Francois Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 So far I am real impressed with the feel of the game. I also like the way you can tailor the scenarios to your strength level without the Close Combat way of doing it which consisted of giving the enemy all super tanks and your only rifles to kill them with. However, I don't seem to be able to get anything better than 640 x 480 screen resolution. I have a Pentium III PC, running Windows ME, with a Voodoo 3 3000 AGP video card. I have upgraded to the latest 3dfx driver (4.12.01.0666) and the latest version of DirectX (8.0a) and I still get a "Program Error: Could not initialize Direct3D graphics" message. I have reduced my screen resolution down to 1024 x 768 (from 1280 x 1024). Anywhere else I should check,or should I just throw my computer out the window. I've also got a friend who mentioned interface problem when testing the demo. If I don't tell him how to make it work he won't be buying the game. I did and I'll play it at 640 x 480 if that is the way things have to be. Thanks, Francois 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 I don't know if your video card is causing your problem or not, but to change the resolution in CM you need to delete the "Combat Mission Beyond Ovr Prefs" file from the CMBO directory. Then set your desktop resolution at least as high as you want your CM resolution. Next time you load the game it will cycle through the resolution options again with the best available resolution given first. If doing this doesn't fix your problem then it is something else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Posted March 12, 2001 Author Share Posted March 12, 2001 It is something else. Deleting the preference file is not helping. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted March 12, 2001 Share Posted March 12, 2001 It's probably either the version of graphics driver that's unsuitable, or you've installed that driver after installing DirX. First I'd reinstall DirectX (8.0a), if you have it handy. If you don't have it stored (it's a 10MB download), or a reinstall doesn't help, then do a search for Voodoo 3 threads in this section. There have been lots of problems, but solvable ones. Cheers Olle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Posted March 13, 2001 Author Share Posted March 13, 2001 A couple more iterations (resetting my monitor to plug and play as the readme notes from the latest 3dfx driver suggested, installing the 3dfx driver and DirectX 8.0a in either order), and I am nowhere closer to being able to play this game at more than 640 x 480 resolution. At least I can play the game which is not a total loss. I read the endless problem notes regarding the Voodoo video cards and they are no help. If CM is so imcompatible with the Voodoo cards (or vice versa depending on your point of view) shouldn't that be well documented by now (version 1.12 of the game)? Anybody at Battlefront reading this? I guess my next computer will have to pass the CM test before I spend one penny on it (or I'll make damn sure that there is a 30 days money back guarantee with no shipping charge to myself). Oh well! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 14, 2001 Share Posted March 14, 2001 So you're saying that when you attempt to select a resolution (after deleting the CM preferences file) that you will get the "Program Error:..." problem with any resolution other than 640 x 480 (in software rendering mode I assume) ? You may need to (for who knows why) remove your Voodoo 3 driver and install a "Standard PCI VGA" driver. Once that has been done (after the requisite reboots), then install DirectX 8.0a and your Voodoo driver. If there are any uninstallers run those before installing the Standard VGA driver. Are you using any "tweaking" utilities for your video ? You may want to uninstall those too if you have any (they may interfere with CM's DirectX calls to get the resolution/refresh rate). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francois Posted March 14, 2001 Author Share Posted March 14, 2001 I may have found the root of the problem. My computer came with a Wicked 3D video card which would not work with Close Combat. I deinstalled it and installed a Voodoo 3 3000. Seems the de-installer did a crummy job. I can still see the tab for the Wicked 3D cards in display panel although it even tells me I am running a Voodoo 3 cards. I can't de-install it as it complains there is no installation log. I can't find any file anywhere with Wicked 3D in the name. Sounds, like the only solution is to reformat my hard drive from scratch. Fun! Fun! I'll be back if I still have problems once my system is back up and operational. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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