deanco Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 After installing the latest Nvidia reference drivers (6.18) I'm experiencing cursor corruption and other problems in CM. The cursor dissapears in the game if I don't move it, and it leaves square artifacts in the main menu. I went back to the 5.33 drivers and the problem went away. Everyone's system is different so this may not happen to you, but I've had no problems with any of these beta drivers until 6.18. FYI. DeanCo-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashford Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Thanks for the heads up =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geier Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Thanks for that info. Is this from the new Detonator 3 driver upgrade? Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertram Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Yes, 6.18 is the Detonator 3 Bertram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanco Posted August 15, 2000 Author Share Posted August 15, 2000 You're welcome, you guys. Glad to be of help. DeanCo-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNZer Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 they don't work well for me either hehe. :/ nothing does! *waaaaah* now i think i shall have to work out how to reinstall windows. hmm but the else tech guy talked about enabling one of the bios shaddow memory settigns and setting primary vga boot device to AGP and assigning irq's to vga and enabling vga pallete snooping. If that wasn't already fine, the card won't work in it's test would it? I dunno bla PeterNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Good I just got an excuse to not d/l them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pathfinder Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 hmmm, thanks. I have d/l'd these drivers but methinks I won't actually install them. ------------------ unca pathy will show ya the path, if only he could find it himself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanco Posted August 15, 2000 Author Share Posted August 15, 2000 hi all, I'm just wondering...perhaps some of you that feel comfortable installing and uninstalling drivers should try installing the 6.18 drivers to see if mine is just an isolated instance. Maybe this is something BTS needs to be aware of, so they can have an answer ready if this is a widespread (as far as we can tell) problem. Just thinking aloud. DeanCo-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Should I abort the d/l now? Gosh, most reviews says that there is a considerable improve in fps.... Thanks for the warning. Griffin. ------------------ "+" is just the beginning. Expect to see "GriffinCheng76", "GriffinCheng(105)" or "GriffinChengA3E8" more should Forum problems occur again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rune Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Hmm...I downloaded and installed the newest drivers, and I run a GeForce card. I have had NO problems what so ever. I have NOT seen a speed increase that was anything great, but the fsaa does seem a little better. Reviews of the new drivers are mixed..saying slower at low res, but faster at higher res and 32 bit color. Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 I also had no problems whatsoever. I have a 64mb POrophet GTS GeForce II card and have used just about every version of drivers ever released without issues with any of them. One thing to try is to delete the Prefs file that CM creates each time the game is run. Also you want to make sure that you followed the install directions with the new drivers fully and that means FIRST setting your graphics Adaptor to be Standard VGA and rebooting. Thats a step MANY people ignore and often causes issues. Madmatt p.s. For the record FSAA and overall visual quality and speed HAS increased with these new Detonator 3 drivers. ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! CMHQ-Annex, The Alternative side of Combat Mission Combat Mission HQ CMHQ-Annex Proud members of the Combat Mission WebRing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanco Posted August 15, 2000 Author Share Posted August 15, 2000 After reading how other people have had no problems with the new drivers, improved performance, etc, I decided to get medevil on it's ass. Clean uninstall, generic drivers for my mouse, no custom anything as far as windows goes, then registry search for relevant nvidia and guillemot references, deleted all nvagp.inf, and my CM prefs, then reboot and new driver install. And the end result is my mouse still leaves artifacts and flickers badly, in all resolutions and color depths. Went back to 5.33, and everything works fine. (sigh) Asus P3-F celeron 500 128 mega RAM SB Live value Guillemot 3d prophet geforce 256 DeanCo-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashford Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 Just a word to the guy thinking about reinstalling wndows, be sure that you have ALL the drivers for your equipment on disk, cd or something before doing it. So far in four years of PCing I have lost two modems by forgetting to keep the drivers and not making a note of the type and model... no