Major problem with Cat 4.2 and Playonline Viewer (and possibly Final Fantasy XI)

Balmorro · Feb 14, 2004, 08:34 PM

I installed the Catalyst 4.2 drivers yesterday. Everything was going fine; 3dmark2001 and a few other games ran, but when I started up Playonline to play some FFXI, the software acted as if no 2d accelerated drivers had been loaded at all. I was not able to navigate through all of the menus to get to the game, so I can't say if Final Fantasy would respond the same way. Still, this is a major issue for me. If anyone else here uses Playonline and has installed the 4.2 Catalyst drivers, please comment.

MajestacaL · Feb 14, 2004, 09:50 PM

The Playonline Viewer and FFXI works fine for me running my ATI AIW 9800 Pro with Cat 4.2 and Omega's 4.2 modified been playing the game all day running Full Game Settings and DX/OGL settings maxed out and at 8x AGP so maybe try using Driverheavens Driver cleaner and installing the the drivers again?!? But just to let you know that there is no problems that I can see hope that helps!

Balmorro · Feb 14, 2004, 11:37 PM

Well thanks for the info. I tried Drivercleaner though. Maybe it's my 9100...such a piece of junk...

Balmorro · Feb 15, 2004, 01:27 AM

I've tried the new Omegas based on 4.2 now. Same thing happens. Help!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 15, 2004, 10:56 AM

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Originally posted by Balmorro
I installed the Catalyst 4.2 drivers yesterday. Everything was going fine; 3dmark2001 and a few other games ran, but when I started up Playonline to play some FFXI, the software acted as if no 2d accelerated drivers had been loaded at all. I was not able to navigate through all of the menus to get to the game, so I can't say if Final Fantasy would respond the same way. Still, this is a major issue for me. If anyone else here uses Playonline and has installed the 4.2 Catalyst drivers, please comment.

it's not the drivers! it's the game! i ran into this with other games... ( http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...&postid=294209 )

you need to eather reistall the game or if it has an option to load in a safe mode you need to do that.

see certain games detect you hardware the first time it's run after that it stops, and runs with those settings you chage the driver and the game thinks you chaged hardware and panics. I got the same message in jedi knights 2 and several other games...

hope this helps...

Balmorro · Feb 15, 2004, 01:45 PM

Hey, thanks a lot. No safe-mode option for this software, so I'll have to re-install. Unfortunatly, FFXI is a nightmare installation at 5 gigs plus.... Well, hopefully it will fix the issue.

Balmorro · Feb 15, 2004, 02:51 PM

Uninstalled Cat 4.1 drivers and CPL, uninstalled Radeon card, uninstalled PlayOnline Viewer, rebooted to safe mode, ran Driver Cleaner, rebooted, Installed Catalyst 4.2 drivers and CPL, reinstalled Playonline viewer.... the issue still remains. Sigh.

henhowc · Feb 16, 2004, 08:34 PM

maybe try reinstalling directx?

Balmorro · Feb 18, 2004, 05:26 AM

No go on DX9 Re-install...

A new version of the PlayOnline software was released today by Square-Enix also, and the issue still remains. If anyone is using this software with a Radeon 9100 and the Catalyst 4.2s, please comment

laumf · Mar 4, 2004, 03:08 AM

No luck with my 9200 VIVO.

Test for whole night, finally down to 3.9 and problems gone.

Feb 14, 2004, 08:34 PM	#1
Balmorro DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Major problem with Cat 4.2 and Playonline Viewer (and possibly Final Fantasy XI) I installed the Catalyst 4.2 drivers yesterday. Everything was going fine; 3dmark2001 and a few other games ran, but when I started up Playonline to play some FFXI, the software acted as if no 2d accelerated drivers had been loaded at all. I was not able to navigate through all of the menus to get to the game, so I can't say if Final Fantasy would respond the same way. Still, this is a major issue for me. If anyone else here uses Playonline and has installed the 4.2 Catalyst drivers, please comment.

Feb 14, 2004, 09:50 PM	#2
MajestacaL HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 0	The Playonline Viewer and FFXI works fine for me running my ATI AIW 9800 Pro with Cat 4.2 and Omega's 4.2 modified been playing the game all day running Full Game Settings and DX/OGL settings maxed out and at 8x AGP so maybe try using Driverheavens Driver cleaner and installing the the drivers again?!? But just to let you know that there is no problems that I can see hope that helps! __________________ DESKTOP Antec Nine Hundred, Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe, Intel 805D 2.66ghz OC @4.00ghz Corsair Water Cooled, Raidmax 630 PSU, 2gig PC4200 @533, 2- 150gig WD RaptorX Raid0, 2- 300gig SATAII Raid0, Evga 8800GTX @576/1.80, SB X-Fi Fatality Edition

Feb 14, 2004, 11:37 PM	Thread Starter #3
Balmorro DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Buggery.... Well thanks for the info. I tried Drivercleaner though. Maybe it's my 9100...such a piece of junk...

Feb 15, 2004, 01:27 AM	Thread Starter #4
Balmorro DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Update I've tried the new Omegas based on 4.2 now. Same thing happens. Help!

Feb 15, 2004, 01:45 PM	Thread Starter #6
Balmorro DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Aha Hey, thanks a lot. No safe-mode option for this software, so I'll have to re-install. Unfortunatly, FFXI is a nightmare installation at 5 gigs plus.... Well, hopefully it will fix the issue.

Feb 15, 2004, 02:51 PM	Thread Starter #7
Balmorro DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Save me Jeebus Uninstalled Cat 4.1 drivers and CPL, uninstalled Radeon card, uninstalled PlayOnline Viewer, rebooted to safe mode, ran Driver Cleaner, rebooted, Installed Catalyst 4.2 drivers and CPL, reinstalled Playonline viewer.... the issue still remains. Sigh.

Feb 16, 2004, 08:34 PM	#8
henhowc DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	maybe try reinstalling directx?

Feb 18, 2004, 05:26 AM	Thread Starter #9
Balmorro DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	No go on DX9 Re-install... A new version of the PlayOnline software was released today by Square-Enix also, and the issue still remains. If anyone is using this software with a Radeon 9100 and the Catalyst 4.2s, please comment

Mar 4, 2004, 03:08 AM	#10
laumf DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	No luck with my 9200 VIVO. Test for whole night, finally down to 3.9 and problems gone.