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superfly86
12-10-2006, 01:20
http://images1.fotosik.pl/209/2a904895fad32c18m.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/pelny/2a904895fad32c18.html)
I can't run the game, when i choose a class and diffculty i have this what's on screen. I changed resolution in options etc. but it's for nothing.
I have Athlon 2000XP, VIA KT4V, Geforce 5200 256MB, 1GB ram, Windows XP SP 2
Please help me
Muyfa666
12-10-2006, 01:29
Basically, the only thing you can do is to buy a new card. If the card can't handle the game, it's less than likely that you can force it to. Sorry.
Joe Forster/STA
12-10-2006, 05:18
Contact the publisher. Also, try DOWNgrading your video card drivers.

(@Muyfa666: This is an old game, from 2001! ;))
DABhand
12-10-2006, 07:19
Unfortunately AVP was around when Cirrus Logic was still making GFX cards and Creative.

The gold Version no doubt will not get updated, so your newer card will not be recognised by it. I suggest if you can change a setting in a file, for it to use software mode rendering (your machine is powerful enough to do that and have it run smooth)
superfly86
12-10-2006, 11:19
Unfortunately AVP was around when Cirrus Logic was still making GFX cards and Creative.

The gold Version no doubt will not get updated, so your newer card will not be recognised by it. I suggest if you can change a setting in a file, for it to use software mode rendering (your machine is powerful enough to do that and have it run smooth)

In software game will look really bad, is there any emulator of old graphic card ?

Basically, the only thing you can do is to buy a new card.
LOL ?Maybe GFFX 7800 ?
Joe Forster/STA
12-10-2006, 11:32
Send me an E-mail reminder and I'll dig out AvP Gold this weekend and see if it (still) works on my current PC (Athlon 3200+, Geforce 6600GT, Windows XP).
superfly86
12-10-2006, 11:43
Maybe you will look at forums later, and you remember about this :).
Ah, and compatibilty modes didn't give nothing
Joe Forster/STA
12-10-2006, 13:18
Believe me, I won't remember; I forget not very important tasks within minutes... ;)
kosmiq
13-10-2006, 13:28
The problem with the game is that the game is oh so old and with all newer cards there will one of two possible errors:
the above mentioned error from the creator
you get picture and the game starts but graphics are f'ed.
Joe Forster/STA
13-10-2006, 14:39
I've tried it, under Windows XP; you can start a mission but you will see nothing at all, other than the lights on the walls. I can't reboot to Windows 98 right now but, perhaps, it should work properly there... Will keep you informed!
kosmiq
13-10-2006, 14:49
I've tried it, under Windows XP; you can start a mission but you will see nothing at all, other than the lights on the walls. I can't reboot to Windows 98 right now but, perhaps, it should work properly there... Will keep you informed!

You get either that problem or the error the thread starter gets. Either way, there doesn't seem to be any other fix than to play with very old drivers or older O/S.
Sulio
13-10-2006, 20:43
The solution is quite easy - you have to rename the game executable from avp.exe to avpg.exe (case insensitive). After that, you shouldn't have any problems running it. :cool:
DABhand
13-10-2006, 20:47
say what?
Sulio
13-10-2006, 21:15
Apparently, on some systems the game engine gets confused and thinks it's running a vanilla AvP and causes problems. When you rename the executable the engine recognizes that it's AvP gold and the problems go away.

I should know, it took me days to find about this issue and get my copy of AvP to work ;). Also tested the fix by unistalling and reinstalling the game a couple of times - it worked everytime.
Grumpy
13-10-2006, 22:04
you have to rename the game executable from avp.exe to avpg.exe
Damn I wish I had the Gold version so I could test that fix!
Sounds like a bizarre method but if it works all well and good. ;)
Joe Forster/STA
14-10-2006, 01:11
@Sulio: No luck here! :( Can you send me your (cracked) AVP(G).EXE, in an E-mail attachment or via Web upload, so that I can try it? Thanks!
superfly86
14-10-2006, 05:18
Hm, i installed
84.21_forceware_winxp2k_international_whql
and now all is fine
Joe Forster/STA
03-11-2006, 13:52
Yeah, I just tried it on my about 5 year old PC (Intel P4 2 GHz, ATI Radeon 7000, video drivers from 2005 November) and it definitely works under Windows XP.

Another, similarly strange experience is when Blood 2 didn't work anymore (still under Windows 98): the main menu was blinking (bad double bufferring?). It turned out that newer nVidia Detonator drivers behaved differently than older ones... Great! <sigh>