weird demo problem

vfb · #1 December 9th, 2007, 09:00 AM

A friend of mine used --noglext to get around the problem of having a no-so-good video card, you might want to try that if that option is available on Windows.

theenemy · #2 December 9th, 2007, 12:29 PM

This --noglext thing, what is it? I've read in some threads around here about it, but when my friend tries to run it, he only gets a message that it cannot be found.

theenemy · #3 December 10th, 2007, 11:38 AM

Well, me and my pal played a hotseat game of Dominions 3 and he really liked it!
But the problem is still unsolved and I know that I wouldn't like to pay 50 bucks for something that still won't work.

Torin · #4 December 10th, 2007, 11:47 AM

maybe you should wait till you get a better graphics card.

Gresh · #5 December 10th, 2007, 12:36 PM

I had this problem with the demo-under Windows XP-that an alt-tab would cause the menus and such to become transparent and very hard or impossible to read. I bought the game and installed patch 3.10. I still get the transparency issue for a second or two then it resolves back to normal. There appears to be a fix for this in either the game or the patch, making me a happy camper. Also, playing in the windowed mode makes moving around outside the game without having to alt-tab easy.

If you are getting this outside of alt-tabbing I have no advice beyond updating drivers.

theenemy · #6 December 10th, 2007, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Torin said:
maybe you should wait till you get a better graphics card.

Well, my friend can run games like Dawn of War and Supreme Commander without bigger problems, so...

Daynarr · #7 December 10th, 2007, 12:57 PM

Try pressing Alt+Enter two times. This usually helps resolve problem as it turns game into windowed mode and then back to full screen.

theenemy · #8 December 10th, 2007, 02:51 PM

^
Tried that, but it got even worse(until we restarted the demo).
Has anyone else around here had a problem with THE DEMO. I can understand that they fixed the issue in the retail version(never had the problem myself)but I mean... THE DEMO!
Ehm, we are not really "computer people", we are more like "computer gaming people" so can anyone hook me up with the latest information on OpenGL and ATI graphic cards?