Michael Emrys Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I just upgraded the Nvidia drivers on my G4 which raised four out of the nine to v2.3 (the other five are still 2.1.1) and then went to check it out on CM. The colors looked a bit more snappy (contrasty) which wasn't bad, but several other things have changed that I don't care for at all. One is that the printing inside the box on the save screen has once again disappeared. :eek: :mad: The cursor has now turned white and moves with a jerky motion. CM is the only app where this occurs so far. Also, the pan movement when you move the cursor to the edge of the screen is initially much too quick, although curiosly it slows down to a more normal speed after the first fraction of a second. The screen motion with the number pad keys has speeded up drastically and with the arrow keys somewhat too. I have noticed that scrolling in all apps is much jerkier using the arrow keys now. As I type, I see a noticable lag before the letters appear on the screen. At the same time I updated the video drivers, I also up dated the firmware to 4.2.8. Not sure what if any effect that may be having on the situation, but I do think I need to go back to some of the older drivers. I recall that these were released as part of the OS 9.2.1 or something last summer and somebody who had upgraded to that system e-mailed them to me. Does anyone know where I might be able to download them seperately? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I've got the same problem with my new iMac G4. No text. I haven't touched anything. First thing I did (since Apple makes Os X the default now) was boot in 9.2 and install CM. Awesome graphics but no text. As Mick Jagger always said: You can't always get what you want. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 17, 2002 Author Share Posted March 17, 2002 Yeah, but there was a cure last summer in the drivers that Apple released at that time. What I want to do, and you should consider, is going back, at least to the 2D driver. Michael P.S. I always thought it was pretty hypocritical of Jagger to sing that song in light of the fact that he was doing pretty well. Some people don't even get what they need. [ March 17, 2002, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: Michael emrys ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daman324 Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 You're way behind on updating there, Mac Nvidia drivers are at v2.6 and they work great. I get no graphics problems. Also, I only have 6 Nvidia files, strange that you have 9. Get the new drivers here : Nvidia v2.6 Drivers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 20, 2002 Author Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by Daman324: You're way behind on updating there, Mac Nvidia drivers are at v2.6 and they work great. I get no graphics problems. Also, I only have 6 Nvidia files, strange that you have 9. Get the new drivers here : Nvidia v2.6 DriversThanks, Daman. I had already downloaded the 2.6 files but not installed them. My OS crapped out over the weekend, so after spending some considerable time restoring it and fiddling with all the various bits and pieces to get it working to my satisfaction, I finally decided to let it and myself be for a couple days. I'll put the new drivers in tomorrow. BTW, I discovered the reason for the high count on the drivers. It seems that when I installed the new ones, the installer only put in the new ones, without removing the old ones. Weird. I'll watch that more closely next time. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 Originally posted by Daman324: You're way behind on updating there, Mac Nvidia drivers are at v2.6 and they work great. I get no graphics problems. Also, I only have 6 Nvidia files, strange that you have 9. Get the new drivers here : Nvidia v2.6 DriversIn the latest episode of the Cosmic Runaround :mad: , I tried to run the installer I downloaded from the Versiontracker website only to get a message that "This program cannot run on your computer. See the documentation for more information." Only there wasn't any documentation that I could find in the download package. I feel as if the gods are laughing at me. Meanwhile, I still have no text in the Save box. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Download the Tomeviewer from Apple or if it works use the tomeviewer with the Nvidia driver download. I just did this with the "downloaded from apple" one. Just open up the Nvidia installer ( i think) with the tomeviewer program and you should be able to access these files and drop them onto your desktop or wherever you like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 Can Tomeviewer be accessed from the Apple webpage? Do you know where? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Sorry my mistake. I think its on some of my older OS disks that came with older macs I've had. here's a link to grab it http://allmacintosh.xs4all.nl/preview/207002.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 Thanks, Hoopenfaust. I'll give it a try. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 Yaaaaaaayyyy!!! It worked! Thanks to everybody who helped, but especially to Hoopenfaust who provided the key. Computers sure are complicated beasts. Wonder why Apple doesn't have these drivers up on their website. :confused: And why they make them so hard to open once you find them. :confused: :confused: Oh well, all's well that end's well. I even have sky textures back! Now where can I grab me some of those purty hi-rez skies... Michael [ March 21, 2002, 01:36 AM: Message edited by: Michael emrys ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoopenfaust2 Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Michael Do you get text in the game? As you've probably read in other threads I have this problem. I think its only me and Berli who have new iMac Gfourz and we have completely different problems. Glad you got your problem fixed. I'm so glad they make it really easy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 22, 2002 Author Share Posted March 22, 2002 Originally posted by Hoopenfaust 101: Do you get text in the game?So far I get all text: on the map, in the unit info boxes, in the Save box, etc. Do you have skies and backgrounds? I do now, finally. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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