generic drivers worked either. Thought I would give you all a chuckle at my expense! Laugh while you can... one day it will happen to you too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Johnson-<THC>- Posted August 15, 2000 Share Posted August 15, 2000 You are not alone deanco, I posted an alert on this because the D3 drivers messed up CM for me also. Did not go all out though like U. I only wasted 2 hours on it. I have Geforce 32 DDR. Seems like the blokes with the Geforce2s are not having problems with it. BTW do you have a Microsoft Intellimouse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Smith Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 I've a G-Force 256 DDR and last night I installed the new Detonator 3 drivers Well CM works but clunkier than before and as I also play Half-Life Counterstrike - well prior to the upgrade I could switch between HL and Windows with no probs - well now HL hangs when swapping between applications - so either the drivers are faulty or they have not done something right with the older cards - plus as I build PC's as a second job I'm familiar with the correct precedure to remove and install drivers etc - its got me perplexed I can tell you. Craig [This message has been edited by Aussie Smith (edited 08-15-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick_Oz Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 Originally posted by Aussie Smith: I've a G-Force 256 DDR and last night I installed the new Detonator 3 drivers Well CM works but clunkier than before ... -- Aussie: (I'm in Sydney btw).. just purchased a new system with a Gigabyte m/board and a Creative GE-Force2 GTS 32 mb card. As I'm an absolute moron when it comes to drivers etc.. should I stick with the ones out of the box or head for the Creative Web page..? If I do install new ones, do they go over the top of the existing ones? Any advice appreciated... Thanks, Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 Well, I must have a weird computer somehow, because CM will only run on Detonator 1 drivers for me and my GeForce. Any 5.xx or 6.xx will cause a strange lockup a few minuetes after game start where my mouse will still move and the sound will continue to play in a loop, but I can't move the screen or access any menues in the game. So I use 3.90 and it workes fine as long as I don't overclock anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNZer Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 well didn't need to reinstall after all! Infact, the Detonator drivers run beautifully on my system and it's all going pretty than a two dollar ho after a bottle of whiskey! At the moment tho, Vampire: the Masquerade - Redemption is taking my attention, gosh darn that's so sexy looking pwhoa. Mmm GeForce 2. This weekend I will tackle the 3d glasses I think. PeterNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriffinCheng+ Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 Just installed 6.18 and things are smooth in terms of CM. Noticible increase in frame rate. Wow! Better FSAA support but I think I still need that V5 5500 PCI. Griffin @ sleep... ------------------ "+" is just the beginning. Expect to see "GriffinCheng76", "GriffinCheng(105)" or "GriffinChengA3E8" more should Forum problems occur again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 If you're in the mood to spend some money, the voodoo 6000 will be out any time now and will make FSAA run at blazing speeds, even at 4x FSAA. Assuming you have the computer chip to power the system properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 I also have a 64 meg Prophet GTS GForce 2 card. I installed the latest drivers without trouble. ------------------ Semper Fi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. Johnson-<THC>- Posted August 16, 2000 Share Posted August 16, 2000 Seems like people having probs with Geforce D3 drivers and CM are people with the Geforce 1 series, those with the Geforce2s are not having any probs so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemo2 Posted August 17, 2000 Share Posted August 17, 2000 I thought I'd give the new Detonator 3 drivers a try. So far I've not had a single problem. Here are my system specs: ASUS P3B-F Intel PIII-500 256MB PC100 SDRAM Guillemot 3D Prophet GeForce Guillemot MaxiGamer 3D2 PCI Sound Blaster PCI512 Windows 98SE DirectX 7.0a Note my GeForce card is of the first generation GeForce cards, so I wouldn't say that problems with the new drivers are necessarily related to the 1st generation cards. I haven't tried many other games yet, but did fight a complete battle in CM that had burning buildings, smoke, and also had transparency turned on for buildings and things played great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Smith Posted August 17, 2000 Share Posted August 17, 2000 Mick I cannot speak for how old the drivers are in the Creative Box - but I'll be going back to the Detonator 2 Drivers off the nvidia site:- www.nvidia.com These drivers worked fine in all apps for me and my card - I'd check em out as you can always remove them and re-install your older?/creative drivers if needs be. Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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