[Grump]

Hi, I'm playing 3.6.5 freespace 2 open with win 2000 and I wondered if anybody else was having freezes everytime the belisarius blows up or when it is just engaged.. in the very first combat mission...

[WMCoolmon]

Someone else is/was having this problem, look around in this forum or the SCP forum.

Other than that, try a more recent build.

[redmenace]

you must be using a TNT2, Intel, or SIS chipset. They are know to cause those problems. We have officially dropped support for those cards based on the said chipsets.

[Fenrir]

I had that same problem, too. I found it works nicely enough if you use OpenGL mode instead of D3D.

The only problem with OpenGL was that all the ships would be rendered without any sort of surface texturing if I used 3.6.5. However, the build in this topic:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,33061.0.html
Works nicely. I don't know if you'll have the same problem I did, but it's there if you need it.

[Grump]

I'm using a Radeon 7000 with the latest catalyst drivers...

I downloaded the executable you posted and the game froze right when the psamtik fired up its beam cannon..

The original game gives me no problems...