PLEASE HELP!!!

[Eviscerator]

Does anyone play Unreal anymore besides me???Anyway,This should be an easy one since it deals with the original unreal. Actually my question is two-fold
Ive been happily playind unreal for some time now and recently added the latest patch. Everything fine. Been a happy fragger for a few months now. All of the sudden the damn game wont even start. I get the little "unreal" sign on the screen, but no log in window. When i hit "ctrl+alt+delete", It says unreal not responding.
So I uninstall, then re- install with patch. Same thing. It starts up in safe mode though... So I repeat the process without the patch. It runs, but now I get no sound! What the ****??? ...PLEASE help. it is getting lonely around here without people to frag!!!
THANKS!!!!!
PS... Could it be that I need to update the sound card? How do I find out exactly what I have in my system? (The old man's computer).
I know its A3D but thats all.
Thanks again!

[This message has been edited by Eviscerator (edited 04-06-2000).]

 

[El Gordo]

The "latest" patch is 226a, I have the link if you need it. The most recent version available for download from Epic is 225f. A3D sound works in 226a but not in 225f, so if you have 3D sound enabled but your audio card drivers are old and buggy then your system may crash when it tries to play the first sound.
Start the game in "safe" mode and go into advanced options and disable 3D sound, reverb and surround.
One other thing: Unreal tends not to like running on overclocked processors.

El Gordo

 

[Rythmic Tic]

What do you reckon is going on here?

I've been able to play Unreal1 online no problem, then I installed my network card drivers, and since then I have not been able to access the advanced options in glide mode.
At first I could not even play online.
I wiped my drive after backing up important stuff, reinstalled windows 95b, reinstalled the 3dfx beta drivers, and re-installed unreal+225f patch.
Now I can play online, but I still cannot access the advanced options in glide mode!
Any Ideas?

 

[El Gordo]

The 3dfx drivers will crash with a protected mode error when trying to switch from full-screen to windowed mode (eg when accessing the advanced menu) under win95. They are stable under win98 though.
If you need to access advanced options, load up unreal in safe mode and do it from there.

El Gordo

"The big one"

 

[Eviscerator]

Thanks ElGordo for answering. But I dont know if thats the answer entirely. I can play the game without the patch , but there is no sound. so the patch isnt making it silent. And Ive played it WITH the 225 patch for some time. It sounds credible though that that's why it could be crashing.I dont know...
Oh and by the way. We got this computer as a Package. I have little info about its internal components but I think its a sound chipset using A3D and not a card. It DOES use A3D though. I downloaded the 225 patch and made the game sound staticy for a while(until it decided to just not start), but seemed to run fine. Ive installed the damn game 4 times already with the same results. Oh well. Thanks again for the help. If you send me the patch Ill try that and THEN give up... ;0)
THANKS!!!

[This message has been edited by Eviscerator (edited 04-17-2000).]

[This message has been edited by Eviscerator (edited 04-17-2000).]

 

[El Gordo]

See my reply in your other thread. BTW, if you use A3D it will hit you for 5 - 10 fps, so I hope you have a powerful system !

El Gordo

"The big one"