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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: shuttleatlantis on March 29, 2007, 04:12:09 pm
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I just got FS2_Open, version 3.6.9. I loaded it and got this:
Error: The required OpenGL extension 'xès' is not supported by your current driver version or graphics card. You can either use the Direct3D rendering engine (non-FRED builds only) or update your video card drivers.
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\graphics\gropenglextension.cpp
Line: 392
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]
Call stack:
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:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
I clicked "Okay" and it went into debug, fine. It loaded fine, so I go to the Ready Room and got the screen for the 1st mission (I was using a new player). Microsoft Sam read the briefing and I clicked "Commit". Then it just stopped, I had to restart.
:mad: :shaking: :confused: :hopping: :eek2: :eek: :wtf: :confused: :confused: :mad: :hopping: :mad2: :ick:
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What kind of a video card are you using?
And what kind of drivers you are running it with?
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I don't honestly no, my dad built the computer himself, so I have know clue whats in it :confused:
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Run CPU-Z (http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) on it, that will tell you pretty much all you need to know.
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Or just click run in the start menu, enter DXDiag, go to the video tab and look there. :nervous:
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Here's the video card data:
Name: Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip Type: Intel(R) 82845G/GL Chip
DAC Type: Internal
Driver Data:
Main Driver: ialmrnt5.dll
Version: 6.13.0001.3317 (English)
Date: 10/25/2002 10:03:18
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Mini VDD: ialmrnt5.sys
VDD: n/a
DDI Version: 8
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Well, you're **** out of luck. Integrated graphics cards can't support FSO, or vice versa. You need to buy a video card. AGP is preferable, and a GeForce 6600 or a Radeon 9800 will do you just fine. They're cheap, too. ;)
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Well, if you want really really nice graphics, try getting an 7-series card for AGP, or (unlikely you have) an 8-series for PCI-e... you almost certainly have AGP, not PCI-e..
http://www.bfgtech.com/7800GS_256.html (AGP, 256 MB, - Newegg has it for around $200)
http://www.bfgtech.com/6600_256.html (AGP, 256 MB, ~$85)
http://www.bfgtech.com/7600GS_512.html (AGP, 512 MB, ~$150)
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The 845, and other new(ish) Intel IGP cards, work fine so long as you have new enough drivers. The 845 is known to have an issue with the -img2dds cmdline option, causing a crash, but all others should work fine. Just upgrade your drivers and you should be ok. It's not going to be all that fast, but it will be playable.
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I thought all integrated cards weren't supported?
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It depends of the features of the card, not the physical location of it inside the computer... If a card supports hardware transform and lighting, it *should* run FS2_Open, provided that it doesn't lack some other vital features like proper OpenGL support... in which case it becomes do or die with D3D mode. :rolleyes:
If an integrated graphics chip has the same features as a proper graphics processing unit, software doesn't know the difference. It's just that integrated chips lack the power to do much stuff. Some have the required features for FS2_Open (or other games), and they obviously work... to varying degree.
At any rate, integrated graphics suck. They may work but they suck compared to practically any dedicated GPU's available.
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No, some IGPs are decent, example, nVidia has (http://www.nvidia.com/page/gpu_mobo.html) I think 6100 and 6150 onboard...
EDIT: I think that what makes them suck is the shared memory... Of course, that wouldn't affect you if you had 2 Gigs or preferably more of it..