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Title: Errors when launching FS2
Post by: knossosfs2 on July 28, 2013, 03:20:44 pm

I just upgraded my OS to Windows 8 from Windows 7 yesterday, and I decided to play FreeSpace today. Once I clicked on "Play" in wxLauncher, I received an error saying "Unable to get proper pixel format for OpenGL W32." I also received the following error:

Unable to initialize display device!

ntdll.dll! ZwWaitForSingleObject + 12 bytes
KERNELBASE.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_7_0_RC2.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_7_0_RC2.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_7_0_RC2.exe! <no symbol>

This is the first time I received an error like this. I played FS yesterday, and it worked fine; in fact, it has worked ever since I started playing on this computer 2 years ago. I am curious as to how I can fix this problem. Here is some info of my computer: HP Pavilion g4 with AMD Phenom II P650 dual core processor (2.60 gHz) with Mobility Radeon HD 4250 graphics. I read the sticky on this forum before posting here about the pixel error, and my settings are set to 32-bit. I've also attached a debug log. Any help would be much appreciated.

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Title: Re: Errors when launching FS2
Post by: The E on July 28, 2013, 04:32:34 pm

The issue is with your GPU driver. Please reinstall it.

Title: Re: Errors when launching FS2
Post by: knossosfs2 on July 28, 2013, 06:46:14 pm

Alright, it's working again. Thanks for your help!

Title: Re: Errors when launching FS2
Post by: knossosfs2 on November 30, 2013, 05:16:15 pm

 :bump:

I apologize for bumping this thread, considering that it has been some time since I last posted in it, but I'm having the same issue again. I upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 last month, and I have been looking for updates for my GPU, but it looks like AMD isn't going to update it for some time. I was wondering whether there was any way I could avoid this error since my GPU is apparently up to date. I was attempting to play FSPort today, but I got the same error as above. I've attached my debug log. Once again, any help would be much appreciated.

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Title: Re: Errors when launching FS2
Post by: The E on December 06, 2013, 08:05:19 am

Sorry, but short of using the last usable driver for that GPU (There should be a win7 one, I think, which you can use), nothing springs to mind.

Bottom Line: There is no way to guarantee that such an old chip can be combined with a new Windows and still be usable.