Quake II and G400 Max

[rjp]

Just upgraded to the G400 Max from the G200.

Quake II doesn't work in OpenGL anymore. When I try to load it in OpenGL I get the following error (using 5.13 Powerdesk and 1.5 bios):

LoadLibrary("ref_gl.dll") failed

Then it reverts to Software mode.

Any ideas on how to fix this would be appricated.



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[Kruzin]

If you have Multi-Monitor mode enabled, that would do it...OGL will not work with MM mode...

[rjp]

I have the dual head feature disabled. So that is most likely not it.

Any more ideas?

Thanks.


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[Kruzin]

hmm...
Are you running in 24bit color depth?
If so, you must be in either 16bit or 32bit...24bit gets no 3d acceleration....

[Nuno]

How have you uninstalled G200 drivers? Manually or with the Matrox uninstaller?
Does direct3d work?

[rjp]

I am using 32 bit color at 1024x768.

I used the uninstaller software to move from 4.XX to the current 5.13.

Interestingly enough, when I look at the PowerDesk and go to the information tab it tells me this:

Bios: 1.5 - 22
Display Driver: 4.11.01.1130
Mini-VDD: 4.11.01.1130
Matrox Powerdesk: 5.13.020
Direct Draw: 4.11.01.1130
DirectX: 4.06.02.0436

I thougt I installed the drivers but I guess the powerdesk does recognize it or I messed up.

Thanks for the help

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[Kruzin]

No...those numbers are correct. Go by the Powerdesk version listed...driver versions are a different set of numbers...

Where you using the wrapper with your G200? If so, that needs to be removed from your q2 folder...

[rjp]

Yes, I was using the D3D wrapper with the G200.

How exactly do I remove that? Any ideas?

Also, is the ref_gl.dll file corrupt? Do I require a new one of those?

Thanks.

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[Kruzin]

To remove the wrapper, just go to your quake2 folder, and delete the file opengl32.dll. Hopefully that will do the trick...

[rjp]

I removed the opengl32.dll file and still no luck. Same error.

Its weird, Halflife works fine, the demo game on the CD works fine - no problems at all.

But Quake 2 just doesnt want to work in OpenGL mode.

Thanks for the help

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[Hunsow]

Try to delete/rename the config.cfg.

[Nuno]

If that still doesn´t work, a fresh install of Quake2 woudn´t hurt.

And try to copy glu32.dll and opengl32.dll from the windows cd .cab files (30 and 35 I guess) to \windows\system. Some software currupts/replace these files. A long shot, but worth a try.