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NOTE:
While many of the GLQuake, Quake2, Quake3, Half-Life and Kingpin 3D-related
questions in this FAQ will apply to all 3D cards capable of
running these games, this FAQ mainly deals with 3Dfx Voodoo technology cards. Here's some other sources of information you
might want to try if you have a different brand of 3D card:
If
you're having problems with a 3D card that uses the
Intel i740 chipset, you may find more useful
information at 740
If
you're having problems with a Matrox 3D card,
you may find more useful information at the Matrox Users Group
If you're
having problems with an ATI Radeon card, you may find more useful information
at Rage Underground
There
are other 3D card specific FAQs listed here...
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CONTENTS BY TOPIC:
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FAQ...
Getting Started -
installing a new 3D card and making it work with
Quake engine games (mainly applies to Voodoo
cards, but some of this will apply to others)...
3D Card Questions:
Quake II
Questions:
GLQuake/QuakeWorld
Questions:
Half-Life
Questions:
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Kingpin Questions
-
Quake 3 Arena Questions
GETTING
STARTED:
Q: I haven't got time to
read all this crap! Get me up and running quick! (I figure 98% of you will click this
one first...)
Q: My 3D card doesn't work at all!
What's wrong?
Q: How do I use this FAQ?
Q: How do I save this FAQ to my
local hard drive, or print it out in it's entirety?
Q: Which 3D card should I buy?
3D CARD
QUESTIONS:
General
Questions:
Q: My existing card is supposed to
be 3D as well, will this cause a conflict when I try to run a
Direct3D game?
Q: I have a 3D card that uses the
Vérité chipset and runs VQuake. Can I also install a 3Dfx
Voodoo card on my system and keep my existing card?
Q: What games will run on a Voodoo
or Voodoo 2 3D card?
Q: So why should I buy a 3D card to
play Quake or Quake 2? My existing 2D card runs Quake just
fine right now.
Q: How much does a Voodoo 2 3D card
cost and where can I purchase one?
Q: I've heard that Voodoo cards
won't work on certain older PCI motherboards, is this true?
And how can I tell it it will work in mine?
Q: Will GLQuake/Quake2 run properly
in 3D under Windows 98?
Q: Should I upgrade to Windows 98?
Will my 3D card drivers work properly under Windows 98?
Q: Do you recommend overclocking?
GeForce Specific:
Q:
Why are all my games running at 60Hz refresh in Win2K or WinXP?
9/22/00
Q: Why can't I set a higher refresh than 60Hz in
Windows 2000 or WinXP?9/22/00
Q: I'm having trouble since I installed my GeForce
card. It crashes and locks up in games.
Q:
Why doesn't the gamma / brightness work properly in Quake 3 Arena?
Voodoo
Specific:
Q: What is a Voodoo 3D card?
Q: How do I install and setup a
Voodoo 3D card?
Q: Will a Voodoo 3D card run
Direct3D games?
Q: Does the Voodoo 3D card replace
my existing video card?
Voodoo
2 Specific:
Q: I'm having trouble
getting my Voodoo2 working on an Athlon system. What can I do?
Q: I've installed the latest Quake3
Arena Test compliant beta or release candidate drivers for
the V2, but some other games don't work very well with them.
What can I do?
Q: I can't set my resolution any
higher than 800x600 in Quake2 on my Voodoo2 card. What's
wrong?
Q: I'm getting a grainy or noisy
picture when using SLI, but the picture looks better when
using just one Voodoo2 card. How can I fix this?
Q: Can I use two different mixed
brand Voodoo2 cards in SLI configuration?
Q: I own a Diamond Monster II3D. I
originally had the Diamond drivers installed but switched to
the 3Dfx reference drivers. However, I now have display
property tabs for both a Voodoo2 and a Monster3D2! How do I
get rid of the old Monster 3D2 tab?
Q: How do I wipe out all traces of
the Voodoo2 driver settings from my registry?
Q: I've heard that the Dx6 compliant
Voodoo2 drivers are buggy. Which driver should I install?
Q: I've heard there's a way to
install Glide 2.54 from the Dx6 compliant Voodoo2 drivers,
without installing the buggy Dx6 driver. How?
