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WARNING! DIRECT X 6.0

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  • 10-12-1998 11:01am
    #1
    Jaden
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭



    Lo all,
    Lads, I need help BIGTIME. I am Quakeless, no Winquake, no Quakeworld and incidently no Real Audio player. (Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh). I was running Direct X 5 yesterday, and everything was fine. I installed 6.0 after downloading it from the Microsoft site, and now I get an "Illegial operation" error when I start Quake up. DOS quake will work, and so will WQ.bat in verysafe mode, so it's deff Direct X. Do not suggest uninstalling 6.0 as this can't be done by normal methods. Trying to install 5.0 again gives an illegial operation error too, as does going into the Direct X tools application. The uninstall part doesn't actually uninstall Direct X 6.0, it just pretends to disable it. Deleting the directory doesn't work either. I can't go on this way, sitting looking at my machine. No-one, even Daaa or Death (or me) deserves this. Cmon guys, I need help here, someone somewhere must have gotten this before, or someone must know how to cure it. There is no way I will consider reformat just to fix this poxy thing.


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    #2
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    When I downloaded Dx6, Quake2 wouldnt run (along with most other 3dfx games), until i downloaded the Glide 2.54 drivers from www.3dfx.com.

    I dont know if this will make any difference to Quake or not, but it did the trick for q2 and the other stuff like Halflife, so maybe give that a try.


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    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    That's if you're using a 3d card, btw. If you're not, i have no idea what the prob is.


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    #4
    Scarab
    Closed Accounts Posts: 273 ✭✭Scarab


    Try starting Quake with -nodirectdraw,
    have to run it like that in college and it doesnt really give us any problems.


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    #5
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    There are 2 version's of directX 6 out.Both windows 95 and 98 versions.Did you install the right version for whichever Os you have on your puter.Try reinstalling directx 6 agin(look for it on any cover disc)as the version you d/l might be corrupt.Serve's ya right for being a q1 girly anyway :P


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    Rev Hellfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,346 ✭✭✭Rev Hellfire


    You wouldnt pray tell be running windows 98 ?
    I seem to remember there been a wee spot of trouble with that and DX6. Theres a special win98 version now of direct X 6.

    maybe..


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    Creed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Creed


    Dx6Core.exe is the Win98 jobbie.
    Could also be your sound drivers, they will default to Dx too......
    Try running C\ProgramFiles\Directx\Setup\DxDiag.exe and test the Sound and Vid options.


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