problem with starting bulldozer

[ThEoNeAnDoNlY 0]

hey, i have read the post by SCREAm about this subject but it diddnt really help as my graphics card is not geforce.

basically when i try to load up Bulldozer, it says

something about there being no glide present

and then sasy

Cannot create 3d device ATI radeon 9800pro

and then some other carp.

any ideas of how to fix this?

Guy

[hardrock 1]

- restart the comp is often a help for me

- if your ofp is working copy the flashpoint.cfg from the ofp root to the buldozer root

[Mr_Tea 0]

Try another driver, it may help.

I got this problem last year with my geforce card. When i got that message, I had to open the driver menu. After that ofp starts without the error. With a newer driver version the problem was gone.

[hellfish6 7]

Moving to troubleshooting.

[Llauma 0]

You need to change the settings in the O2 options.. Click on the external viewer and add this this in the value field.

c:\buldozer.exe -noland -dx -window

Just change the dir to where your buldozer is located. I think you are trying to run with 3DFX glide so by adding -dx you'll run with Direct3D which your card supports.

By the way this should go into the oxygen forum.

[BraTTy 0]

Ya this topic should be "problem with starting bulldozer" rather than "problem with starting opflash"

Llauma nailed it right on the head!

[ThEoNeAnDoNlY 0]

yea its just i used to get this problem starting opflash before, the only way i could play the ame was with FDF mod. but then i re-formatted and it works.

Guy

[ThEoNeAnDoNlY 0]

ok, i tried putting c:\buldozer.exe -noland -dx -window into the value field etc. and it diddnt work .

just says could not start external viewer when i try to start up O2.

Guy

[MrZig 0]

create a .bat file in your folder yer using

then edit that .bat to have this in it:

SUBST Z: C:\Yourfolder

As long as you dont have a Z: drive it should work.

Then change your O2 preferences to have the buldozer load up from the faked Z:\ drive.

[ThEoNeAnDoNlY 0]

already done that im afraid.

man this is annoying, it used to happen to my origional flashpoint too, i think it happens if i whack the graphics up too much but im not sure.

Guy

[BraTTy 0]

Does your Operation Flashpoint run OK? Try copying the "flashpoint.cfg" from the Operation Flashpoint directory to your O2/Bulldozer directory.