to exit to desktop with no errors! [This message has been edited by thepow (edited 07-14-2000).]

I have tried that too to no avail as well! Nothing seems to work!

CRAP!!! I pulled out the sound card, made sure all the drivers were gone and still I have the game locking up on me! Any suggestions? System Configuration: AMD K-6 333 o/c to 350 128mb RAM Creative Savage4 32mb video w/latest drivers Matsonic ALI aladdin Super7 w/latest drivers Realtek 10mb network card w/latest drivers HP 8x4x32 CDRW Creative 36x CD I have tried tweaked drivers, regular drivers from various web sites. They all have the same result-lock-up with ESC being my only exit to the desktop with no error messages. WTF?

Well, I still have lock-ups with CM only. I think maybe I need to remove the sound card and try that. I have tried all of the drivers at the S3 (thanks Scott) web site to no avail. I would really love to play the game~ ! I have a yamaha opl3 sound card that may be the cause after all. I post my results afterwards. Thanks for all the help guys, I really appreciate it

I too am beginning to think the culprit may indeed be the sound card after all. DirectX shows 2 drivers not certified by MS. 1 from the Yamaha sound card and 1 from the Savage4 video card. I wonder...

Scott you are lucky! My savage4 card runs great in everything but CM as well, except that when I play CM I can play 5mins to 1 hour then the game freezes (with no errors) forcing me to hit escape. Then the game just closes and puts me back on my desktop, no errors messages. I have tried creative's new drivers, updated my system hardware drivers to no avail.

I too am having lock-ups but only in the game requiring me to hit escape to exit to the desktop, with no error messages. I have a yamaha sound card. I was wondering if maybe the culprit is the sound card after all.