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Seal89999

Seal89999

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Argh this one is really pissing me off....

So once again I turn to you guys...

Ok , just a few days ago I start up generals and it loads up and the opening menu where the USA units are shooting at the incomming GLA and the sand has gone from its original color to black. I figured it was a glitch so I restarted the game, dident work. Went into a multiplayer game and the same thing except I couldent see anything cause all of the ground was black too.

I figured hmmmm maybe a virus, scanned for a virus, none were found.

Ive tried everything I could think of , ive reinstalled 4 or 5 times. Ive defraged, downloaded the latest drivers.....

I cant think of anything else to do....I really frustrated and cant figure out what to do...

The only idea I have left is that maybe there are overlapping files. Because when I unstalled the game it said that there were some files that could not be eraced and would have to be eraced manually. I dont know where to locate these files.... So maybe those stray files are screwing up my game.....

Nyarlathotep

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The only idea I have left is that maybe there are overlapping files. Because when I unstalled the game it said that there were some files that could not be eraced and would have to be eraced manually. I dont know where to locate these files.... So maybe those stray files are screwing up my game.....

Have you deleted the Generals folder in My Documents ?

Also, has it worked before ? If so, what changed ?

If you can, attach your dxdiag :)

guusr5644

guusr5644

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THATS WHAT LC HAD!!! any way i may be able to help, lc switched to the new radeon 9800 pro and he no longer have this, tho before he switched i was almost sure that he needed to reinstall original generals and then reinstall zero hour, i figured that would have fix his problem... tell me if that helps...

EDIT: sorry i saw that you already did that, well maybe deleting the generals folder inside the "My Documents" folder...

Seal89999

Seal89999

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shit.....

Well I have no more ideas.....

I uninstalled the game and deleted the generals data folder...

Restarted my computer , reinstalled , opened and there it was that curced dam blackness of doommmm...

I attached a screeny of the problem...

>:( im gonna effin snap... >:([attachment archived by Gobalopper]

Gobalopper

Gobalopper

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It looks like your graphics card drivers are screwed up:

[tt]---------------

Display Devices

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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

    Manufacturer:

        Chip type:

        DAC type:

        Device ID: EnumPCIVEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_010F10DE&REV_B2

  Display Memory:

    Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit) (60Hz)

          Monitor: Dell E771a

  Monitor Max Res:

      Driver Name:

  Driver Version:  ()

      DDI Version:

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes

    Driver Signed: n/a

  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

              VDD:

        Mini VDD:

    Mini VDD Date: , 0 bytes

Device Identifier:

        Vendor ID:

        Device ID:

        SubSys ID:

      Revision ID:

        Registry: OK

    DDraw Status: Disabled

      D3D Status: Not Available

      AGP Status: Not Available

DDraw Test Result:

D3D7 Test Result:

D3D8 Test Result: [/tt]

There should be more information then that.

Atomic Mitten

Atomic Mitten

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Well here are a few.

Your direct draw is disabled, enable that.

You need more memory.

Also you don't have service pack 1a installed for windows.

Generals is a very graphics intensive game, I think your graphics card isn't up to it.

For Generals to work right you need to have side band addressing enabled and fast writes, I don't think your card supports this.

Gob is quite right half the driver info is missing, like driver date etc etc.

Seal89999

Seal89999

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I have played Generals for quite some time without experencing any trouble like this at all....

Ok that dosent matter, i will try to put up a new dxdiag and enable the direct draw...

But uh....how would i enable this direct draw now?

And what is your best suggestion on how to free up some memory...

Seal89999

Seal89999

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Thanx gob...

Anyways im at my end, im gettin really depressed that I cant find a cure for my computer.....

I freed up 7 gigs by deleting games i dont play anymore, eracing icons on the desktop i dont use at all, and just gettin rid of all the shit im not using, i mean all of it...

I ran disc cleanup, defrag...

Downloaded all the windows updates avaliable, including the new driver, scanned for viruses again......

Restarted a few times.... and that dam  >:(FU***** BLACK SH** is still FU***** there!! >:(

>:( >:(  :-:( :( :-[ :-[

I dont know what to do......

Nyarlathotep

Nyarlathotep

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Weird, your service pack 1 is still not showing up. And as far as I can tell, this isn't a direct 9 output.

You also may want to install older Nvidia drivers, or use the recommended Omega drivers. The driver version you use isn't written for your video card, but aimed at the GeForce FX cards.

What resolution are you trying to play the game in ?

guusr5644

guusr5644

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Weird, your service pack 1 is still not showing up. And as far as I can tell, this isn't a direct 9 output.

You also may want to install older Nvidia drivers, or use the recommended Omega drivers. The driver version you use isn't written for your video card, but aimed at the GeForce FX cards.

What resolution are you trying to play the game in ?

Lc tried it all, wont help a bit...

Seal89999

Seal89999

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Weird, your service pack 1 is still not showing up. And as far as I can tell, this isn't a direct 9 output.

You also may want to install older Nvidia drivers, or use the recommended Omega drivers. The driver version you use isn't written for your video card, but aimed at the GeForce FX cards.

What resolution are you trying to play the game in ?

Im absolutely sure I got direct X 9.0b , and all the other driver updates...

I will get an updated dxdiag and post it...

And im trying to play generals in 800/600 resolution.

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