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new computer woes...

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 8:59 pm
by Truckeye
pentium4, 17" flat screen, 128 RAM, game runs fine..but the colors are a bit off. lots of red trees, blue bayonets, pinks on the menu screen. please help!

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 9:04 pm
by Belisarius
update your graphic card drivers?

what card do you have, btw? :p

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 10:07 pm
by Truckeye
update? the game worked great on my 5yr old pc with win95. now ive got a new one with winXP and new "stuff" and have to update my new computer to do something my dinosaur did fine? how do i find out what i have on my computer? im not used to the XP yet.

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 11:04 pm
by Truckeye
Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.4GHz w/ 512K L2 Advanced Transfer Cache and 533MHz FSB

Memory
256MB DDR SDRAM (Limited Time Promotion)

Storage
40GB UATA100 5400RPM Hard Drive

Media Drives
3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive
48x/24x/48x CD-RW

Graphics & Monitor
17" Color Monitor (15.9" viewable area)
Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics with up to 64MB Dynamic Video Memory

Audio & Speakers
Integrated Stereo Audio
GCS300™ Speakers

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 1:29 am
by Jim1954
Truckeye, I think what Bel was getting at was the fact that if that is an older monitor and you're on a new PC, then sometimes the drivers that translate the little bitty bits of data to display may need to be updated, especially possible if you changed your operating system... i.e. from ? to XP. Sometimes it is as simple as going into my computer, display and changing the color settings there. I have seen goofy things happen that sometimes defy explanation.

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 7:12 am
by Truckeye
new monitor and new computer. was win95, now xp. what do i chage the monitor settings to?

Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 7:17 am
by Supervisor
Try 800x600 16 bit, and see if it makes any difference.:)

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 2:38 am
by Truckeye
that definatley helped. i see that part of the problem is the larger screen too. makes the pixles look bigger. ill just zoom out a little! thanks for the help.

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2003 6:58 pm
by Supervisor
No problem, as technology increases it tends to leave older coded games behind when it comes too graphics. Forcing us to readjust our settings to make due. Try tinkering with the display settings you may find some higher resolutions 1280x1024 32bit may look good too.