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Gpick · May 2005

<div class="IPBDescription">Software mode is not supported by NS</div> Software mode is not supported by Natural selection. What does this mean. it comes up every time i join a game and nothing works. Whats wrong? is there anything i can do?

BlueNovember · May 2005

NS only supports OpenGL, and to some extent, Direct3D. I'm afraid if your graphics card does not support OpenGL you cannot play NS.

If your card is reasonably modern (last 2 years) it should certainly support OpenGL. If you're unsure, post your specifications and we'll check for you.

EPcreep · May 2005

go to video mode under options and select opengl or d3d(options is when u are in game

Lt_Patch · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlueNovember @ May 22 2005, 07:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> NS only supports OpenGL, and to some extent, Direct3D. I'm afraid if your graphics card does not support OpenGL you cannot play NS.

If your card is reasonably modern (last 2 years) it should certainly support OpenGL. If you're unsure, post your specifications and we'll check for you.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
BlueN

*pickiness*
Half-Life, as a game, is starting to creep on a bit. My copy of HL:Platinum packhas the copyright listed as something like 1998 (i think). Any card that has been made for the last 6 or 7 years will work with NS
*/pickness*

BlueNovember · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lt Patch @ May 22 2005, 09:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlueNovember @ May 22 2005, 07:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> NS only supports OpenGL, and to some extent, Direct3D. I'm afraid if your graphics card does not support OpenGL you cannot play NS.

If your card is reasonably modern (last 2 years) it should certainly support OpenGL. If you're unsure, post your specifications and we'll check for you. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
BlueN

*pickiness*
Half-Life, as a game, is starting to creep on a bit. My copy of HL:Platinum packhas the copyright listed as something like 1998 (i think). Any card that has been made for the last 6 or 7 years will work with NS
*/pickness* </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I agree, but...
<ul><li>anything bought in 1998 would have been upgraded, as 512k hard drives just don't cut it</li><li>I'd prefer to give an answer that's exclusive than inclusive. "Ooo my PC is 5 years old, but it still runs! I'm lucky!" VS "Damn, my PC is 5 years old, which is less old than 7 years old, but it does not have OpenGL support. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />"</li><li>In 1998 people who had PCs did not necessarily have the technologies of that year. Although I think OpenGL was around LONG before 1998/HL.</li></ul><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Lt.Patch, if you stop correcting my minor tech support quibbles, I'll stop tearing holes in your blatant mistakes. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> ;P
Edit: List-ified ftw

cryforme · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlueNovember @ May 23 2005, 10:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I agree, but...<ul><li>anything bought in 1998 would have been upgraded, as <b>512k hard drives just don't cut it</b></li><li>I'd prefer to give an answer that's exclusive than inclusive. "Ooo my PC is 5 years old, but it still runs! I'm lucky!" VS "Damn, my PC is 5 years old, which is less old than 7 years old, but it does not have OpenGL support. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />"</li><li>In 1998 people who had PCs did not necessarily have the technologies of that year. Although I think OpenGL was around LONG before 1998/HL.</li></ul><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Lt.Patch, if you stop correcting my minor tech support quibbles, I'll stop tearing holes in your blatant mistakes. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> ;P
Edit: List-ified ftw  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
512k hard drives?!?! I havent seen a 512k hard drive since my parents traded in their apple IIe for an old macintosh in like 1991. By 1998 we had a computer with 2 512 <b>MB</b> hard drives, which is what i think you meant. Windows 3.1 couldnt even be installed on a 512k hd, much less 95, 98, or HL.

Lt_Patch · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BlueNovember @ May 23 2005, 03:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Lt.Patch, if you stop correcting my minor tech support quibbles, I'll stop tearing holes in your blatant mistakes. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> ;P
 </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
*rolls over in submission*
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pulsar · May 2005

i had the same problem but i played aroung with the modes it had and D3D worked on mine so choose that it might work

if not i dont know

Pulsar

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BlueNovember · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (cryforme @ May 24 2005, 10:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> 512k hard drives?!?! I havent seen a 512k hard drive since my parents traded in their apple IIe for an old macintosh in like 1991. By 1998 we had a computer with 2 512 <b>MB</b> hard drives, which is what i think you meant. Windows 3.1 couldnt even be installed on a 512k hd, much less 95, 98, or HL.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
It was an exageration, but yes, it was misleading.
I've never had an Apple nor a Mac; I started from the 486. (Unless a GameBoy comes in before that)

Drfuzzy · May 2005

Lol, best question ever <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

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