[Bludlust]

So I recently have come back to the FS universe after being reminded of the game the other week. I've followed the instructions here:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78710.0

and here

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=83577.0

But my issue is when I try to launch FSO from wxLauncher, I get an 'Unable to get proper pixel format for OpenGL W32' from windows, then this debug from the launcher:

Unable to initialize display device!

ntdll.dll! NtWaitForSingleObject + 12 bytes
KERNELBASE.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_16_NO-SSE.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_16_NO-SSE.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_16_NO-SSE.exe! <no symbol>

I've tried non-SSE and SSE2 FSO. FS2 runs fine as a clean install from GOG after an auto compatibility fix from Win8. I'm running Win8 on a partitioned Imac i5 with Intel chip and AMD Radeon HD6700M series graphics card.

Any suggestions?

[jg18]

Please generate a debug log by following these instructions.

I'd also suggest making sure your video drivers are up to date, but I don't think you can update Windows video drivers if you're using a Mac. I think you just have to use whatever Apple provides.

[Bludlust]

Here you go.

Yeah, Apple haven't released updated drivers for Win8 as yet. If this is problem I guess I'll just have to wait.

Let me know if there's anything I can try.

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[jg18]

Hm, not sure what to tell you. Maybe someone else will have another idea.

How about running FSO within OS X instead of Windows? Take a look at these instructions. You can just copy over your installation from Windows to your OS X Applications folder, then get the OS X build of FSO (available in the same 3.6.16 release thread where you found the Windows build) and wxLauncher.

[Bludlust]

Thanks I'll give that a go tonight.

[GrahamO]

If you have issues, have a look at this thread as I am running it on an iMac i5 processor system and it took a slightly different build to get around some of the graphical issues. With the build though, its perfect

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=83595.0

I had missing graphics where the exhaust flames should be and thats apparently down to something I don't fully understand

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=83509.msg1670138#msg1670138

[jg18]

Although I'm glad you like the build, GrahamO, it's only needed to play the Blue Planet mods. BP is designed to work with a special experimental build that uses cutting-edge features. The build I provided is a compatibility build for BP OS X players. For FS2 retail and all other FS2 mods, though, you should use the standard OS X builds, such as the official builds and the nightly builds. Using a recent nightly build is recommended for now, because 3.6.16 has a difficulty bug that was fixed in nightly builds.

I can't help you much with the graphics, though. Although if you're still using the unofficial BP build, switch to the compatibility build. See here.

EDIT: Clarification.