Gohan Report post Posted July 24, 2009 Lol, well, everyone who reads forums can guess how I'm suddenly fixing this... Ok, well, Thyralax already gave me 2 links to driver updates which were in this: Ati latest catalyst http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wind...ofessional/Home probably want to use the full suite for that one secondary download from the saphire companty but this suite is a little older so might not work as well...but worth a try if the first one doesnt. http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/d...295&pid=111 If all this fails id recomend, when he gets tot he sign in screen, hit options and turn all graphics options off (enable poor man, make sure reflections,shadows etc are off) then if EL loads. slowly turn the options back on one by one, and dont forget the ATI mouse bug if having troubles clicking on things smile.gif I tried the first one, it completely weirdo's out with an error that didn't even make sense and closed the install. I tried the second, which installed just fine (the 9.4, first one under windows). Initially, I tried it with my old install + the 1.8 update and I got as far as logging in with a black screen and ghost characters again. I then made a clean install with a fresh load of files and everything. Tried it with the fresh drivers and err... well, the old install worked better, because it crashed. Difference (I think) between my old install and the new install, is that my old install is somewhere bugged in the first place. I made a mess somewhere when there was a camera update and things. And I was stuck on the old system rather then the new one, I didn't mind it either way, so I stuck to that. Probably it's making the difference of crashing or not on login. I'm using a Sapphire RADEON X1600 PRO (+secondary) (512MB). Got some ATI Catalyst drivers, currently installed is the new one, which is the 9.4. I did notice it said on the download page that some drivers don't work properly with EL anyway, so I guess maybe it's just no use. My drivers changed almost a year ago because my old one overheated due to not enough cooling and I got my brothers drivers instead. Well anyway, if ya got any ideas, I'm sure I'll be reminded of checking this topic later. -Gohan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyralax Report post Posted July 25, 2009 Did you try the poor man option? Also the error log would be helpful, that usually sheds some light on the problem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gohan Report post Posted July 25, 2009 Yes, I did, no luck with that either. This is the error log with the fresh install and the 9.4 drivers. Log started at 2009-07-24 23:25:40 localtime (Romance (zomertijd)) [23:25:40] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [23:25:40] Using the server profile: main [23:25:40] Warning: Didn't find your data_dir, using the current directory instead. Please correct this in your el.ini . Given data_dir was: "c:\Program Files\Eternal Lands". Using "G:\Games\Eternal Lands". [23:25:40] Window size adjusted to 1018x702 [23:25:47] Hmm... This mode seems to fall back in software 'acceleration'. Trying to disable the stencil buffer. [23:25:54] Hmm... No luck without a stencil buffer either... Let's try one more thing... [23:26:03] Damn, it seems that you are out of luck, we are in the software mode now, so the game will be veeeeery slow. If you DO have a 3D accelerated card, try to update your OpenGl drivers... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_multitexture extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_point_sprite extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_texture_compression extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_shadow extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_EXT_framebuffer_object extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_EXT_draw_range_elements extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_fragment_program extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_vertex_program extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_fragment_shader extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_vertex_shader extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_shader_objects extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_shading_language_100 extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ARB_texture_rectangle extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_EXT_fog_coord extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc extension, not using it... [23:26:04] Couldn't find the GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc extension, not using it... [23:26:06] Error opening sound configuration file [23:26:15] Error: Can't open file "quest.log" [23:26:15] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates180/files.lst [23:26:15] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates180/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com [23:26:16] Error: Can't open file "alias.ini" [23:26:16] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates180/files.lst [23:26:17] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates180/files.lst [23:26:17] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates180/files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com [23:26:17] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates180/files.lst [23:26:17] Failed to download (files.lst) 3 times. Giving up. [23:26:17] * server www.eternal-lands.com filename http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates/custom_files.lst [23:26:17] Downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates/custom_files.lst from www.eternal-lands.com [23:26:17] Finished downloading http://www.eternal-lands.com/updates/custom_files.lst [23:26:18] Language changed, was [en] now [en] [23:28:07] Error: Can't open file "spells_gohan.dat" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gampa Report post Posted July 26, 2009 The Radeon X1600 has been moved to ATI's legacy driver support structure. So you'll need Catalyst 9.3 or earlier. 9.4 does not support your card (see all the ", not using it..." messages when initializing the GL_* Extensions). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gohan Report post Posted July 26, 2009 I had the 9.1 Catalyst drivers before and they didn't run it either. -Gohan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyralax Report post Posted July 26, 2009 Might want to try the 9.3 drivers then http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wind...ted_mce-xp.aspx (this should be catalyst v9.3) Thanks Gampa let us know how it goes gohan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gohan Report post Posted July 26, 2009 Log started at 2009-07-27 00:29:09 localtime (Romance (zomertijd)) [00:29:09] Error: Server profile not found in servers.lst for server: Lands\el.exe". Failover to server: main. [00:29:09] Using the server profile: main [00:29:09] Warning: Didn't find your data_dir, using the current directory instead. Please correct this in your el.ini . Given data_dir was: "d:\Eternal Lands". Using "F:\games\EL New Client From Major Update\Kopie van Eternal Lands\Eternal Lands". [00:29:09] Window size adjusted to 1018x702 Just crashes as I want to open now, doesn't even go to login. Does that have to do possible with the data_dir thing or something? I dunno really. -Gohan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gohan Report post Posted July 26, 2009 Well, after the last driver update and more help and stuff being tried out, I guess it simply won't work. ^^ It's ok I guess. Thanks for all the help tho, Thyralax and Gampa. -Gohan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Piper Report post Posted July 26, 2009 Well, after the last driver update and more help and stuff being tried out, I guess it simply won't work. ^^It's ok I guess. Thanks for all the help tho, Thyralax and Gampa. -Gohan Keep in mind, that you can try out older driver versions also. Maybe they work on your computer. So dont give up that easily Piper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gohan Report post Posted July 26, 2009 I could sit here for hours to try and fix it, simply to get on the game for those few people... The most important which I can reach through other programs anyhow. And eventually I can play games who're nicer on my computer and should be more difficult to run, but they don't give problems. :/ Perhaps one day after I find a job and put my own computer together instead of being on this old one, I'll download EL and get on it and hopefully without having to go through a bunch of hassle to make it work. -Gohan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vormavius Report post Posted August 1, 2009 howdy all I've been trying to log in the game on the last days, and unsucessfull too, and I have the same graphic card, ati x1650 pro. Tried on Windows 7 and fedora 11. Windows 7 logins into the game, but crashes after my char appears at bank. On Fedora, just crashes my computer, I need to push the reset button. Maybe this gfx card has some issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites