Pete's OpenGL stopped working....

[IIMrHeadII]

I havent changed any settings on my computer, etc...but now whenever I try and use Pete's OpenGL plugin (the one I normally use), the screen goes black while it switches resolutions, and then nothing (until I get a 'This Program has encountered an error' etc etc error message). EVERY other graphics plugin functions, even other OpenGL plugins, however they all have certain graphical issues/problems associated with them so I would REALLY like to get this problem fixed. Any advice at all? I also redownloaded the plugin and overwrote the one i had before, still no luck.

Even though i doubt it'll be useful: specs are

athlon xp 1700+
512 ram
geforce 3 (regular)
I guess thats all the pertinent stuff?

Thanks,
Greg

And here are my settings for the plugin (like i said, these used to work but now do not)

Plugin: Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.1.66
Author: Pete Bernert
Card vendor:
GFX card:

Resolution/Color:
- 1280x1024 Fullscreen - Desktop changing [32 Bit]
- Keep psx aspect ratio: off

Textures:
- R8G8A8A8
- Filtering: 4
- Hi-Res textures: off
- Palettized tex windows: on
- Garbage collection: on
- VRam size: 0 MBytes

Framerate:
- FPS limitation: off
- Frame skipping: off
- FPS limit: 60

Compatibility:
- Offscreen drawing: 3
- Framebuffer texture: 0
- Framebuffer access: 0
- Alpha multipass: on
- Mask bit: on
- Advanced blending: off

Misc:
- Scanlines: off
- Line mode: off
- Unfiltered FB: off
- Dithering: off
- Screen smoothing: off
- Screen cushion: off
- Game fixes: on [00000001]

Turn off the game fix and try again.

[IIMrHeadII]

that didn't solve the problem Any other suggestions?

[_E_]

check out Lord Kane Website for configuration settings ,...hes got them all

edit: http://www.lordkane.gametribe.net/

[IIMrHeadII]

I've tried those also...its not the settings that are the problem i dont think (i mean, it worked before today with the same settings). I don't know what it could be. Like i said, even overwriting the plugin didn't solve the problem. Is all lost???

[_E_]

I dunno what the hell you did with your computer, but if what you said right now is true,..then,.... i am afraid its something to do with the computer settings.....check the display settings and the moniter driver,.....maybe having look on the graphical card driver settings is not a bad idea either

[IIMrHeadII]

Well...I'm not trying to argue here or anything, but why would the other OpenGl plugin function fine, but his not no matter what i do? :confused: My intuition would say that if it were a comp setting, that it would affect all of the opengl plug ins. I'll try reinstalling the detonator drivers and get back with the result.

[Kellicros]

Plugins trouble shooting eh? I will move the thread. Please post in the correct forum, thanks.

[Phoenix Flame]

Ya must've done something for it to go all bandy like that. I think you'll have to either reinstall the drivers, reinstall ePSXe (and clean out the registry settings) or at the very worst, reinstall the OS.

[Bandy1]

try using -slowboot

[The Captain]

Did you try downloading pete's opengl again and replacing the plugin?

[IIMrHeadII]

Yeah, I think I've exhausted all of my options having done everything everyone has suggested in addition to anything I've thought of. Looks like it will be format time once more! Whee....oh, and even though other OpenGL plugins functioned properly, commercial OpenGL-using games (ex. MOHAA) will NOT run. Weird.

Thanks for all the suggestions ppl.

[Kane]

I would suggest reinstalling your graphics card drivers, as I have issues at the moment as my GeForce drivers got corrupted somehow, and now no OpenGL app will run on it.

[IIMrHeadII]

yea, tried doing that. I even went so far as to uninstall the nvidia drivers completely, install generic VGA graphics, and THEN reinstall the det drivers. Still nothing. Even after, I didn't give up and just tried to isntall generic OpenGL 1.1 that comes with any OS. Nothing once more.

Since ePSXx doesn't give me any error, just locks up, I can't provide any of that info. But here is the log from MOHAA's startup, the last line is the one that is obviously the problem (the void). I just dont know what that refers to and therefore how to fix it. Maybe someone has seen this before and it rings a bell??

----- Initializing Renderer ----
----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\opengl32.dll' ): succeeded
...setting mode 7: 1152 864 FS
...using colorsbits of 32
...calling CDS: ok
...registered window class
...created window@0,0 (1152x864)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...GLW_ChoosePFD( 32, 24, 8 )
...69 PFDs found
...hardware acceleration found
...PIXELFORMAT 5 selected
...creating GL context: failed
...restoring display settings
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (7)
...setting mode 7: 1152 864 FS
...using colorsbits of 16
...calling CDS: ok
...created window@0,0 (1152x864)
Initializing OpenGL driver
GLimp_Init() - OPENGL Vendor string is NULL



Thanks,
Greg

[Kane]

That sounds luck a fuxxored driver. Maybe your downloaded ones died too? Tried getting new ones?

[IIMrHeadII]

The drivers I downloaded are kosher, its just that reinstalling them doesn't do a bit of good for this problem (i have no idea why reinstalling video drivers doesnt solve a video driver problem lol). I've already begun the backup process for what I have concluded is the only probable solution....

[IIMrHeadII]

Well, problem solved....I didn't have to format, I just had to 'upgrade' to the OS I was already using (XP). So if anyone else out there EVER gets this problem, there's your solution