Q: Which driver do you recommend I
use with my Voodoo2 card?
Q: What is a Voodoo 2 3D Card?
Q: Will a Voodoo2 3D card run
Direct3D games?
Q: How do I install and setup a
Voodoo2 3D card?
Q: Does the Voodoo2 3D card replace
my existing video card?
Q: I heard that your frame rate can
only go as high as your monitor's refresh rate? Is this true?
Do I have to buy a better monitor with a higher refresh?
Q: What performance tweaks do you
recommend for Voodoo 2 cards?
Q: What resolutions will a Voodoo 2
3D card support?
Q: Do Voodoo 2 3D cards come in
Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) versions?
Q: I heard that you can connect two
Voodoo 2 cards together in one computer (SLI mode) to double
the performance, is this true?
Q: Will SLI mode work with Advanced
Graphics Port (AGP) versions of Voodoo 2 cards?
Q: Will SLI mode work with cards
from two different manufacturers?
Q: Will SLI mode double my
framerate?
Voodoo
3/4/5 Specific:
Q: I've installed a
Voodoo3 in Windows 98 and I can't change the resolution or refresh, or I
have only a very limited selection of resolutions or refreshes. I know my
monitor can handle higher settings so is there any way to get them?
2/5/01
Q:
I can't seem to run any OpenGL programs on my Voodoo3 card (other than Quake
games). What's wrong? 1/8/00
Q: I have a motherboard with an
onboard video card. Can I disable it and replace it with a
Voodoo3 (or another 2D/3D combo card)?
Q: Can I use a Voodoo3 and a TNT2
(or some other) video card in the same computer using Win98's
Multimon?
Q: I've heard there can be problems
upgrading to Voodoo2 from Voodoo3. What procedure should I
use?
Q: The "Higher Quality"
setting in the Voodoo3 display properties doesn't seem to do
anything. How do you enable 22-bit color texture rendering?
Q: I have an AMD K6-2 or K6-3
processor. Why can't I run Quake2 using the 3DNow OpenGL
miniport?
Q: I'm having problems upgrading
from a Voodoo2 to a Voodoo3. When running a 3D game I'm
either getting a black screen or a Glide error saying it's
"expecting Voodoo2". What's wrong?
Q: I can't set my resolution any
higher than 800x600 in Quake2 on my Voodoo3 card. What's
wrong?
Q: I can't ALT-TAB from a Quake
engine game to the desktop on my Voodoo2 or Voodoo3. What's
wrong?
Voodoo
Banshee Specific:
Q: Which driver do you recommend I
use with my Banshee card?
Q: What is a Voodoo Banshee card?
Q: I had a Voodoo or Voodoo2 that I
replaced with a Voodoo Banshee board. Now I cannot run any
games and all I get is an error message or a black screen.
What can I do?
Q: Will a Voodoo Banshee card run
Direct3D games?
Q: Does the Voodoo Banshee card
replace my existing video card?
Troubleshooting:
Q:
What is a PCI IRQ Channel sharing conflict?
Q: My computer reboots or locks up after playing a
game for a few minutes. What's
wrong?
Q: On a Voodoo2, I'm seeing a grid
or other regular pattern in dark areas or smoke effects. Is
there a fix for this?
Q: My Voodoo2 card won't work with
my Sound Blaster Live card (or other PCI sound card). What's wrong (PCI IRQ
channel sharing problem)?
Q: What's the proper way to
uninstall my 3D card drivers?
Q: I had a Voodoo or Voodoo2 that I
replaced with a Voodoo Banshee board. Now I cannot run any
games and all I get is an error message or a black screen.
What can I do?
Q: My 3D card doesn't seem to be
working reliably. I get lots of lockups and some games can't
find my 3D card. What's wrong?
Q: I just installed a new 3D card in
a system that used to have another type of 3D card. Now my 3D
card won't work properly. What's wrong?
Q: I'm getting crashes and lockups
with a Voodoo2 card and a Matrox G200 card installed in the
same system. Is there a fix?
