StaffSaberist Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I decided to do some retro-gaming today, taking advantage of being home sick, but I ended up doing more debugging than playing. And I still can't get it. It seems that any time I turn on 3D Accel for 16-bit textures, the game crashes as soon as I try to return to game/load a level. I've tried all resolutions, the "buffer in memory" option, and all that, and none work with 3D on. I need this on for JK to look normal - otherwise, really kick-butt levels like Spiral's "Haven" levels look all fruity and pixelated. I've also tried using Compatibility Mode with no luck. Is my PC too good for retro nowadays? Everything related to performance: nVidia e-GeForce 7800 AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 3 GB DDR Memory I'm thinking it may be the GPU, since I upgraded from the 6600 not too long ago. This is a depressing thought: I may not be able to JK anymore! Anyone know of a fix for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde_ Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Hey! look, i play JK in a really old comp, so i never even tryed to set things to make it run in a new comp... but i know people who figured out how to make it work in the most modern comps out there (with win vista and all) so i know it can be done... but idk how... (i'll see if i can get some of these guys to help you out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akanwa Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Hey have you tried disabling the aiming crosshair? I had the exact same prob as you. Modern gear and all. I tried everything I could think of, then I turned off the crosshair and the game runs fine. Problem now is I can't aim well at distant objects! (but that could just be me....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffSaberist Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 That did it! Major props to you for that fix. You are awesome. Next question, the next logical step and one I don't think anyone can answer: What the HELL does the crosshair have to do with 3D Acceleration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akanwa Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Thanks. Stumbled on it by total accident. I'm trying to remember back to when this game first came out. Wasn't the crosshair really clean and defined? Almost like a vector effect rather than being a sprite overlayed on the HUD.... Maybe I'm way off, and it still doesn't explain why it would kill the game...Baffling. Anyone ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I'm no expert, but my guess is, that in 3D Accel mode, they used some call or function in the old version of DirectX to draw the crosshair with transparency, and then in subsequent DirectX versions, what they used was phased out, so now that you have DirectX 9.0c or w/e, it tries to call the old function which throws some exception and the engine quits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKLE_Cougar Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Yo there is a way to fix this download the latest unoffical patch for JK http://jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=292§ion=downloads I had the same problem this fixes it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffSaberist Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 Heck, not only does this fix it, it fixed the problem I was about to post (namely, crash every time I try to load anything. Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKLE_Cougar Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 NP Also if you play MP it adds Team Chat which is very usefull in CTF... incase anyone was interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffSaberist Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Wait... loading is still messed up. If I die, I can instantly reload the last save (as it's supposed to), but if I start up the game and go to the SP load menu... the load will crash the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKLE_Cougar Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 it could be a bad file maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffSaberist Posted September 23, 2007 Author Share Posted September 23, 2007 Every time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKLE_Cougar Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 hmmm not sure maybe you should ask on the hub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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