Payback white screen

[motorollin]

I've just downloaded the Payback demo from Aminet. I enabled hardware acceleration and chose 1024x768 on my Voodoo. When I ran the game, a screen opened with a title bar, which was then decorated with a VisualPrefs gadget in the top right hand corner, and the machine reset. I disabled VisualPrefs and tried again, and this time the game ran without crashing but all I got on the display was a white screen. The game was running because I could hear sound. I rebooted and tried it at 640x480, and the same thing happened. I then tried a PAL screenmode and the game ran (but performance was crap). I tested the 1024x768 screenmode in Picasso96Mode and it displayed the testcard fine.

Anyone else had this problem?

Cheers

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moto

[motorollin]

What should I set it to?

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moto

[motorollin]

Ok I just checked and I didn't have ENVARC:Mediator/MMU. I created the file using ED and entered the word YES in the file, and saved it. I rebooted and the same thing happened :-( Did I do it right?

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moto

[motorollin]

I don't know if Warp3D is installed. Do I need this?

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moto

[motorollin]

Thanks Nasty. I just installed Warp3D from the Mediator CD and the same thing happened. I don't know if it's the version Apex are recommending though. I'll try their version in a bit. Do I also need the updated version of Payback to get it to work on a Mediator? Does that update require the full game or does it with with the demo?

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moto

[motorollin]

I did install the Warp3D version from the Apex web site and also the latest version of the demo. When I run any of the Warp3D demos, the same thing happens (just a white screen). So the problem would appear to be with the setup of the graphics card, not the game. A quick butchers at your Voodoo settings would probably help :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

Is ENVARC:Mediator a directory or a file? On my system (68k) it's a directory, so I assumed the MMU=no has to go in a file called MMU with the word no in it? Or do I have to create a text file called Mediator with those settings in it?

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moto

[motorollin]

Thanks Nasty, MedConfig fixed it. I just told it what hardware I'm using then accepted their recommended settings, and the game now displays. Unforunately the performance is crap. The game itself runs at (literally) one frame per second. This happens even in the lowest res hardware accelerated screenmode available :-( Any idea why it's so slow?

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moto

[motorollin]

I've just tried that, and performace was *much* better. Even so, the game was only playable at 320x240. Presumably this is because performance is limited by my 040?

I don't understand why the hardware accelerated screenmodes perform so poorly. I thought Payback supported hardware accelerated graphics cards?

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moto

[motorollin]

CLS2086 wrote:
Hi,
you need at least a 060/50 to get a nice working game in "Medium RES", whatever if you are in AGA or CGX.

That sucks :-( Makes me wonder why I bothered with the Voodoo :roll:

Thanks for clearing it up for me anyway.

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moto

[motorollin]

Anyone want to donate an 060?

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moto

[motorollin]

nasty wrote:
I'll give you ,my nice 060/240 if you go around and beat the crap out of the nvidia useless support people.

Will do  :-P

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moto