nicolas Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 Hello, I have a iMac with Mac OS 9.0.4. All the unit informations (#kills, ammo, support weapon, etc) do not appear. I have only black square. Does anybody have this problem before me ? Thanks answer me. Nicolas (from Paris) PS excuse me if my english is not very good ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 I believe you will have to wait until Apple/ATI release the updated drivers. It sounds like you have a newer iMac and the drivers for the ATI video chipsets in them have problems with some of the info boxes. You may want to try your Software Updater control panel to check for newer drivers. I don't think the "Multimedia Update 1.0" applies in this case - the driver update will be even newer than that when it is released. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas Posted October 28, 2000 Author Share Posted October 28, 2000 Yes, I have a new iMac DV 400 with ATI RAGE 128. There is an incompatibility between CM and Mac OS 9.0.4 ? Thanks for your answer. Nicolas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Peace Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>There is an incompatibility between CM and Mac OS 9.0.4 ? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Its not system 9.04 but the newest ATI driver for their chip in the new iMacs. Unfortunately the new drivers are the only ones compatibible with the newest chips. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Mekanik Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 I assume that the iMac problem would also apply to new G4's. I get the same black screen for unit info and other areas. Anyone know if that assumption is correct? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas Posted October 28, 2000 Author Share Posted October 28, 2000 Otto Mekanik, you said that you have the same problem. Do you play with the black square in the units info window or have you find a genius solution ? Nicolas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Mekanik Posted October 28, 2000 Share Posted October 28, 2000 Nicolas, Oh, but of course I have kept playing I haven't figured out a solution, I'm just waiting for ATI to put out a new driver I guess. Do you also have an overall text problem? When I click on a unit sometimes I can see their names,ammo,etc.....and sometimes I can't. Also, the vehicle hit info pops up very blurry. I have 2 ATI grapics cards, One 32mb Rage6 built into the system, then One 16mb Rage128 that I put in. I get a little better grapics on the 32mb. Still loving the game though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 29, 2000 Share Posted October 29, 2000 Otto Mekanik - yes the problem with the ATI 128s on the iMacs applies to the G4s with the same video chip. I'm not familiar with the "Rage6" you mentioned. Is this a Rage Orion card or ATI video card ? Hopefully the ATI video driver update should be released within a few weeks, but I have no real idea on the release date. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Mekanik Posted October 29, 2000 Share Posted October 29, 2000 Schrullenhaft, Thanks for the confirmation, at least the problem is being worked on. The video card I was trying to refer to is the new Radeon 32mb, I'm not sure of its complete name. But its in the AGP slot built in. I read on the ATI siter regarding updating drivers: WARNING: The drivers supplied here are designed for the specific ATI retail add-in products listed. "If your ATI graphics controller is built into your Macintosh system (i.e. incorporated on the main system logic board or pre-installed by the system manufacturer), please consult with the system manufacturer before updating the drivers. " Do you have any experience with this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 30, 2000 Share Posted October 30, 2000 Otto Mekanik - ATI is the primary video chip OEM for Apple. The drivers that they provide on their website are geared towards add-in cards (PCI or AGP). They can be used for built-in video (if you know the exact chip on your motherboard). ATI provides driver updates to Apple for the chipsets that are part of their motherboard (and I guess Apple has some input/QA on the drivers that they release). I'm not sure what problems the Radeons may have with CM (on the Mac). Some of the newest iMacs and G4s with OS 9.0.4 have some problems with the drivers that are part of that OS (which are the newest ATI drivers available at the moment - even newer than the Universal Installer that ATI has for their cards). Hopefully ATI will release these drivers soon and they'll be posted on Apple's site. A member of this board (elementalwarre) is an internal Apple developer and he may have a bit more info on where the drivers are at this point (QA, etc.). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Peace Posted October 30, 2000 Share Posted October 30, 2000 Actually on the G4 you can work around the problem by installing older ATI drivers. This has worked on my machine at work. However, this work around does not appear to work on the new iMacs or the G4 cube. I have discussed this in an earlier thread if you want to do a search. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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