hardware failed to switch to the specified mode

Tsurani

i haven't changed my video drivers for a few months but they are the most recent. i installed the game last week played a few times without any issues, no scripts, and today i get the following error. so i wiped the game out cleaned my reg and rebooted then reinstalled and i still can't get it to play. i get the error message saying "hardware failed to switch to the specified mode" right after the cmd box closes


I play on a Win Vista Home 32 with integrated IBM video card 3g ram

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Tribes2.exe
Application Version: 0.25034.0.0
Application Timestamp: 3dc05b85
Fault Module Name: OpenGL2D3D.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 3dc05b8c
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00004409
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.2
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

Red Shifter

Tsurani February 2010

integrated IBM video card

...what? You might want to read your specifications more closely.

Blakhart

Hi
Cut and paste the dll to elsewhere outside the t2 folder and try again.

Tsurani

Red February 2010

Tsurani February 2010

integrated IBM video card

...what? You might want to read your specifications more closely.

re read what i said, i played fine for a few days (more like a 7 days about 20hrs a day) then all of a sudden blah. i play all the latest MMO's and FPS with out a problem. my system is more than capable of running T2. so what you are trying to say is that it ran it without a hitch for a few days purely via luck?


Model : Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz
Speed : 2GHz
Total Memory : 3GB DDR2 SO-DIMM 2x 333MHz (666MHz)
Video Adapter : Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family (10 SM4.0, 1.4GB DDR3, Integrated Graphics
Wireless Adapter 1 : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter (802.11g (ERP), TKIP, 54Mbps)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows Vista Home 6.00.6002 (Service Pack 2)

Blakhart February 2010

Hi
Cut and paste the dll to elsewhere outside the t2 folder and try again.

ya already tried that and nothing

Blakhart

delete all dso files in each folder inside the base folder and try again

Thyth

This is a problem with the mode switching instruction to the graphics card driver.

I know you're not strictly getting an Unhandled Exception, but the Misc Solutions in the FAQ (see http://www.tribesnext.com/forum/index.php?topic=1337.0), specifically setting windowed mode, or setting bit depth in your prefs file to 16 or 32 bit (and/or resolution to same as your desktop display if fullscreen) should resolve this.

Tsurani

Blakhart February 2010

delete all dso files in each folder inside the base folder and try again

already did that

Thyth February 2010

This is a problem with the mode switching instruction to the graphics card driver.

I know you're not strictly getting an Unhandled Exception, but the Misc Solutions in the FAQ (see http://www.tribesnext.com/forum/index.php?topic=1337.0), specifically setting windowed mode, or setting bit depth in your prefs file to 16 or 32 bit (and/or resolution to same as your desktop display if fullscreen) should resolve this.

i can't do this because i don't have a ClientPrefs.cs file it won't even get that far to make one. literally the cmd box closes and a get a grey screen and the error pops up.

Gah guess i will have to install this on my other pc, it's a dinosaur but it's the one i played on back in the day

Thyth

You can create a ClientPrefs.cs file in base/prefs with the values in the FAQ.

Phantom139

To set to windowed mode:

$pref::Video::fullScreen = "0";

I have the same issue with my laptop, but I play windowed anyways, so that was the fix for me.

kerryoco

Phantom139 February 2010

To set to windowed mode:

$pref::Video::fullScreen = "0";

I have the same issue with my laptop, but I play windowed anyways, so that was the fix for me.

this seems to have worked for me.

Dayuppy

Here: http://www.tribesnext.com/forum/index.php?topic=1969.msg20075#msg20075