Blood 2 Geforce problem?
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Actually, I installed Blood2 just the other day and have had the exact same thing happen. All the models disapear within like 10 feet including the view weapon models; this is with my GeForce 4200. I never doubted that you had the problem, I was just saying that it's a new one that I had not experienced. I'll try a few things, but I can't say what it could be just now, though I'm inclined to think it's something to do with nVidia's latest video drivers.
I'll try a few Lith settings, see if that does anything.
I'll try a few Lith settings, see if that does anything.
Well I dont think this new bug is so much of a hardware problem. I'm running almost the exact same hardware as I was the last time I had Blood2 installed. The the CPU, mobo and the video card are all the same as they were the last time (my hard drive took a dirt name and I had to replace it)
With the fresh install it never had any of the older DirectX.s installed so I'm thinking the latest nVidia/DirectX combination may have some issues with the early Lith engine.
With the fresh install it never had any of the older DirectX.s installed so I'm thinking the latest nVidia/DirectX combination may have some issues with the early Lith engine.
A minor update: After a botched DirectX lobotomy I reinstalled Windows. This time I decided on Win2K and I'll be damed, Blood II is rendering flawlessly. I didn't even have to do the "maxfps" consol command.
The concession?
The concession?
- Windows 2000
DirectX 8 (After installing DirectX7 first)
Original nVidia drivers that came on the CD with my 4200
I'm pretty sure it's the nVidia drivers. I just tried installing the latest driver set form nVidia ( 81.98 ) and all the poly rendering errors returned. Incidentaly this seems to effect Undying as well as Blood2. I would imagin it could also effect other UT based games (UT, Rune etc.)
I'm still running DirectX 8 for the time being. I'm gong to try nVidia version 77.72 and see if that changes things.
For anyone else that might be running into these problems, the nVidia archive page can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html
[ Updates ]
- Installing 77.72 didn't help, downloading 66.93 now...
- I've installed 66.93 and I'm still getting the same errors. I'm starting to think that there are some leftover 81.98 driver files that 77 and 66 didn't want to overwrite.
I'm still running DirectX 8 for the time being. I'm gong to try nVidia version 77.72 and see if that changes things.
For anyone else that might be running into these problems, the nVidia archive page can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html
[ Updates ]
- Installing 77.72 didn't help, downloading 66.93 now...
- I've installed 66.93 and I'm still getting the same errors. I'm starting to think that there are some leftover 81.98 driver files that 77 and 66 didn't want to overwrite.
Last edited by DustyStyx on Sat Feb 11, 2006 04:35 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Hello. I've been having this problem for awhile and I did a search on Google and ended up here. I tried the fix mentioned in this thread to no avail. I'm not on a Geforce card, though. I have an Integrated Media Accelerator 900. The game runs fine if I run it on Software Render but at a serious decrease to the visuals. But as soon as I turn on the Direct 3D renderer the menus start flickering. Any suggestions?
Well I found a temp solution last night. Whenever I go to the menu, I open the console and just type "MaxFPS" "30". That works for the duration of the time I have the menu open. But each time I open the menu after that (including when I die), the menu goes right back to flickering. I suppose that fix is better than nothing, but it sure does get old to keep typing that in.