Darunia Wrote:The Geek Squad guy uploaded the driver at Best Buy.That's probably because Doom isn't really a 3D game..
And now, at least one of my older, favorite games, Jedi Knight, that I had PAINSTAKINGLY rigged to work on Vista, is all fucked up! The display keeps... I don't know how to explain it... the game runs fine, and the sound is there, but the dispaly... sort of like... parts of the screen get stuck, and the shimmer and flicker... does that make sense? I altered all the display specifications... one option says, "Video Card may not have enough memory for this mode - try a lower setting. Restoring previous settings (OK)." That's bogus... not enough memory? It's a 13 year-old game... on a blazing fast new card... it ran before on my old video card...
This is what happens... the game is running smooth behind it, not frozen... but certain frame seem to catch, and they shimmer and obscure the game running behind it.
ADDENDUM: It's official: It fucked up all my old games. Add Duke Nukem 3D and Return the Castle Wolfenstein to the lot. They don't even launch.
Oddly enough, the only thing that DOES still work AND SEEMS TO BE RUNNING BETTER... IS Doom.
And I mean old-school Doom, via the Doomsday launcher.
At least in the sense that it's not crunching polygons.
Doom made 3D work because it had a library of sprites drawn from every angle stored in a thing called a WAD file if I remember correctly.
I would try updating your DirectX drivers next.. Your video card driver might not be supported on your DirectX patch level.
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