Q: I'm getting very noticeable
horizontal lines in dark areas, and/or purple and green
splotches on textures in Quake/Quake2 or D3D games. What's
wrong?
Q: I have a Voodoo 3D card and a
Matrox Millenium, Millenium II or Mystique video card
installed in my system and I'm getting lockups when playing
GLQuake or Quake2. What can I do?
Q: I have Voodoo 3D card installed
in a system with a 2D/3D combo card. I want to use the other
card for Direct3D (D3D) applications. Is there anyway of
preventing the Voodoo 3D card from running a D3D application?
Q: Why is it so dark? The gamma
adjustments don't seem to help.
Q: I experience a fuzzy screen when
I have my Windows desktop set for high resolutions. What's
wrong?
Q: Why do I get a black screen when
I try to run a DOS game after playing GLQuake or some other
3D game on my Voodoo 3D card?
Q: I get a black screen when I run
GLQuake or Quake 2 on my Voodoo 3D card. I can hear the
sounds from the game, so I know it's running. What's wrong?
Q: My Voodoo 3D card doesn't work at
all - it won't run any of the demos or tests that came with
it, and GLQuake locks up. What's wrong?
Q: Why are all the colors messed up
when I play a game using my Voodoo 3D card?
Q: My 2D card uses the S3 chipset.
Why won't it work with my Voodoo 3D card?
Driver
Problems:
Q: My Voodoo drivers seem to be all
screwed up. How can I completely remove all my old drivers
and start over?
Q: Should I install the latest
version of DirectX?
Q: How can I remove DirectX and
install an earlier version?
Q: I've installed the latest DirectX
and now I can't run GLquake or Quake 2. What's wrong?
Q: I'm having trouble installing the
Monster 3D drivers. I aborted the installation of the drivers
the first time Win95 detected the card. If I try to install
the drivers manually now, it won't work.
Q: While installing the updated
drivers for the Monster 3D, Win95 asks me for the 3DFX
Direct3D driver disk. What is this?
Q: I just downloaded the Glide
run-time version 2.4 drivers and when I tried to install it I
got this message: "Glide run-time 2.4 requires
3DfxDirect3D v2.1 Voodoo Graphics drivers to run
correctly". Can you tell where I can get this?
QUAKE3 ARENA QUESTIONS:
Q:
I'm getting slowdowns in Q3A whenever a lot of gibs fly around, or when I fire
rockets. Anything I can do?
Q:
How do you disable the netgraph (lagometer) in Q3A?
Q: Is
there any way of improving the image quality in Q3A on a 3Dfx card?
Q: Is
there any way to eliminate the sky banding in Q3A on a Voodoo3 card?
KINGPIN QUESTIONS:
General
Questions:
Q: How
do I set cl_maxfps and rate properly for good Internet play?
Q:
Is there any way to bypass that annoying video that runs when you start Kingpin?
HALF-LIFE
QUESTIONS:
General
Questions:
Q: Will
Half-Life run properly in 3D under Windows 98?
Q: Does
Half-Life support Voodoo 3D cards?
Q: What 3D
cards does Half-Life run on?
Troubleshooting:
General
Problems:
Q:
I'm trying to play first-person shooter games with a Microsoft (Intellimouse
or Explorer) or Logitech Optical Mouse and it goes crazy when I try to make
sudden turns, usually ending up pointing me straight up. What gives?
Q:
Since I updated to Half-Life 1104, I'm getting an error when I try to run in
OpenGL Standard or 3Dfx Miniport using a 3Dfx Voodoo card saying it can't
find an OpenGL driver. What's wrong? 2/5/01
Q:
I'm
seeing lines through decals and/or shadows (Venetian blind effect). How can
I fix this?
Q: Why
is my mouse overly sensitive in Quake2 or other Quake engine
games after playing Half-Life since I upgraded to version
1.0.0.9 and Team Fortress Classic?
Q:
Sometimes I get a "Mutual Exclusion Error". What's
that and how can I fix it?
Q: I've
installed the version 1.0.0.8 update patch, but now I don't
see any blood, bullet holes or graffiti on the walls. What's
wrong?
