just installed new omega drivers now dod gos into software mode help plz

Omaga6 · May 4, 2005, 10:52 PM

Hi im new here so i say hi to all the people out there.
the other day i installed the latest omega driver for my ati 9800 pro.
before that i uninstalled my stock drivers that came with the card.

anyway it installed and it rebooted and seemed like it was fine but when i went to play dod
it opens in software mode and when i try to put it into opengl od d3d it just go's to the dest top and says display mode wont work going back to software mode.

so i then uninstalled the omega driver with divercleaner pro that came from this site
and tryed some other ones i tryed 5.

all of them do the same thing so i went back to my old driver that came with the card and now that doesnt work

i even tryed reinstalling dod and half life and my other games dont work they say im missing directdraw and some other stuff what am i doing wrong plz help a gamer thanks
if you do.

Omaga6.

[hobo]eclipse · May 4, 2005, 11:12 PM

Reformat would prolly be yer best option, do you have direct X 9 installed, r yer chipset driver up to date? but id run Drriver Cleaner again, (in safe mode of course), afer that reinstall chipset drivers, directX, and the vid drivers lastly, id recomend the Omega 4.12, as they have a good rep and r very stable

Omaga6 · May 5, 2005, 03:04 AM

well it worked and i thank you but im back to the old drivers im going to try the one you said but i think they are only good for the new games ie css hl2 i think i need the older omega drivers as they are good for opengl.

micron · May 5, 2005, 07:29 AM

I'm actually using the latest Omega drivers for D3D, and the OpenGL drivers from the Cat 4.12's(which were rock solid IMHO)

If you would like to try doing this, then download this zip file, and extract to your windows system32 folder.....overwriting the OpenGL file that's in there already.

redsolar · May 5, 2005, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by micron

I'm actually using the latest Omega drivers for D3D, and the OpenGL drivers from the Cat 4.12's(which were rock solid IMHO)

If you would like to try doing this, then download this zip file, and extract to your windows system32 folder.....overwriting the OpenGL file that's in there already.

I would certainly recommend you do NOT overwrite your file in system32 folder. Instead, you can put this file in the same folder where the main OpenGL game executable is located. This will make the game use that particular driver instead of the currently installed one. Don't you love OpenGL drivers for that?

May 4, 2005, 10:52 PM	#1
Omaga6 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nanaimo Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	just installed new omega drivers now dod gos into software mode help plz Hi im new here so i say hi to all the people out there. the other day i installed the latest omega driver for my ati 9800 pro. before that i uninstalled my stock drivers that came with the card. anyway it installed and it rebooted and seemed like it was fine but when i went to play dod it opens in software mode and when i try to put it into opengl od d3d it just go's to the dest top and says display mode wont work going back to software mode. so i then uninstalled the omega driver with divercleaner pro that came from this site and tryed some other ones i tryed 5. all of them do the same thing so i went back to my old driver that came with the card and now that doesnt work i even tryed reinstalling dod and half life and my other games dont work they say im missing directdraw and some other stuff what am i doing wrong plz help a gamer thanks if you do. Omaga6.

May 5, 2005, 03:04 AM	Thread Starter #3
Omaga6 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nanaimo Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	thanks well it worked and i thank you but im back to the old drivers im going to try the one you said but i think they are only good for the new games ie css hl2 i think i need the older omega drivers as they are good for opengl.

May 4, 2005, 11:12 PM	#2
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,897 Rep Power: 107 System Specs	Reformat would prolly be yer best option, do you have direct X 9 installed, r yer chipset driver up to date? but id run Drriver Cleaner again, (in safe mode of course), afer that reinstall chipset drivers, directX, and the vid drivers lastly, id recomend the Omega 4.12, as they have a good rep and r very stable

May 5, 2005, 07:29 AM	#4
micron DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: OKC Ok. Posts: 186 Rep Power: 0	I'm actually using the latest Omega drivers for D3D, and the OpenGL drivers from the Cat 4.12's(which were rock solid IMHO) If you would like to try doing this, then download this zip file, and extract to your windows system32 folder.....overwriting the OpenGL file that's in there already.