pritzl Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Hey guys, Sorry for cross posting this to this forum, but it's worth getting everyone's attention. The latest beta drivers from Nvidia have fixed all the transparency problems with CM and Windows XP (at least for me). They are version 27.10 and can be found at www.3dchipset.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Looks good, but I still have the blurred text ingame... Menues have cleared up though. Going to test this one some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwazydog Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Guys, make sure you remove the old drivers totally before installing the new ones (like it says on the above page ). Initially I was still getting some interface problems but after doing a total removal and reinstall of the drivers all does appear to be fixed. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadepm Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Does this solve the problem with Win2000 as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Yes, it works! Nice to have full functionality back again M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiozo Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 oh yeah! it works! no more unreadable text! I can actually go back to the menu and not have to restart the game! thank you for informing us about this beautiful detonator driver. aight, going to kick some ass with wittmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Spread the word! Glory be! It works indeed with W2K! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauCoupDinkyDau Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Hmm. I guess I'll order my WinXP now. Upgrade from this crappy ME junk! The site won't let me download the driver though!! :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuerte Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Vader's Jester: The site won't let me download the driver though!! :mad: <hr></blockquote> Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 It may take multiple attempts to download the file. A lot of people are probably hitting the server where it is stored, so a lot of connections aren't being established to download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Try at www.guru3d.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Thanks for the info. Maybe now I can play CM on my new monster machine. But GEF3 picture quality still doesn't match VooDoo 5500 AA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psklenar Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 I see they also have 27.11 drivers which are listed as "Official Detonator Drivers". Has anyone tried them yet? Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 I haven't seen 27.11 drivers as of yet. There are some 23.11 drivers out that are the current official drivers (which don't fix all of the Win2K/XP problems for CM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenSplatton Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 Now what's Gunny Bunny, i.e. Linda Warchest, going to rant and rave about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by GenSplatton: Now what's Gunny Bunny, i.e. Linda Warchest, going to rant and rave about?<hr></blockquote> "I am not going to by CMBB because... because... because it looks to good and is to fun to play." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psklenar Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Schrullenhaft: I haven't seen 27.11 drivers as of yet. There are some 23.11 drivers ...<hr></blockquote> Oops. Sorry. Guess I didn't read carefully enough. Or simply too fast to be careful enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuerte Posted January 24, 2002 Share Posted January 24, 2002 I have now 27.10 drivers. They indeed fix the transparent white problem etc. in Combat Mission. I had problems when installing, however. I first uninstalled the old ASUS drivers and installed then these. Unfortunately whenever I had ANY window (e.g. Notepad) open on desktop and started CM, it would run for a second and then the display would change back to desktop. I decided to switch back to ASUS 21.81 drivers. I installed ASUS 21.81, but I didn't overwrite any newer files (I knew that this is risky). I got a Blue Screen Of Death on WinXP startup. I decided to use the last working configuration. Now I have nVidia 27.10 back, except that nvdesk32.dll (Display management hook library) is 21.81, i.e. ASUS. Now the graphics problem is gone, and the CM screen stays. I don't have that cool new nVidia menu anymore, though. So now I have all of the problems fixed... Maybe I should try to reinstall 27.10 once more, but I don't want to risk anything right now. [ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Fuerte ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Fuerte: I have now 27.10 drivers. They indeed fix the transparent white problem etc. in Combat Mission. I had problems when installing, however. I first uninstalled the old ASUS drivers and installed then these. Unfortunately whenever I had ANY window (e.g. Notepad) open on desktop and started CM, it would run for a second and then the display would change back to desktop.<hr></blockquote> I have the same problem here. Abit SA6R mobo, Leadtek GeForce 2 pro... it also fixed the transparency problem (the only one I was having) so I didn't have to do the alt-tab dance. I've been able to play by forcing the window open by switching tasks in task manager. <blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Now I have nVidia 27.10 back, except that nvdesk32.dll (Display management hook library) is 21.81<hr></blockquote> Mabye I'll open up the zip for the 21.81 reference drivers and pull that dll out... UPDATE: Problem solved by copying in the 23.11 ndvesk32.dll (luckily I didn't have to unregister it to break it free of the system).. I had tried rebooting to fix the problem to no avail. Had already done the deed when I read KwazyDog's simpler fix of actually using the tools (doh). Now that things are stable, thoguh, I think I'll leave things alone for a while unless it causes problems in other games. Thanks to Fuerte for the interesting fix idea.. and thanks to KwazyDog for keepin an eye on the thread. Great work, guys. [ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Compassion ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwazydog Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Guys, under desktop utilities try turning off the desktop manager. This should hopefully fix your problems Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by KwazyDog: Guys, under desktop utilities try turning off the desktop manager. This should hopefully fix your problems Dan<hr></blockquote> Actually, a simple reboot fixed this problem for me. I hadn't thought to check Desktop Manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croda Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 Reboot fixed that 'instant minimize' problem for me as well. Loving life now that I don't have to do the 'alt-tab' dance. Heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wacky Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 A little help installing the drivers? Followed the instructions that came with them, but it didn't work. How did you guys do it? I downloaded the drivers from the guru3d.com website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 Hi Wacky, I'm at work so I'm doing this from memory (I'll check details when I get home) but: -delete old driver -unzip the new ones to a temp directory - go to Control Panel/Display - choose Settings/Advanced - then theres a tab that allows u to choose the driver to install. -navigate to the temp location I had to reboot a couple of times because 1st time back to the Control/Panel Display it would not allow me to go any further. Voila! The new drivers work great for me. No problems in CM or IL2. I believe there's a readme file in the zip file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Commander Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 I have the 27.20 and this is resolved ALL graphic issues i was having with CM! 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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