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Re: GlQuake I on the TNT

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From: Trif
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 00:00
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If you have the nvidia drivers installed, with the opengl ICD, then
rename the opengl32.dll in the quake directory. It is not needed once
you have an ICD installed.

gbuckle1@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> 
> In article <73ouer$2h8o$1@news-inn.inet.tele.dk>,
>   "KTN" <THURE@POST8.TELE.DK> wrote:
> > Just got a CL RivaTNT and it rocks on my PII300@450. Quake II runs amazing.
> >
> > BUT do you play Quake I on the TNT?
> >
> > Anyone ...?
> >
> > Signed
> >
> > Thure
> > I'm trying to find out how to make GLQuake run on my STB 4400 with Nvidia TNT
> 
> chip. I can't get the GL version to run at all, my machine either locks up or
> runs at about 1/4 frame per second. I've tried both the Windows opengl32.dll
> in the Quake folder and in the Windows/System folder, each one
> separately,both, and neither. I picked up a reference to a
> specific-to-RivaTNT .dll file that would allow proper operation, but I can't
> find it anywhere. Tech support from STB is closed for a few days, I'll try
> them and post the results if they work. BTW, I've tried the latest drivers
> from STB AND Nvidia plus the latest BIOS from STB as well as the latest bios
> for my motherboard that was supposed to correct a problem with the
> motherboard and the Riva chip. None of this has helped either. Also, my AMD
> system with a 350MHz chip, 64megs 100 SDRAM, and a state of the art 100Mhz
> bus motherboard will only run 17FPS in regular Quake II and everybody on the
> net claims 40 or 50 with similar setups. I don't know if the GL setup for
> Quake II is correct or not, I'm really trying to solve the Quake/GL Quake
> problem first. Any advice (please make explanations complete) appreciated
> 
> >
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Gary Bucklew
> Carburetor Injection Specialty
> Largo, Fl. 33771
> 
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Subject: Re: GlQuake I on the TNT
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