Q: The
documentation with Half-Life says it requires Glide 2.54, but
2.54 only comes with the beta Voodoo2 drivers and I don't
want to install a beta. What should I do?
Q: I'm using the 3DNow miniport for
Quake2 with Half-Life and my crosshair is flying around all
over the place! Is there a fix for this?
Q: Is there any way to use the 3DNow
miniport with Half-Life?
Q: While playing Half-Life, the game
will often freeze or pause for a few seconds while the hard
drive light comes on (disk thrashing). Is there any way to
stop this?
Q: I
just upgraded to Windows 98, and it seems that Half-Life is
running slower. Why?
Q: I
can only play half-Life for a few minutes before is crashes
and locks up the computer, then I have to reboot. What's
wrong?
Visual Problems:
Q:
The menu animations in Half-Life move very slowly - is there any way to
speed them up?
Q: I get
a black screen when I run a game using my Voodoo 3D card. I
can hear the sounds from the game, so I know it's running.
What's wrong?
Q: Half-Life is very dark, and
turning up the brightness doesn't help much. What else can I
do?
Sound Problems:
Q: Why am I getting an error when trying to setup
or initialize voice-over-net using the Voice Tweak application? 9/22/01
Q: Why am I getting a "wave_out"
error when I try to run the Half-Life Voice Tweak application?
9/22/01
Q: How do I adjust the
voice and microphone volume in the Voice-Over-Net feature?
9/22/01
Q: The
sound is very choppy or stutters - it keeps cutting in and
out. Is there something wrong?
Multi-player
Problems:
Q: While
playing on a LAN or some other connection requiring an
ethernet card, my computer reboots or freezes during a game,
but it's fine in solo play. What's wrong?
Performance:
Q: Is
there anyway to prevent the custom graffiti logos from
loading while I play?
Q: I have a low-end system and would
like to improve my framerate in Half-Life. Are there any
adjustments?
Q: What
else can you suggest to get the best performance running Half-Life?
Q: How
do I setup Half-Life for good Internet play?
QUAKE II QUESTIONS:
NOTE: The
initial Quake 2 release was very buggy. You should make sure you
have, at the very least, upgraded to the Point Release (v3.12).
If you're playing online you must have the latest version
installed. You can find a link to the latest version in my files and drivers section.
General
Questions:
Q: Will
Quake2 run properly in 3D under Windows 98?
Q: Do I
need to install GLQuake to run Quake 2 on a Voodoo 3D card?
Q: Does
Quake 2 support Voodoo 3D cards?
Q: What 3D
cards does Quake2 run on?
Q: Which
3D card should I buy for Quake2?
Q:
What's the difference between the "Normal" 240 Mb
and the "Full" 350 Mb installs in Quake 2?
Q: Is the
new AMD K6 or K6-2 processor a good choice for playing Quake
2?
Q: Is
the Cyrix PR+ series of processors a good choice for playing
Quake 2?
Q: Can
I play Capture the Flag and other mods in Quake2?
Troubleshooting:
General
Problems:
Q: How
do you reset all of Quake2's console variables back to the
original default values?
Q:
Sometimes I get a "Mutual Exclusion Error". What's
that and how can I fix it?
Q:
After typing some tweaks at the Q2 console (or adding them to
the autoexec.cfg file) Q2 won't run now - I get the dreaded
gray screen. Removing the tweaks doesn't help. What do I do?
Q: I've
installed the latest version of DirectX and now I can't run
Quake 2. What's wrong?
Q: I
can't switch back to the Windows desktop while Quake2 is
running anymore, either by pressing the Win95 key or using
ALT-TAB. Is there anyway around this?
Q: I
just upgraded to Windows 98, and it seems that Quake 2 is
running slower. Why?
Q: I
can only play Quake 2 for a few minutes before is crashes and
locks up the computer, then I have to reboot. What's wrong?
Quake 2
Error Messages:
Q: Why
am I getting this error: "Missing Glide 2.x.dll"?
Q: Why am
I getting the following error: "Expected VXD ver ... got
..."?
Sound Problems:
Q: I'm
having sound problems in Quake2, what can I do?
