please help me! i will explain whats wrong and i hope you can help...
i installed need for speed underground 2 onto my computer. it all went fine until i started playing on it... it opened up all ok and as soon as i got into the car to start playing everything was working apart from there was no surroundings. there was a speedometer and you could hear sound. is this to do with my graphics card thing? i dont no much about computers so i don't know! i looked at the support under the game directory. i clicked on directx where it came up with 5 online things. i would paste the website but there is no website for them. this is an exaple of the first one...
D:\Program Files\Games\EA GAMES\Need for Speed Underground 2\Support\EA Help\DirectX\DX_Check_Direct3D.htm
i carried out as they said and most of them were good. There were 2 which my directx was wrong on. the first one, i do not think matters so much. it says that there should be DirectDraw Acceleration, Direct3D Acceleration, and AGP Texture Acceleration. It says they should all be enabled as they have shown in a picture. The only one that has a red circle around it is the Direct3D Acceleration which it then says "WARNING: If Direct3D Acceleration is not enabled and a button is not available to enable it, your game will not be able to run reliably. Contact either your computer or video card manufacturer for assistance." however, on my directx, it says that this is enabled. the DirectDraw Acceleration is also enabled but the AGP Texture Acceleraion is not enabled and says this is not available. The second problem is on another one of the website things. This is "Check for Signed Drivers" it says under the display section that "You should see a version number in the right hand section of the window and whether or not your display driver is certified or has a WHQL logo. A WHQL logo indicates the driver has been tested by Microsoft, and that the driver has not been modified since it has been tested. Note that newer Windows 98 and Windows Millennium drivers may lack this logo, as driver testing is no longer performed on these operating systems" I looked and it said that it had not been checked. i then looked further down and at the bottom of the page it said... 'The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.'
i do not know whether my problem is to do with this but i guessed it was. i have no idea what to do now. i can give you what it says under the directx about my system...
Device
Name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce2 MX 100
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Approx. Total Memory: 64.0MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60 Hz)
Monitor: CTX 1451
Drivers
Main Driver: nv4_disp.dll
Version: 5.12.0001.0776 (English)
Date: 18/03/2001 19:37:00
WHQL Logo'd: No
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
VDD: n/a
DDI Version: 7
it is on windows 2000. i hope this helps and please please please help me out!!! if theres anything else, just ask me and i can try and tell you.
thanks a lot
i installed need for speed underground 2 onto my computer. it all went fine until i started playing on it... it opened up all ok and as soon as i got into the car to start playing everything was working apart from there was no surroundings. there was a speedometer and you could hear sound. is this to do with my graphics card thing? i dont no much about computers so i don't know! i looked at the support under the game directory. i clicked on directx where it came up with 5 online things. i would paste the website but there is no website for them. this is an exaple of the first one...
D:\Program Files\Games\EA GAMES\Need for Speed Underground 2\Support\EA Help\DirectX\DX_Check_Direct3D.htm
i carried out as they said and most of them were good. There were 2 which my directx was wrong on. the first one, i do not think matters so much. it says that there should be DirectDraw Acceleration, Direct3D Acceleration, and AGP Texture Acceleration. It says they should all be enabled as they have shown in a picture. The only one that has a red circle around it is the Direct3D Acceleration which it then says "WARNING: If Direct3D Acceleration is not enabled and a button is not available to enable it, your game will not be able to run reliably. Contact either your computer or video card manufacturer for assistance." however, on my directx, it says that this is enabled. the DirectDraw Acceleration is also enabled but the AGP Texture Acceleraion is not enabled and says this is not available. The second problem is on another one of the website things. This is "Check for Signed Drivers" it says under the display section that "You should see a version number in the right hand section of the window and whether or not your display driver is certified or has a WHQL logo. A WHQL logo indicates the driver has been tested by Microsoft, and that the driver has not been modified since it has been tested. Note that newer Windows 98 and Windows Millennium drivers may lack this logo, as driver testing is no longer performed on these operating systems" I looked and it said that it had not been checked. i then looked further down and at the bottom of the page it said... 'The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.'
i do not know whether my problem is to do with this but i guessed it was. i have no idea what to do now. i can give you what it says under the directx about my system...
Device
Name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce2 MX 100
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Approx. Total Memory: 64.0MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60 Hz)
Monitor: CTX 1451
Drivers
Main Driver: nv4_disp.dll
Version: 5.12.0001.0776 (English)
Date: 18/03/2001 19:37:00
WHQL Logo'd: No
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
VDD: n/a
DDI Version: 7
it is on windows 2000. i hope this helps and please please please help me out!!! if theres anything else, just ask me and i can try and tell you.
thanks a lot