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Title: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 29, 2007, 06:47:28 pm
um :eek2:, i'am trying to download the FS2.but i need the OpenGl :hopping:, can any1 help :confused:, ty.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: haloboy100 on December 29, 2007, 06:48:50 pm
I asked this before...and never got an answer. Then i bought a new video card...

What video card are you using? and you can always use Direct3D, even if it does suck.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 29, 2007, 06:54:41 pm
 :confused: i'am lost, crap. lol i have no idea what card i'am useing, i'am not a nerd, lol :D. but i guess i can look, but then i'd be lost again. :nervous:
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: haloboy100 on December 29, 2007, 06:57:58 pm
i'am not a nerd, lol :D.

Be careful...odds are someone will be offended by that around here :nervous:

You can't download OpenGL...can you? some expert come in here...
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 29, 2007, 07:00:47 pm
my friend,(whom is a nerd) downloaded it. but i'am new to this and he wont tell me, that *************. sry those r mean words :D :p
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Retsof on December 29, 2007, 07:02:32 pm
I would tell him if I could, I just can't find the link.  :hopping:
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 29, 2007, 07:32:53 pm
 :mad: my friend told me the wrong thing, i need to openall32 also. lmao :hopping: i'am going to beat his head in :eek: :wtf:
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: haloboy100 on December 29, 2007, 07:36:15 pm
:wakka:
so you don't need OpenGL?
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 29, 2007, 07:41:00 pm
i need both god****it. lmao  :D :wtf:
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: haloboy100 on December 29, 2007, 07:44:15 pm
Well openAl is easy to find, you can get it at the FSO download page, or click this link (http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&top=38&aid=46&file=oalinst.exe) if your to lazy to go there.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 29, 2007, 07:45:15 pm
ty m8. ;)
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Polpolion on December 29, 2007, 07:45:56 pm
i'am not a nerd, lol :D.

Be careful...odds are someone will be offended by that around here :nervous:

You can't download OpenGL...can you? some expert come in here...
The way he said it, everyone who has a working copy of FSO should be.


Trust me Neo, you're a nerd.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: haloboy100 on December 29, 2007, 07:46:58 pm
Yes...come to the dark side....
:wakka:
Just kidding
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 30, 2007, 12:01:07 am
 :snipe: :beamz: haha, i know  :nod: :eek: ur kidding, and yes, i am a nerd, thats why i came here.... :lol: burn
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: S-99 on December 30, 2007, 04:03:59 am
Use opengl in freespace. D3d has no support and is going downhill. Download the latest drivers for your video card, they have opengl included in them...it seems you have done this.

Do what i do and google openal. Then, go to the openal page and download the installer and of course install. You'll be able to use the launcher without fuss and of course play the game.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Davros on December 30, 2007, 06:13:09 am
opengl comes with your graphics card drivers
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: jr2 on December 30, 2007, 07:37:43 am
Ya, go to your GFX card manufacturer's homepage, get latest drivers, install them, then go to www.openal.org and get the Installer for Windows (not the SDK, you don't need that), and you should be golden.  Oh, and be sure to run the mediavps mod if you are playing FS2 campaigns.. mod campaigns should have a mod.ini that auto-loads the mediavps, so just select their mod from the MOD section in the launcher... but if you're just playing "plain" old FS2 and want it pretty, then select the mediavps mod.  ;)
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Herra Tohtori on December 30, 2007, 07:58:21 am
Ya, go to your GFX card manufacturer's homepage, get latest drivers, install them


...Except I'm not sure if the latest NVidia ForceWare drivers work properly? There have been some OpenGL related problems with either the latest driver, or the one preceding it. If it doesn't work, revert to older driverset.

This is, of course, irrelevant if you have something else than NVidia graphics card.

What GPU are you using btw? You never said, and it'll be rather important to know for troubleshooting.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Hellstryker on December 30, 2007, 08:05:56 am
*sigh* poor nooblet... you cant DOWNLOAD openGL, its somthing in your video card. what your friend meant was OpenAL
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 30, 2007, 08:58:58 am
And please, Ñeo. It is polite to have zero to two smilies per post, and not necessarily in every post. So far you've had at least two smilies per post, every post. I recommend using some judgement when concidering smilies.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: S-99 on December 30, 2007, 04:51:31 pm
Are you using vista?
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: jr2 on December 30, 2007, 09:12:29 pm
And please, Ñeo. It is polite to have zero to two smilies per post, and not necessarily in every post. So far you've had at least two smilies per post, every post. I recommend using some judgement when concidering smilies.

