Simviation Forum - Serious problems with Gmax

Mar 19^th, 2006 at 8:13am

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I've just installed Gmax from the cd and registered it and all that stuff. When it fires up for the first time it asks what driver i want to use. Can anyone advise me on what to do here as every option i tried caused an error. I went on the gmax forums but i couldnt follow what they were saying. Thanks.

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Reply #1 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 9:55am

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1. What kind of vid card are you using?

2. What are your system specs?

3. Try using the HEIDI drivers. They always work for me . . .

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Reply #2 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 10:52am

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I'm not sure how to find out the video card type for this pc.

I'm running Xp Home with AMD athlon 2800+ with 512mb of ram.

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Reply #3 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 11:56am

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Ok go to start-> settings-> control panel->system-->click the hardware tab, select device manager, then click the + sign at display adaptors. Whatever it says below that should be your graphics card.

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Reply #4 - Mar 19^th, 2006 at 9:34pm

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There is a little program called Belarc advisor that will go through your computer and tell you everything about it. from your CPU to the software and service packs you have. It is free to down load. It is at
www.belarc.com
Just click ont hte free download link at the top and down load and install the Belarc advisor.
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Reply #5 - Mar 20^th, 2006 at 10:47am

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Right, after a bit of searching i have got this info:

RADEON 9800 SE

' ' secondary

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Reply #6 - Mar 20^th, 2006 at 6:42pm

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Might try going to...customize.....preferences....Viewports...Choose Driver and set...."HEIDI----> Software Z Buffer. Also, update your drivers with what radeon has to offer, remember for your exact card.. Wink

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Reply #7 - Mar 21^st, 2006 at 10:51am

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thats all well and good but it doesnt even get it to the normal screen. i get a spash screen

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Reply #8 - Mar 21^st, 2006 at 12:19pm

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thats all well and good but it doesnt even get it to the normal screen. i get a spash screen

right click on your gmax startup icon on the desktop,

click on properties.

in the "target" box, you should see something like:

"C:\gmax\gmax.exe"

Change it to:

"C:\gmax\gmax.exe -H"

(note: Bold -H for emphasis).

This will cause your gmax to start in the "heidi" software driver configuration.

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Reply #9 - Mar 22^nd, 2006 at 11:23am

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Do Not Try This At Home but when I saw that message I clicked the big

X

and it closed and Gmax works just fine.

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Reply #10 - Mar 22^nd, 2006 at 3:57pm

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wji has a good point. gmax will generally open with a bit of a splash screen/box asking you to continue or go to the 'discreet' website. If that's what you're coming up with, then all you have to do is to click either "continue" or close the box (wji's "X") and gmax should open normally.

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Reply #11 - Mar 23^rd, 2006 at 5:48am

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Actualy, if you click on the discreet icon it will contineu to start, offcourse it will also open your default browsers with the turbosquid website active.

http://white-line.org/&&;

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Reply #12 - Apr 5^th, 2006 at 1:19pm

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you said your driver is called radeon 9800 secondary....

well.. secondary stands for the secondary output of the card (the second port) and it only work if your using 2 monitors.... there is a driver for each port

if youre only seeing the secondary driver in the device list, i´d reinstall the radeon´s drivers.... that might fix the issue.....

this card should have no problem at all running gmax in direct3d mode...(actually it is damn good at it)

c ya

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