Need Help! Software Mode Not Supported?

FuzzyFuzzy Join Date: 2004-09-20 Member: 31822Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">I need help lol</div> When i try to join a game it says

software mode not supported by natural selection...

i can hear people talk but the screens all black. whats wrong?

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  • ANdreW1ANdreW1 Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23125Members
    This should be in Tech Support, if an admin sees this put it there please.
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  • AlkillerAlkiller Join Date: 2004-05-23 Member: 28847Members
    Fuzzy, Natural-Selection does not support software mode.

    What you have to do is go into options, then click the video tab.
    Look for a pull down menu that says "Software".
    Change it to OpenGL.
    Restart NS.

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  • FuzzyFuzzy Join Date: 2004-09-20 Member: 31822Members
    nopez.... when i change it and press ok or apply it gets out of the game and says it doesnt support that video mode. it will now switch to software mode
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  • EdgeEdge Join Date: 2003-10-20 Member: 21820Members, Constellation
    Download the latest drivers for your video card. Do you have a video card? What type?
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  • mirrodinmirrodin Join Date: 2004-06-29 Member: 29621Members
    It's not this card. NS doesn't support software mode to the best of my knowledge.
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    mirrodin, but apparently HL claims openGL is not supported on his hardware/drivers.
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  • FireStormFireStorm Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7390Members
    If updating your video card drivers won't work, try to download the latest DirectX and switch to Direct3D mode. HL may use the DX's HEL (hardware emulation layer) which would let you play NS at a very low framerate...
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  • MrGarrisonMrGarrison Join Date: 2004-09-08 Member: 31522Members
    that happened to me and all i did was re-install n.s and tried it again
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  • ZephyrYHKZephyrYHK Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28130Members
    I've had this problem a while ago after i switched computers. I kept my old vid card and it didnt stay in OpenGL. If you have nvidia (geforce) then go to www.nvidia.com (is that right?) and download the latest drivers.
    You dont need to reinstall, i think.
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  • murphyt4murphyt4 Join Date: 2003-12-12 Member: 24297Members, Constellation
    I just reformatted my comp. I have nvidia gforce, had same prob got drivers and it worked on Opengl
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  • StoatBringerStoatBringer Join Date: 2003-06-09 Member: 17144Members, Constellation
    IIRC the default Windows OpenGL driver is a very old Microsoft software-only driver, supporting an out-of-date version of OpenGL (1.1 or 1.2, I think). If you install the drivers specific to your video card they will include the latest OpenGL hardware driver.

    Occasionally you can select some odd combination of screen resolution/depth (or try to force it to do anti-aliasing or something) that the hardware driver does not support, in which case it will fall back on the crappy old software driver.
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  • DantemssDantemss Join Date: 2003-12-13 Member: 24305Members
    There are some cards that simply don't support OpenGL. If that's your case, use D3D. I only know one, though. (My old 4mb trident video card)
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