Operation Flashpoint and Ati? Help!

[Colicab]

Ok im a huge ofp-r fan and have been playing since day one of this games release, im soz i just cant get enuff of this game lol that is until recently when i upgraded from a geforce fx 5200 128mb to my new Radeon 9600 xt 256mb.

now when ever i start the game i get this error and the game quits instantly on startup. any idea why? note im using the latest patch and catalyst drivers.

[Dr.MAD]

Strange. Install the latest DirectX... maybe it will help

[DarkShadow19]

Are you sure you set the new card as the default video card? Did you try downgrading the video card drivers?

[Colicab]

Its deff aware of the card :p as i even set it up in the preferences before starting the game.

Ive tried with 3 diff drivers now aswell

[paradoxdream]

list all hard ware and O/s and service packs

and u got rid of old drivers even old left over files from them and reg entry

[NorthViking]

Hope this helps mate.


Q: I cannot start Operation Flashpoint with errror message "Cannot create 3D". I have Geforce and latest drivers. Im using 16 bit color depth.


A: Following steps may help:

(1) If you have nVidia TnT or GeForce / GeForce 2 card and you are running in 16-bit mode, you must check in D3D settings "Adjust Z-buffer depth to match render buffer depth".

"Adjust Z-buffer depth ..." option can be found this way:
Right click on desktop >Properties >Settings >Advanced > Geforce bookmark >Additional Properties > Direct3d setting.

(2) Use lower resolution. This may help especially if you have graphics card with 8 or 16 MB of RAM.

(3) Edit line "refresh=;" to "refresh=0;" or "refresh=60;" in your Flashpoint.cfg. If there is no such line, add it. (4) Test DirectX 8: Run DxDiag and perform Direct3D test. If anything is reported as not working, reinstall DirectX and/or graphics card drivers.


Also try and install the latest game patch.
http://www.flashpoint1985.com/download/download.html

[Colicab]

Ok well thnk you all but id like to post this as it seems to fix the issue :

OperationFlshpoint Radeon 9600 Fix
1. Create a copy of the OFP-R shortcut.

2. Right click and properties.

3. Add -nomap to the end of the link it gives

4. So it looks like "C;\ofp\game\files\" -nomap