New Ca3DE still doesn't run

[Stephen]

It's still crashing. I'm running XP on this system. The card is a nVidia GeForce 7800GT.

F:\Stephen\Ca3DE\Ca3D-Engine>Ca3DE.exe
Ca3D-Engine, Feb 12 2007
Registering archive "Games/DeathMatch/Textures/TechDemo.zip".
Registering archive "Games/DeathMatch/Textures/SkyDomes.zip".
Scanning ../Libs/build/win32/vc8/release/MaterialSystem for all available render
ers...
../Libs/build/win32/vc8/release/MaterialSystem/RendererARBprogs.dll ... FAILED -
renderer says it's not supported.
../Libs/build/win32/vc8/release/MaterialSystem/RendererCgARB1.dll ... FAILED - r
enderer says it's not supported.
../Libs/build/win32/vc8/release/MaterialSystem/RendererCgNV2X.dll ... FAILED - r
enderer says it's not supported.
../Libs/build/win32/vc8/release/MaterialSystem/RendererNull.dll ... SUCCESS - bu
t excluded from auto-selection (Pref# 1).
../Libs/build/win32/vc8/release/MaterialSystem/RendererOpenGL12.dll ... FAILED -
renderer says it's not supported.
No renderer qualified.
Sorry, was not able to find any renderer that is supported on your system.

-Stephen

[Carsten]

Hi Stephen,

okay, this sounds like there are problems with OpenGL support on your computer.

Do you have the proper and latest NVidia driver installed?
Do other OpenGL-based applications work?

Please let me know.

[Stephen]

I'm pretty sure I have the newest drivers installed... I'll check that, and wether any other OpenGL apps woek later. Meanwhile, I'm downloading it to try on my Linux box to try it out. It kind of sucks to play games on though (16mb graphics card, 400mhz processor)..

-Stephen

[Carsten]

Hi Stephen

I'm pretty sure I have the newest drivers installed... I'll check that, and wether any other OpenGL apps woek later.

Okay, and if it turns out that the OpenGL drivers are fine, please check these points, too: http://ca3d-engine.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=2220#2220

Meanwhile, I'm downloading it to try on my Linux box to try it out. It kind of sucks to play games on though (16mb graphics card, 400mhz processor)..

Uhhhh! Not recommended!
For one, if you can copy the .zip file from your Windows box to your Linux box, there is no need to download it again - the .zip file contains both the Win32 as well as the Linux i686 binaries.

Second, 16 MB GPU RAM and 400 MHz is not a system configuration that is likely to run the latest Ca3DE TechDemo map, which requires 256 MB GPU RAM normally and even about 64 MB when texture quality is reduced to low...

[Stephen]

Second, 16 MB GPU RAM and 400 MHz is not a system configuration that is likely to run the latest Ca3DE TechDemo map, which requires 256 MB GPU RAM normally and even about 64 MB when texture quality is reduced to low...

Well, I can give it a go. It played the techdemo in previous releases OK, although that wasn't textured...

Oh, and

• * Did you uncompress the zip file properly so that the directory structure has been preserved?
  * Did you run Ca3DE.exe by double-click in Windows Explorer or by command-line? (Did you run it so that the "working directory" was the same directory the Ca3DE.exe is in?)
  * What is the contents of the folder that contains the Ca3DE.exe file?
  * Could you please copy the Ca3DE console output (the text in the "DOS-Box") here?
  * You're running Windows 2000 or XP, right?

Yes, Tried both, It contains cg.dll, cgGL.dll, FMod.dll, and a couple of executables, Posted it above, and XP.

-Stephen

[Carsten]

Hi again,

well, thanks, it still sounds like there is something wrong with the OpenGL-related setup (driver) of your computer. Any news about the proper (latest stable) drivers and their setup, and if other OpenGL apps work?

[Stephen]

I had to reinstall the OS, and now it works!

[Carsten]

Hehe, great to hear that, and thx for the note!