Q: I'm
getting choppy sound in Quake2 using an Ensoniq AudioPCI
sound card. What can I do?
Visual Problems:
Q: I get
a black screen when I run a game using my Voodoo 3D card. I
can hear the sounds from the game, so I know it's running.
What's wrong?
Q: Why
is my player model flickering in the skin select screen in
Quake2?
Q: The game seems very jittery and stutters
or blurs when turning with the
mouse.
Q: Is
there any way to get rid of the screen flash when you pick up
weapons?
Q: How
can I disable the colored haze when swimming under water?
Q: I'm
having trouble playing Quake2 using a PCI bus modem. Is there
anything I can do?
Q:
Quake2 is very dark, and I can't turn up the brighness or the
gamma anymore without distorting the colors. What else can I
do?
Q: I'm
getting very noticeable horizontal lines in dark areas,
and/or purple and green splotches on textures in Quake2.
What's wrong?
Q: Why
am I seeing untextured or incorrectly textured triangles in
Quake2?
Q: How
can I enable shadows in Quake 2?
Q: Why
do my colors go crazy when I change resolution size or adjust
the texture detail in Quake 2?
Q: I
can't see any transparent water effects in Quake 2, how do I
turn them on?
Q: How
can I force Quake 2 to start in 512x384 resolution?
Q: How
can I keep Quake 2 from scrambling up my desktop icons?
Multi-player
problems:
Q: While
playing on a LAN or some other connection requiring an
ethernet card, my computer reboots or freezes during a game,
but it's fine in solo play. What's wrong?
Q:
Quake2 runs fine in solo, but always crashes after a few
minutes of multiplayer. What's wrong?
Q: How
do I set cl_maxfps and rate properly for good Internet play?
Q: I
have Win 95 and upgraded to DUN 1.3 and now my pings suck!
What can I do?
Q: Why am
I getting terrible lag and/or high pings while playing Quake2
on an Internet service provider that supports US Robotics X2
technology?
Why am I
getting terrible lag and/or high pings playing Quake2 since I
started using a US Robotics X2 56K modem?
Q: When
I play CTF 2 or some other mod, Quake 2 seems to be ignoring
the autoexec.cfg settings. Why?
Q: Why
is it sometimes I can't seem to get onto any Quake 2 servers
using GameSpy? It'll just repeatedly say "Connecting
to..." no matter what server I select until I reboot the
computer.
Q: How
do I get Zoid's Quake 2 CTF to work with GameSpy?
Q: When
I try to get on a Quake 2 CTF server using GameSpy, I get the
error "...couldn't load maps...". What's wrong?
Q: I'm
getting terrible lag when playing Quake 2 online, especially
when using a 3D card. What can I do?
Q: I'm
getting strange problems playing over the Internet or I'm
getting an ADDRNOTAVAIL error. What can I do?
Q: Why
is it that on some servers I get a low ping, but on others
the game play is real laggy or I get a lot of network errors?
Q: How
do I link two computers via modem to play Quake 2?
Q: How
do I setup Quake 2 for playing over a LAN?
How do
I connect to a Quake 2 master server in GameSpy?
Q: Why
is Quake 2 freezing when changing maps in a network game?
Hardware
problems
Q: While
playing Quake 2, the game will often freeze or pause for a
few seconds while the hard drive light comes on (disk
thrashing). Is there any way to stop this?
Performance:
Q: What
is an AUTOEXEC.CFG file and where can I find it?
Q: Can
I use 16-bit textures in Quake2?
Q: What
do you recommend for a custom config file for Quake 2?
Q: I'm a
keyboard player in Quake, but I'm getting my ass fragged in
Quake 2 in deathmatch. Is it better to learn to play Quake 2
using a mouse?
Q: How
can I enable shadows in Quake 2?
Q: How
can I get rid of the lag I get during large battles while
playing on the Internet in Quake 2?
Q: Can
I use a batch file to run Quake 2 as I used to run GLQuake?
Q: What
tweaks should I use with Quake 2?
What else
can you suggest to get the best performance running Quake 2?
Is
there any way to disable the joystick in Quake 2, as you can
in Quake, to improve performance?
