Anyone seen any fixes for Quake 4 (or maybe Doom 3) when it just crashes to desktop? When I run quake4.exe I get the Q4 logo splash, the video mode changes and the screen goes black, then it dumps me immediately back to desktop. There's no errors or anything. I'm running on an AMD64 with a Geforce 6800 (just updated drivers to 78.01s) and an AC97 onboard sound (just updated to latest drivers offered on Asus website for my motherboard, A8V).

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Make sure your pak files aren't corrupt? I tried removing the intro movies quickly and it did the same thing.

Activision Support Page and if that doesn't work try disabling your sound card and trying

last edited by BoBa at 09:50:42 21/Oct/05

did Q4 work alright b4 you updated drivers if so just roll them back, not all updates are better..... its all i could think of, not sure if you knew :)

You should get yourself an Audigy 2 ZS card dude instead of the onboard sound. Dunno if that'll help but it's an awesome card.

if he did that his hardware would be pretty much the same as mine (athlon64 3500, 6800gt, a8v, audigy2 zs) and quake4 works great for me.

The newest NVidia drivers are 81.85
Give them a go...

The newest NVidia drivers are 81.85

Hey, so they are - weird, I got redirected to the 78.01's from Steam so I just figured they were the latest.

did Q4 work alright b4 you updated drivers

Nah its never worked :(

trog, i remember someone on ocau was reporting a similar problem. Apparently they found a mention of this error on planetquake and the solution was:

had the same problem, found a fix on planetquake forums,

download this and install it
http://www.openal.org/downloads.html
like 300k OpenAL codec, runs perfectly now!!!!

i havent had this problem, so can't comment on whether it works or not.

your pc is broked :(

Installed both the OpenAL codec and the latest nvidia drivers, still no go :(

Aha - boba's post says I need to be in 32bit desktop colour, so I changed that - now I get the quake4 dialog thingy with a new error:

ound: STEREO
X..GL_ARB_multitexture not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_env_combine not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_cube_map not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_env_add not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
X..GL_NV_blend_square not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_compression not found
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
WARNING: rvServerScanGUI::Clear() - invalid scanGUI

Shutting down sound hardware
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem

The flashign error at the top is 'texture compression unavailable'

try
image_usePrecompressedTextures "0"
image_useCompression "0"
in the config

gah fixed - had to switch BOTH my monitors to 32bit mode before it would work. LAME!

I still stand by the soundcard upgrade though!

8-)

man 32bit desktop sucks! its noticably slower than 16bit - not a lot, but I really notice it in firefox rendering pages.

Game performance is lower with dual displays enabled either way, Ultramon adds another tab into the program shortcut property window to allow the disablement/re-enablement of secondary displays on program launch/exit.

you need one of these trog: http://www.nissan.com.au/patrol/msummary_st.asp

I don't need to mow down any schoolkids... YET

posted this in the other thread yesterday

i was having the same issue

http://developer.creative.com/articles/article.asp?cat=1&sbcat=31&top=38&aid=46

install that, its got to do with your soundcard.

Game performance is lower with dual displays enabled either way, Ultramon adds another tab into the program shortcut property window to allow the disablement/re-enablement of secondary displays on program launch/exit.

Omfg you rock scuzzwah.. I knew you were useful for something!

jim sux at the internet :)

E R R O R - P A G E N O T F O U N D

The page you have accessed is no longer available on the Nissan Australia website.

was your computer turned on when you clicked the link?!@ (it needs to be)

works fine :)

Yeah I had that stuff happen to me, all I did was reinstall dx9c and turn of vsync and it stopped.

Q4 was worth the money ;) http://2defi.ausgamers.com/movies/q4.avi

ok jim, I take it back. opera sux at the internet. wtf? deny me access because I use opera? dirty nissan.

that is pretty dirty

anyone else get issues with mouse craping itself when trying to move quick

using a razer diamondback.. works fine in all other games i've tried