CS/Direct3D

[adamg]

Firstly, I realise its a relatively old game and has its quirks.
I already know that Direct3D does not seem to work very well with many Nvidia cards, but apparently Day of Defeat v1.0 looked better in Direct3D than in OpenGL. After switching to Direct3D (1280x960), i ran CS. It seemed to work fine. Then i ran Day of Defeat. And thats where everything screwed up. It hung at 'Initialising and downloading', and i had to hard reset. Now evertime i try to play CS 1.0.0.5 (1.0.0.0 still works for some odd reason) or any other CS mod it just hangs and a hard reset is required. It happened to me once before already, and reformatting was the only option. Uninstalling, deleting, reinstalling, overinstalling, installing in 2 locations, nothing worked. I just wonder if anyone knows a solution or if it has happened to them before.

 

[Sazar]

Originally posted by adamg
Firstly, I realise its a relatively old game and has its quirks.
I already know that Direct3D does not seem to work very well with many Nvidia cards, but apparently Day of Defeat v1.0 looked better in Direct3D than in OpenGL. After switching to Direct3D (1280x960), i ran CS. It seemed to work fine. Then i ran Day of Defeat. And thats where everything screwed up. It hung at 'Initialising and downloading', and i had to hard reset. Now evertime i try to play CS 1.0.0.5 (1.0.0.0 still works for some odd reason) or any other CS mod it just hangs and a hard reset is required. It happened to me once before already, and reformatting was the only option. Uninstalling, deleting, reinstalling, overinstalling, installing in 2 locations, nothing worked. I just wonder if anyone knows a solution or if it has happened to them before.

what happens if you go back to using openGL ?

 

[adamg]

I tried OpenGL again, tried Software again, and even tried Direct3D, but all stop at the same spot. also tried different resolutions.

 

[Sazar]

Originally posted by adamg
I tried OpenGL again, tried Software again, and even tried Direct3D, but all stop at the same spot. also tried different resolutions.

try using a different driver set with your card...

I don't know what driver set you are using right now... but consider rolling back to around the 30.xx series and going from there... they were quite stable..

 

[Bootsy]

if all else fails, re-install the game(s)

 

[adamg]

it worked before using 44.03, but i dont think the drivers are the problem. and...

It happened to me once before already, and reformatting was the only option. Uninstalling, deleting, reinstalling, overinstalling, installing in 2 locations, nothing worked

 

[adamg]

Don't worry about it though...im reformatting today anyway

 

[Bootsy]

reminder: formatting too often is bad for the drive

 

[Misfire]

opengl works better and looks better in HL always it doesn't matter if its a different mod

 

[Krux]

I would just like to remind you that CS is a HALF-LIFE mod CS uses the HALF-LIFE engine CS is NOT a stand alone game if it was not for HALF-LIFE there would be no CS.


also I thought Nvidia cards from the GF2 up ran D3D better then openGL. what kinda of video card are you using? also do you have Dx9 installed by chance? ive noticed with every system ive built and owned that has an Nvidia card that isn't Dx9 has issues after I have installed it. try to stick with Dx8 until you get a Dx9 card.

 

[Sazar]

Originally posted by Krux
I would just like to remind you that CS is a HALF-LIFE mod CS uses the HALF-LIFE engine CS is NOT a stand alone game if it was not for HALF-LIFE there would be no CS.


also I thought Nvidia cards from the GF2 up ran D3D better then openGL. what kinda of video card are you using? also do you have Dx9 installed by chance? ive noticed with every system ive built and owned that has an Nvidia card that isn't Dx9 has issues after I have installed it. try to stick with Dx8 until you get a Dx9 card.

CS is available by itself

it is a retail standalone game... no SP.. only MP... but it is standalone... with an updated HL engine

 

[Krux]

isn't that condition zero?! pshhhha sazar why you alway raining on my parade?!

 

[adamg]

I usually format every 2-3 months, hopes thats not too often but thanks for the tip Bootsy.
I have a gf4-ti4200 and i installed directX 9a to see my 3dmark03, which was not too good (780). I also used the retail version of CS. Thanks for all the help guys