GLQUAKE/QUAKEWORLD
QUESTIONS:
NOTE: You
should make sure you are running, at the very least, version 0.97
of GLQuake and version 2.21 of QuakeWorld. If you're playing
online you must have the latest version installed. You can find a
link to the latest version in my files and drivers
section.
General
Questions:
Q: So just what the heck is GLQuake?
Q: What is VQuake?
Q: Is GLQuake the same as WinQuake?
Q: What is QuakeWorld?
Q: Is there a version of QuakeWorld
that will run on a 3D card?
Q: Will GLQuake run on my system
without a 3D card?
Q: What 3D cards does GLQuake run
on?
Q: Which 3D card should I buy for
GLQuake?
Q: Where can I get GLQuake?
Q: Will GLQuake work with add-on
packs?
Q: How fast a computer do I need to
run GLQuake?
Q: What do I need to do to start
playing GLQuake right away?
Q: Is the new AMD K6 processor a
good choice for playing GLQuake?
Q: Is the Cyrix PR+ series of
processors a good choice for playing GLQuake?
Q: Would a 56K modem, cable modem,
or ISDN line give me better netplay in Quake or GLQuake?
Q: Will GLQuake run properly in 3D
under Windows 98?
Troubleshooting:
General
Problems:
Q: Sometimes I get a "Mutual
Exclusion Error". What's that and how can I fix it?
Q: I've installed the latest version
of DirectX and now I can't run GLQuake. What's wrong?
Q: I just upgraded to Windows 98,
and it seems that Quake 2 is running slower. Why?
Q: I can only play GLQuake for a few
minutes before is crashes and locks up the computer, then I
have to reboot. What's wrong?
Q: How do I get GLQuake to run in
800x600 or 1024x768?
Hardware Problems:
Q: While playing GLQuake, the game
will often freeze or pause for a few seconds while the hard
drive light comes on (disk thrashing). Is there any way to
stop this?
Q: Why doesn't GLQuake run on my
Videologic Apolcalypse 3Dx card?
GLQuake/GLQuakeworld
Error Messages:
Q: I'm getting an error when running
QuakeWorld from GameSpy saying that I need to update my game
browser. What's that all about?
Q: Why am I getting this error:
"Missing Glide 2.x.dll"?
Q: Why am I getting the following
error: "Expected VXD ver ... got ..."?
Q: I'm getting this error when I
join a server in GLQuakeWorld: "server returned 25 not
24, player dropped" - What's wrong?
Q: I'm getting a
"WGLCreateContent Failed" error, what's wrong?
Q: When I logon to a QuakeWorld
server, I often get a message saying I was disconnected or
I'm getting a network error. What gives?
Q: I get the message "no RGB
fullscreen modes available" when I run GLQuake. What
does this mean?
Q: Why am I getting this error when
I try to run GLQuake in 512 x 384 resolution: "The
specified video mode is not available"?
Problems with
Quake Mods, Conversions or Add-ons:
Q: I'm having a problem getting Team
Fortress working in GLQuake or GLQuake World. Where can I get
help?
Q: GLQuake slows down a lot in
certain areas of the Quake Mission Packs and Painkeep, what
can I do?
Q: The weapons in Shrak or other
total conversions don't look right. What's wrong?
Multi-player
problems:
Q: While playing on a LAN or some
other connection requiring an ethernet card, my computer
reboots or freezes during a game, but it's fine in solo play.
What's wrong?
Q: How do I set cl_maxfps and rate
properly for good Internet play?
Q: I have Win 95 and upgraded to DUN
1.3 and now my pings suck! What can I do?
Q: After upgrading to DirectX6, I'm
having trouble staying connected to QuakeWorld Servers. Is
there a fix for this?
Q: Why is it that on some servers I
get a low ping, but on others the game play is real laggy or
I get a lot of network errors?
Q: How do I link two computers
via modem to play GLQuake?
Q: How do I setup GLQuake for
playing over a LAN?
Q: How can I get rid of the lag I
get during large rocket battles while playing on the
Internet?
Q: I'm playing GLQuakeWorld and the
lag is terrible! I didn't have any lag using the regular
QuakeWorld client, and GLQuake runs smooth when played solo.
