Rendering problems!

[Sangman]

Hello people,

I recently reinstalled Unreal again but as you can guess I can't get the game to run in anything else than Software mode. I installed the official "Final" patch but that doesn't help.

Direct3D, when I run it fullscreen, makes the game run like a Powerpoint presentation.

OpenGL just doesn't work at all and the game doesn't even start up when I use that.

Using the S3 Metal thing gives me the notification that it couldn't find metal.dll - I think the last time I played Unreal I used this renderer, but I don't know how I got it working then and I can't find the DLL file for it anywhere.

I think that last time around I saw a message from someone on these forums as well who uploaded a fix for every rendering mode, but I'm not sure if it was on this forum and I can't find the post.

If anyone could help me out with this that'd be grand

 

[Creavion]

Well you could install this Unreal Patch 227 (can be found on oldunreal.com) and then try D3D8 or D3D9.

 

[Freddie]

Sangman,

My MeTaldrv.dll is located in my Unreal System folder. I don't know how it got there, but it likely got there when I installed Unreal. An updated version likely is included with Patch 226f and with Patch 227f, but I'm not positive of that.

In any case, take a look in the System folder to determine whether it's there. It should be. Let us know what you find. You have an S3 graphics card or chip, right?

Freddie

 

[Freddie]

Sangman,

I just noticed you said metal.dll (not metaldrv.dll). I think you can download that .dll, like from this site:

http://fenopy.com/search/metal+dll.html?files=1

I don't know whether those downloads work, but you get the idea. Use google to locate whatever works. If one doesn't work, remove it and try again.

Freddie

 

[Sangman]

Thanks for the suggestions Freddie, but the unofficial patch 227 of OldUnreal fixed all my problems as far as I can see