I have an HP a1250n media center pc. with 3800amd athlon 64 X 2 Processor, Realtek ac97 soundcard, ati pci express 200 video. I have updated to the latest drivers on both the soundcard and video card. Quake 4 starts with the very first splash screen, then just doesn't start, appears to close immediately. Any Ideas...
My xfire is close... i updated my driver... when i start the game, when the game start in full screen mod, i got a black screen, i can ear my monitor (viewsonic pf745) changing mod (sound like "clic") and the game close, and come back to windows. :(
It seem to be a video problem... but i wish is not that the game dont support All in wonder 9800 pro card...
My roommate had same problem. He upgraded his drivers on his soundblaster audigy, that fixed it for him. I have different soundcard, upgrading drivers didn't work on mine.
The latest drivers are catalyst 5.10 and they don't work with Q4. it just flipps back to windows again. So you should use Catalyst 5.9.
If you have a Radeon card and get green or black textures: Rightclick the quicklaunch icon and add: +seta r_renderer "ARB" in the "target" field, so it should look something like this: "C:\Program\id Software\Quake 4\Quake4.exe" +seta r_renderer "ARB"
The game works for me on a HP laptop. AMD Athlon 64 2.0GHz ATi Mobility radeon Xpress 200 512RAM
#15 Same, works fine. Works a lot better if you tweak the picmip and some other items in the config so you can hit an fps level over 20-25 (a whopping 40 now) at 1024x768. From what I think I've read, Q4 is heavily dependant on CPU.
Can someone give me the link for the old radeon 5.9 driver--I cannot find it on the ati site-- it's like they removed it??? Im having the same problem some of you have mentioned... q4 goes in and then exits within 3 seconds... I cant do anything
I've tried using both the 5.9 driver and the 5.10 driver for my ati 9800xt card. I've updated my sound card drivers for my sound blaster audigy 2 nx. I still keep getting a crash to desktop after the splash screen and a very brief black screen. I've tried re-installing directx 9.0c. The only thing I haven't done yet was trying to re-install my .net framework...
AHH FINALLY! Here's a quote from another forum I stumbled upon. THIS ACTUALLY WORKS! In Reply To #9 <quote by="Blimpo"> I've been having this issue all day and even tried other sound cards I had around the house. Finally found a fix that worked for me. Seems to be an issue with OpenAL 2.0. Try downloading the OpenAL codec from here http://www.openal.org/downloads.html after I installed it, it loaded right up.</quote> THANK YOU! THIS WORKS! I'VE REINSTALLED EVERY DRIVER AND DONE EVERYTHING AND IT DIDN'T WORK UNTIL I INSTALLED THIS!!
Diva i have a radeon 9800 pro, 128 mb, and the latest catalyst drivers 5.10 correct? i havent stopped playing quake 4 since i got i :), the latest catalyst drivers i know work for a radeon 9800 pro 128 mb.
If you are having hardware problems and you have an Audigy Sound card THIS is the source of your problems.
I've had various hardware failures since i put Quake 4 on my machine, Removing the Audigy and using the Onboard sound STOPPED all my problems.
It is strange how all the faults appeared to be Video related
I am going to use the Audio drivers that came with the card and not update to the new ones as ive read elsewhere that the new drivers are causing all kinds of problems.
Creative dont seem to have a decent Open AL patch for the Audigy or the X-Fi Cards - Although i am going to try the patch Kitono Suggested.
If you select OPENAL in the Quake 4 menu and the game crashes all the time and it will not give you the choice to Unselect OpenAL just open the game directory ,Open q4base then look for the Quake4config file then open it with notepad, look for 'seta s_useOpenAL "1"' and change the '1' to a '0' this will switch off the OpenAL support and let you put the game on again - It saves you having to uninstall all the time.
For ref i am using Nvidia Geforce 6800GT + Latest Drivers P4 3.2 GHZ @ 3.6GHZ 1 GIG 3200 DDR Audigy 2 ZS
Why the Quake 4 team used OPenAL is crazy I have just completed F.E.A.R. and this has run perfectly.
Hi im having problems with quake4 i install quke 4 with a cd key and once i try to put the game back on it asks for another cd key and the cd key i already used isnt working anybody any answer plz. CHEERS
Quake 4 won't play
Any Ideas...
It seem to be a video problem... but i wish is not that the game dont support All in wonder 9800 pro card...
it just flipps back to windows again. So you should use Catalyst 5.9.
If you have a Radeon card and get green or black textures:
Rightclick the quicklaunch icon and add:
+seta r_renderer "ARB"
in the "target" field, so it should look something like this:
"C:\Program\id Software\Quake 4\Quake4.exe" +seta r_renderer "ARB"
The game works for me on a HP laptop.
AMD Athlon 64 2.0GHz
ATi Mobility radeon Xpress 200
512RAM
Though I get very low FPS, like down to 10FPS in certain places in MP.
I also use this tweaked config:
http://www.inevitabledemise.com/td/q4/
Happy fragging!
// Divin1ty
or wait.. is that a laptop?
I heard that the splash screen issue could also be because of outdated SOUND drivers.
That's it!! (in my case I got an audigy 2) .
thx a lot to all of you!!
So where can I find the 5.9 driver????
Help much appreciated!!
diamond
#13
HIGHFIVE dude! Enjoy the fragging.
#14
If you meen my comp, it is a laptop
#15
Are you shure you have 5.10?
Everybody else have the same problem with them.
// Diva aka Divin1ty
I still keep getting a crash to desktop after the splash screen and a very brief black screen. I've tried re-installing directx 9.0c. The only thing I haven't done yet was trying to re-install my .net framework...
Does anyone have any suggestions?
In Reply To #9
<quote by="Blimpo">
I've been having this issue all day and even tried other sound cards I had around the house. Finally found a fix that worked for me. Seems to be an issue with OpenAL 2.0.
Try downloading the OpenAL codec from here http://www.openal.org/downloads.html
after I installed it, it loaded right up.</quote>
THANK YOU! THIS WORKS! I'VE REINSTALLED EVERY DRIVER AND DONE EVERYTHING AND IT DIDN'T WORK UNTIL I INSTALLED THIS!!
I've had various hardware failures since i put Quake 4 on my machine, Removing the Audigy and using the Onboard sound STOPPED all my problems.
It is strange how all the faults appeared to be Video related
I am going to use the Audio drivers that came with the card and not update to the new ones as ive read elsewhere that the new drivers are causing all kinds of problems.
Creative dont seem to have a decent Open AL patch for the Audigy or the X-Fi Cards - Although i am going to try the patch Kitono Suggested.
If you select OPENAL in the Quake 4 menu and the game crashes all the time and it will not give you the choice to Unselect OpenAL just open the game directory ,Open q4base then look for the Quake4config file then open it with notepad, look for 'seta s_useOpenAL "1"' and change the '1' to a '0' this will switch off the OpenAL support and let you put the game on again - It saves you having to uninstall all the time.
For ref i am using Nvidia Geforce 6800GT + Latest Drivers
P4 3.2 GHZ @ 3.6GHZ
1 GIG 3200 DDR
Audigy 2 ZS
Why the Quake 4 team used OPenAL is crazy I have just completed F.E.A.R. and this has run perfectly.
Hope this helps!
Thanks a lot Kitono!!