ianc Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 Hey folks, My machine is a dual-boot with W98 and W2K server. I'm trying to migrate everything over to the W2K side so I can ditch 98 and free up a little HD space. CM runs great under W2K, (have a TNT2 w/ 32 MB and am running the Detonator drivers) with the exception of when I try to load a PBEM game. I can load one of the scenarios, play etc., but when I select multiplayer and attempt to load a PBEM game, my machine reboots itself without fail. Anybody seen this before? Thanks, ianc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 I haven't heard of this one in particular before, though most people running W2K are using Professional/Workstation instead of Server. I believe Madmatt may have Server setup and may check on this. The most frequent problem I hear with W2K is the NVidia driver issue with text. Are you having any problems reading text in CM ? What version of the Detonators are you using (the text issue apparently still happens with W2K-6.50) ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleyh Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 ya, so far the flashing text issue and/or the transparent text issue has not been resolved. i still see this problem with the detonator-3 drivers from version 6.31 all the way up to the latest you can get off of the nvidia.com site. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeAcH Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 This exact thing occurred on a friends system I was trying to update (win2k pro, DX8.0a, Det 6.50). When I reverted back to Det 6.31 no more reboot when he chose join network game. Also, I use win2k and when I force FSAA even at its lowest level, the transparent text issue is fixed. TeAcH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugan Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 Yes, I have both of these problems. CM played fine on 98 but since I upgraded to win2k, I get the text flashing and multi-player reboot problem. This is quite annoying. Each and every time I try to load a pbem, I could just as well have hit the reset button. I only play multiplayer CM so this has pretty much killed my CM experience dead in it's tracks. I fixed most of the flicker problems by simply installing the 'gunmetal' HUD, but this reboot problem is unacceptable. Did everyone that looked at the page and read that win2k support was good just get ripped off or what. Don't tell me I'm going to have to reinstall back to 98 just to play my favorite game. That would definatly hurt my chances of buying any future Bigtime games. Maugan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugan Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 Oops, I forgot to put some system specs in there. PIII 550, TnT2 Pro with latest Nvidia drivers, 256 mgs ram. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 Maugan - what version of the NVidia Detonator drivers are you running under Win2K ? As the previous post from TeAcH indicates, they were able to get rid of the multiplayer reboot problem by downgrading their Detonator drivers (I have no idea why this would fix the issue, but you may want to try it). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugan Posted March 1, 2001 Share Posted March 1, 2001 Yeah, that sounds like the thing to do. Does anyone know where I might find the 6.31 drivers? Everywhere I look all I see is 6.5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianc Posted March 1, 2001 Author Share Posted March 1, 2001 Hi all, I also will try this as well and report back shortly. Sorry for appearing to be a troll by starting the topic and not replying, but I've been a little short on time lately. Thanks for all your kind assistance, ianc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugan Posted March 2, 2001 Share Posted March 2, 2001 Ahh, it worked. Cool, thanks for the help! Maugan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rune Posted March 2, 2001 Share Posted March 2, 2001 So, aren't you going to apologize to BTS for saying "Did everyone that looked at the page and read that win2k support was good just get ripped off or what. Don't tell me I'm going to have to reinstall back to 98 just to play my favorite game. That would definatly hurt my chances of buying any future Bigtime games." It WASN'T BTS, but bad drivers from the card manufactorer. Rune 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugan Posted March 2, 2001 Share Posted March 2, 2001 Well, no offence was meant to BTS, they rule. I may have jumped a bit there, but I guess that just shows how quick CM withdrawl can set in. Still pretty annoying to be stuck in driver limbo though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianc Posted March 2, 2001 Author Share Posted March 2, 2001 Hello Gentlemen, Like Maugan, I couldn't locate the 6.31 drivers to downgrade to, so i went to http://www.videocarddrivers.com and found a newer 7.52 driver that cured the problem. Thanks everyone, ianc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 2, 2001 Share Posted March 2, 2001 I'd be careful with the 7.52 drivers. The 7.xx series under Win9x/ME has been a bit buggy and I'm not sure how well they've transitioned any new features to Win2K. They may have possibly fixed some of the problems, but I'm not sure. Reactorcritical has a good set of TNT/TNT2/GeForce drivers going back to the 3.xx series. Reactorcritical: http://www.reactorcritical.com/download.shtml 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianc Posted March 2, 2001 Author Share Posted March 2, 2001 Be careful, I know. But they work... ianc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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