XD  :nervous:

I take exception to that.   :o :p
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Ñeo KÑights on December 30, 2007, 09:53:57 pm
 :mad: frist of all, this is my post, so i can do w/e i want in MY post, ok, and another thing, ty for all ur help. :D
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: jr2 on December 30, 2007, 09:57:33 pm
:mad: frist of all, this is my post, so i can do w/e i want in MY post, ok, and another thing, ty for all ur help. :D

*looks for applause emoticon*
 :) ;) :p :D :cool: :nod: ;7 :drevil: :lol: :pimp: :yes: :P :( :blah: :sigh: :o :doubt: :rolleyes: :ick: :mad2: :mad: :hopping: :no: :wtf: :eek: :eek2: :nervous: :shaking: :confused: :snipe: :jaw: :wakka: :yes2: :bump: :hammer: :headz: :ha: :arrr: :v: :beamz: :warp:
*doesn't find it*

 :mad2: :mad: :hopping: :mad2: :mad: :hopping: :mad2: :mad: :hopping: :mad2: :mad: :hopping: :mad2: :mad: :hopping: :mad2: :mad: :hopping:
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: pecenipicek on December 30, 2007, 10:57:32 pm
i'd like to punt the kid into the perma-troll mode but... too tired. bed calling.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Jeff Vader on December 31, 2007, 04:15:40 am
:mad: frist of all, this is my post, so i can do w/e i want in MY post, ok, and another thing, ty for all ur help. :D
:) I'm  ;) glad  :p we've  :D reached  :cool: an  :nod: agreement  ;7.

Not...
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: S-99 on December 31, 2007, 12:30:17 pm
Wow, all of this because Neo didn't want to search up openal in google like i told him? I know that was one of the reasons.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: colecampbell666 on December 31, 2007, 10:02:36 pm
OpenGL is NOT a download. It is the operating type of your GPU. You do not need to download anything to use OpenGL, but your video card must support it. Basically the only ones that don't are cards that are built into motherboards.

To find out what GPU you have, use GPU-Z (http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/).
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: jr2 on January 01, 2008, 02:42:39 am
OpenGL is NOT a download. It is the operating type of your GPU. You do not need to download anything to use OpenGL, but your video card must support it. Basically the only ones that don't are cards that are built into motherboards.

To find out what GPU you have, use GPU-Z (http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/).

Not to confuse, but you do download OpenGL... with your video card drivers.. else how could OGL support be broken with certain drivers?  The hardware itself must also support OGL, of course.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: S-99 on January 01, 2008, 04:08:28 am
Downloading opengl directly from the opengl website is unnecessary. The necessary opengl software is included in the drivers for your video card if your video card has support for opengl in it's hardware.

As far as video cards that don't support opengl? You'd be looking at those years old 2d only vga cards :lol: Which 3d card doesn't have support for opengl? It's always been opengl and directx support. Unless there's some old timey 3d cards out there that only have support for directx (if did happen...then rare, and i don't think it happened really...that would be such a smug microsoft move).

This thread is dumb :)
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Jeff Vader on January 01, 2008, 04:30:04 am
This thread is dumb :)
Agreed.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: karajorma on January 01, 2008, 01:15:41 pm
As far as video cards that don't support opengl? You'd be looking at those years old 2d only vga cards :lol: Which 3d card doesn't have support for opengl? It's always been opengl and directx support.

While they may all support OGL it doesn't necessarily follow that they do a good job of it. :D
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Polpolion on January 01, 2008, 01:40:59 pm
:mad: frist of all, this is my post, so i can do w/e i want in MY post, ok

If I was a mod or admin, I'd censor your post just to spite you :p.
Title: Re: OpenGL
Post by: Hellstryker on January 01, 2008, 08:26:51 pm
This thread is dumb :)
Agreed.

I second that... erm... triple?