What gives?
Q: There's no direct serial or modem
option for multiplayer in GLQuake! Is there any way to link
two computers via modem?
Q: Why am I getting terrible lag
and/or high pings while playing GLQuakeWorld on an Internet
service provider that supports US Robotics X2 technology?
Why am I getting terrible lag and/or
high pings playing GLQuakeWorld since I started using a US
Robotics X2 56K modem?
Visual Problems:
Q: I get a black screen when I run a
game using my Voodoo 3D card. I can hear the sounds from the
game, so I know it's running. What's wrong?
Q: Why do I get a black screen when
I try to run a DOS game after playing GLQuake or some other
3D game on my Voodoo 3D card?
Q: Is there any way to get rid of
the screen flash when you pick up weapons?
Q: I'm having trouble playing Quake
using a PCI bus modem. Is there anything I can do?
Q: I'm getting very noticeable
horizontal lines in dark areas, and/or purple and green
splotches on textures in GLQuake. What's wrong?
Q: Quake seems very jittery and
stutters or blurs when turning with the mouse.
Q: What is causing my toolbar to
flicker in GLQuake or GLQuakeWorld?
Q: Why do I get a
"WGLCreateContext failed" error when I try to run
GLQuake in 1024x768 using two Voodoo2 cards in SLI mode?
Q: How can I enable transparent
water in GLQuake?
Q: How can I disable the colored
haze when swimming under water?
Q: How can I enable shadows in
GLQuake?
Q: I can't stand playing against
idiots who wear all black skins in QuakeWorld! Is there
anyway to change their skins?
Q: Why am I seeing untextured or
incorrectly textured triangles in GLQuake?
Q: Why is it when I return to
Windows after playing GLQuake, my desktop icons are all
shuffled around?
Q: How can I run GLQuake at 512 x
384 resolution?
Q: Explosions don't light up dark
areas like they do in regular Quake. Is there a fix for this?
Q: What is it with that stupid and
annoying 3Dfx logo, and how can I get rid of it?
Q: What's with the weird orange
glowing ball effect when the bad guys shoot, and is there
anyway to get rid of it?
Q: Why does everything in GLQuake
look so large, and is there any way of making the status bar
and text smaller?
Q: Why is it so dark? The gamma
adjustments don't seem to help.
Miscellaneous
Questions:
Q: Okay, so I've added all these
switches to my command line like you've recommended, but the
line is so long now that Quake isn't picking up the last
couple of switches on the command line. How do I create the
custom .cfg file you mentioned?
Q: After adding several lines to my
AUTOEXEC.BAT file for my Monster 3D, I'm now getting an error
when the computer boots up saying I'm "Out of
Environment Space". How do I fix this?
Why am I getting an "Out of
Environment Space" error?
Sound Problems:
Q: The sound is very choppy or
stutters - it keeps cutting in and out. Is there something
wrong?
Q: I get a message saying the
DirectSound device not not found, using wave sound. The sound
works, but it sounds delayed. How can I fix this?
Performance:
Q: What do you recommend I use for
performance settings in GLQuake?
Q: How can I use a batch file to run
GLQuake?
Q: How can I get rid of the lag I
get during large rocket battles while playing on the
Internet?
Q: Is there any way of making the
weapon you're carrying invisible in GLQuake as you could in
regular Quake using the FOV command?
Q: Wow, GLQuake looks so damn good,
there can't be any way to make it look even better. Or is
there?
Q: How can I disable the colored
haze when swimming under water?
Q: How can I enable shadows in
GLQuake?
Q: How can I enable reflections in
GLQuake?
Q: How can I enable transparent
water in GLQuake?
Q: How can I enable normal source
lighting (real light) in GLQuake (ie: Get rid of the orange
ball light)?
Q: What else can you suggest to get
the best performance running GLQuake?
Q: What about over-clocking and
other "tweaks" I've heard about?
Q: I see on some Usenet groups that
people are suggesting that Voodoo 3D cards be run at a 60Hz
vertical refresh frequency, and that this improves the speed.
Is this true?
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