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OpenGL Launch Problem Issues with OpenGL, have spent several hours searching for answer and tried many methods.
Posted 5 months ago, last post 4 months ago by arf the fiendish
Arf the Fiendish .	7 Replies 1,314 Views 1 Favorite Undefined Class (?)	Closed
Hello Gents and Gentets! I have been online for some time now searching for a remedy to a rather irksome problem of mine. earlier today, I could run Half Life in regular old OpenGL mode, as always. This changed when I deleted my user profile (On Windows XP) and created a new one. Now, whenever i begin Half Life i get an error message stating that "The specefied video mode is not supported. The game will now run in software mode" The computer is stubbornly adamant regarding this, and i have tried various solutions proposed to other people both on this forum and others. Some include:Placing the nvoglnt.dll file (From WINDOWS/SYSTEM32) in the gldrv folder and changing the text in the drvmap from "Default Default gldrv/3dfxgl.dll 3Dfx Mini Driver" To "Default Default gldrv/nvoglnt.dll OpenGL Driver". Setting launch options through steam to attempt to force the mode (-gl) Uninstalling drivers, rebooting in safe mode and cleaning with Driver Cleaner Pro, then reinstalling drivers from Nvidia. I have also upgraded to DX10 in attempts to rectify this issue. My Graphics card is an ancient Nvidia MX, you may all laugh at me for that :). Until earlier today, as i said, this was not a program and opengl ran fine at 1152 screen resolution. Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thank you all kindly for reviewing my problem. Arf The Fiendish

	N3Z90 . Banned \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
Have you tried to launch the game with -w 800 -h 600 for example? The graphic settings are saved in the registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Half-Life\Settings maybe these settings are damaged or gone you could also type: -gldrv nvoglnt.dll in the startparameters Have you tried reinstalling it?
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	Ph34rTh3R34p3r . \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 5 months ago
If you have an Nvidia card, restart your computer, go into safe mode, delete your Nvidia drivers, restart, download the newest Nvidia driver, restart, and try again. It should work.

	Arf the Fiendish . \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 4 months ago
As i said Reaper, I already did that. Pehaps you should have read the entire post? :P

	. Lolumad? \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 4 months ago
Lol, Reinstall it, That tends to fix things

	Arf the Fiendish . \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 4 months ago
Reinstalling it did not work, nor did the -gldrv nvoglnt.dll command. What is this about the registry? please elabourate. i've never heard of it before.

	N3Z90 . Banned \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 4 months ago
Start --> execute: type "regedit" without the "" go to that directory: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\Half-Life\Settings there are the display settings with your current resolution saved it should be like that (that would be a resolution of 1600x1200): "ValveKey"="" "EngineDLL"="hw.dll" "ScreenWindowed"=dword:00000000 "CrashInitializingVideoMode"=dword:00000000 "ScreenWidth"=dword:00000640 "ScreenHeight"=dword:000004b0 "ScreenBPP"=dword:00000020 "User Token 2"="" "User Token 3"="" "EngineD3D"=dword:00000000 "io"="1215446588" "DELV"=dword:00000002 "yeK1"="D5307FFCAD2D0F27543A46F1858663E9B57E618D3F32E5A99798E4A0F9E1D6F49C547DA12760CE8F0227BA79839C4C090492C00652B 98AEE416133A3474C69038DEC555C3ECFA8FBEE6731E3A0D3D1E4FC120CA5BC6E07F250DAD93768A886F0B118D32C9BDAE904F486F7AECD863B7CBFDCB2EC4B545A4B8D39578DB23861" "yeK2"="655960B8A01EBD9B3A2D54EB77D08E970206AC7FB8EE5AE1476B8A20F844DFE5A6FF8C14140FA0FE7A4069B2A70AE94E74DBC17DE0AB" but these settings should be there because you reinstalled it. BTW do other games with opengl work?
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	Arf the Fiendish . \| Y2M	x 0
	Posted 4 months ago
The "Enginedll=hw.dll line read "Enginedll=sw.dll" instead of what it should have been. after rectifying that, i updated the Nvoglnt.dll file with the newest one and tried running OpenGl on 32 bit textures with high resolution. It worked :) thank you all so much for your help, i can now enjoy my SvenCoop and Half-Life related adventures once again! Hope this thread helps others with the same issue! Arf