[ggo-discussion] Re: glGo 3-dimension Board on Windows 2000

Hi Peter,
Thanks for the response.
I have:
        Renderer: Rage PRO
        Version: 1.1.3
        Vendor: ATI
I looked at ATI.com and found a driver that supports OpenGL
But it requires DirectX8.1 or higher. I do not know what DirectX8.1
is and I do not want to risk installing this now because I am afraid
it might break something and I need the machine for work.
Zee



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[mailto:ggo-discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Strempel
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:08 PM
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Subject: [ggo-discussion] Re: glGo 3-dimension Board on Windows 2000

You need to have a OpenGL compatible 3D driver installed to get the 3D 
board working. What driver that might be depends on your graphic card. 
The standard drivers that are already included in Windows do not work, 
so you need to visit the webpage of your graphic card manufactur and 
download a fitting driver.

I cannot tell you which graphic card is built in your computer, but you 
can find out by opening the Hardware manager in the Windows system 
settings and look yourself. If it's a NVidia card, visit 
http://www.nvidia.com. If it's an ATI card, check http://www.ati.com to 
find a driver for your hardware.
Some (very) old cards do not support OpenGL, in that case you are lost.

In the 3D board window (even if it doesn't display the board, the window 
itself opens, yes?), check menu "Help" - "About". In the second tab 
"Graphics" of that dialog there is some info printed. On my box it reads:

OpenGL Information:

Renderer: GeForce FX 5200/PCI/SSE/3DNOW!
Version: 1.5.2
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation

If you see something like "Vendor: Microsoft", you got a standard 
Windows driver. Those don't work well. You could copy&paste that info 
and email it to me, otherwise I cannot tell you what graphic card you 
have because I cannot look into your computer. :)

glGo with 3D generally works on Windows 2000. I used Windows 2000 myself 
until some months ago to write glGo, so it's not a generic Win2000 
problem but most probably related to either your hardware or the video 
driver.


Peter

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