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Quake 3 Test on me me machine *doh*

  • 04-06-1999 2:10pm
    #1
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭


    Right,

    PIII500, 128 megs ram, single voodoo 2 (I'm waiting for my TNT2 to be delivered..) and SB Live ect ect

    latest drivers for each of them, got the quake 3 drivers for the voodoo card off the 3dfx site, also DirectX 6.1

    When I run q3 test it loads up, I can hear all the sound but my screen is just grey?, and i cannot get out of it, no alt-tab or c-a-d.....

    I have to play this game so I can say "played it and still prefer tribes smile.gif"

    any ideas.........
    The Vaggabond of the Western World
    Electric Mayhem
    www.planet-tribes.com/em
    www.tribesplayers.co.uk






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  • #2
    Jay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 411 ✭✭Jay


    Are you waiting long enough??
    On mine when I first had it, before it was taken out of the pak, I used to get a grey screen for about 30 seconds before it kicked in.....


  • #3
    mewso
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 9,035 Mod ✭✭✭✭mewso


    I got the grey screen and just pressed escape and hey presto, the menu appeared.

    M


  • #4
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    dunno - waited for more than a minute last nite and then re booted.........

    I can hear all the sounds and stuff so I just presumed it was a display driver issue....

    Plus I got about 1,000,000 free games with the PC and other goodies I bought and a few of them wont run either....

    The Vaggabond of the Western World
    Electric Mayhem
    www.planet-tribes.com/em
    www.tribesplayers.co.uk






  • #5
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    wont I feel silly if just pressing escape works.....

    I'll give it a shot tonite but I am sure I pressed it......


  • #6
    Cloud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Try deleting q3config.cfg, and start anew - seems to solve a variety of problems.


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  • #7
    Slosh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭Slosh


    Your PC is too slow - get another..


  • #8
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,693 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    its amazing how fast **** goes outa date these days smile.gif


  • #9
    Skyclad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 392 ✭✭Skyclad


    Are you connected to the net when you are trying to start it up? If im not connected quake automatically calls on the modem, and it cant break back out to the windows screen.

    alt-f4 or escape should solve this as everything works lovely and happy after that


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