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Colin McRae new demo: @#$(*#$*&$#%)$#$*(&#$!!!!

7 posts by 6 people · 13 Nov 1998 - 14 Nov 1998

I can't believe it. Downloaded the 2nd new demo. Installed it. Oh no, the shortcut doesn't work. It can't find the game. Okay, let's start it manually. Ah! The game starts! That's nice. The previous one didn't. Okay, let's race. AAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!! Black and white misty polygons! Polygons everywhere! What's the matter with these Codemaster guys?! I got all the newest drivers, my card is listed in the readme file. Why doesn't it work? In the original shortcut there are two '0' 's. But even with these I get notging but shimmering, flickering black and white graphics with some misty textures here and there. Is it so hard to make a demo that works? Do they really believe I'm going to buy this game after seeing this? I've been waiting for a long time for this new demo. I like to see what I (really want to!) buy. But this sucks. You should think after letting most of the players down with a first demo, they should take extra care realeasing a new one. But they didn't. I'm very annoye, to say it politely. In total 65 Mb Jeroen
jb 13 Nov 1998#434140
Are you using the latest V2 drivers (I think the DX6 ones?) from 3dfx.com? I used them and had the same problems with black and white misty polygons. Went back to the Monster 2 drivers from diamond website and it worked fine. If I were you I'd try going back to the Voodoo 2 drivers you had before the latest set you installed and see if that fixes it for you too. Can't help you with the shortcut problem though. J
> I can't believe it. Downloaded the 2nd new demo. Installed it. Oh no, the > shortcut doesn't work. It can't find the game. Okay, let's start it > manually. Ah! The game starts! That's nice. The previous one didn't. Okay, > let's race. AAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!! Black and white misty polygons! Polygons > everywhere! What's the matter with these Codemaster guys?! I got all the I know what you go through ;^). I had no problem with the first demo, but with the final product! I never before cursed so much while trying to get a game working, even swapping CD-drives (that did it!). It really is one of the buggiest releases I ever had the luck to buy. But when you get it working, it's actually a very good one... l8er ronny -- How to get rid of censorship in German game releases <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm> |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!
Need2Pe 14 Nov 1998#434334
Are you using Voodoo 2 ? Make sure you using the Directx5 V2 driver, I had the same problem with the latest dx6 V2 beta driver from www.3dfx.com, when I changed back to dx5 V2 driver, it works fine now. Looks like the max resolutoin is only 800x600 :( Hope it helps Janus
Quoted text (11 lines)>I can't believe it. Downloaded the 2nd new demo. Installed it. Oh no, the >shortcut doesn't work. It can't find the game. Okay, let's start it >manually. Ah! The game starts! That's nice. The previous one didn't. Okay, >let's race. AAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!! Black and white misty polygons! Polygons >everywhere! What's the matter with these Codemaster guys?! I got all the >newest drivers, my card is listed in the readme file. Why doesn't it work? >In the original shortcut there are two '0' 's. But even with these I get >notging but shimmering, flickering black and white graphics with some misty >textures here and there. Is it so hard to make a demo that works? Do they >really believe I'm going to buy this game after seeing this? I've been >waiting for a long time for this new demo. I like to see what I (really
want >to!) buy. But this sucks. You should think after letting most of the players >down with a first demo, they should take extra care realeasing a new one. >But they didn't. I'm very annoye, to say it politely. In total 65 Mb >Jeroen
Thanks JB: reinstalling the older 3Dfx drivers did the trick! Still, things are getting weird now... Last week I installed a game that really needed the newest 3Dfx drivers! Changing drivers everytime you want to play a certain game isn't really what I'm looking forward to... Jeroen
hom 14 Nov 1998#434336
Someone has success runing CMR demo with a Banshee? -I hasn't :( - G. Phoenix, last RC4 drivers, DX6 Seb

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