Battlezone 1

Seems that "How your Bz looks like" thread was too complicated for you. I guess uploading of pictures turned some of you off. It was supposed to help us make database of working and not working systems (with BZ), to be able to isolate general problems and fix them after enough info is gathered. BZ almost died when WinXP came and today we have XP fix, so everything is possible. I'm sick of seeing 1 player playing BZ on Vista with no issues, other player having major graphical issues and third uninstalling BZ cause of constant UE's. Let's help each other!

Ok, now new topic and no excuses this time. Post your system specs here and say whether BZ works for you in HW mode or not. If not, say does it work in SW mode and Window mode. Only thing that matters about your specs is Windows with bit version, graphic card with driver version and how much GB of RAM. Of course, say what you did to make it working if it didn't work with default values (like XP compatibility). Also, you should say if you don't have the newest BZ installer (with all patches and fixes, and with BZ options and render.cfg already configured for most PC's).

I have next:

WinXP, 32bit
ATI HD4850, Catalyst 9.9 (latest)
3 GB of RAM
- everything works flawlessly

Win7, 64bit (WinXP compatibility on bzone.exe due 4GB of RAM)
ATI HD4850, Catalyst 9.9 (latest)
4 GB of RAM
- HW mode (3D on) - can't get into main menu, but SP launched from Config Utility works flawlessly
- SW mode (3D off) - works, but with a lot of issues
- Window mode (640x480) - flawlessly

WinXP, 32bit
ATI X800, Catalyst 9.8 (latest)
2 GB of RAM
- everything works flawlessly

Win7, 64bit
ATI X800, Catalyst 9.8 (latest)
2 GB of RAM
- HW mode (3D on) - can't get into main menu, but SP launched from Config Utility works flawlessly
- SW mode (3D off) - works, but with a lot of issues
- Window mode (640x480) - flawlessly

WinXP, 32bit
ATI 9200, Catalyst 6.11 (final)
448 MB of RAM
- everything works flawlessly

Here's what I can figure out about my machine:

- Windows XP, Home, 2002 Service Pack 3
- Dell Inspiron 910
- Dual Core Intel Atom @ 1.60 GHz each.
- 0.99 GB of RAM
- Apparently no driver for my graphics card


I don't know what card I have. This computer has previously gone through a total system failure and the graphics card hasn't been installed correctly, so a lot of games I can't play. Ironically, Battlezone works flawlessly no matter what mode I run it in, with the exception of low FPS rates (20 FPS average, but I don't expect anything better). It's never crashed or refused to run except when I was missing .bzn files (uninstalled IA maps). I'm also not sure where I'm supposed to be looking for all this information.

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http://battlezone1.freeforums.org/raising-fps-to-acceptable-60-t821.html

Macbook "13.3
Partition 1:

-Windows XP 2002 SP3 PRO fully updated
-2.00 DDR3 GB RAM
-9400M-9600M (toggleable) NVIDIA graphics
Intel core 2 duo processors @ 2.60 GHZ

BZ works fine AFTER update to graphics driver

Partition 2:

-Mac OSX leopard v9 fully updated
-2.00 DDR3 GB RAM
-9400M-9600M (toggleable) NVIDIA graphics
-Intel core 2 duo processors @ 2.60 GHZ

BZ works flawlessly

WinXP 32bit
NVIDIA 9600gt - latest driver

Hardware mode: Everything looks normal, except the frame rate drops slowly untill it's unplayable and the yellow crash screen appears. (when it drops too low i 'reset' it by pressing escape and return to game. This only works in a resolution of 800x600 or higher.) Also the more units and action, the faster the framerate drops.

Software mode: No issues at all.

Windows Vista Business 32bit
Intel Core 2 Duo
3070MB RAM
nVidia GeForce 8400m GS

Hardware in compatibility mode works in 640x480 with only the usual nVidia issues, (poor radar, poor gunfire and random white squares)
Software mode runs flawlessly in windowed mode.

Speaking of which ZAchtank has nVidia and says it runs flawlessly? Explain more about this update!

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http://battlezone1.freeforums.org/bz-on-vista-nvidia-t829.html

This is what I have but still seem to be having an issue with sound. Did I miss something?

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Service Pack 3

Mobile Pentium (R)
4-M CPU 2.4GHz
448Mb Ram

Radion IGP 340m Graphics Card (64mb Ram)

Conexant AMC Audio

Maybe therez a download i have missed to fix this?

Battle

If you have current BZ installer then you haven't missed anything. But the sound is in the code so you shouldn't have issues even with the regular CD install.

First, update your sound card driver. Second, play a little with your audio control panel. Like Gormo and DO did.

I have BZ (BZ1998) on 2 computers:

AMD Phenom II X3 720
4096M RAM
ATI Radeon HD3870 1024 RAM (Catalyst 9.4 i'm really LAZY to update it until glitches appear )
Via Vinyl Audio (VT 1708B)
WinXP SP3 (russian)

All runs perfectly.

Laptop:
iCore 2DUO P7350
WXGA 1280x800
iGMA X4500 internal graphics (LATEST DRIVERS from INTEL REQUIRED to prevent of mess of lines in 3D)
Win VISTA32 Home Basic (NOT compatibility mode)

After graphic drivers update BZ runs smoothly.


PS. Excuse my poor English.

This is pathetic. I have a Gateway FX laptop with Vista Home Premium 64bit and Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS. After installing BZ98, all I get is an error telling me that there isn't enough memory, that I need at least 50MB free on my hard drive ( I have 123 GB free!) and to make sure virtual memory isn't disabled (It's not)

Oh, cruel fate! Why can't I be one of the few with BZ working on Vista? Why can't DO's video be available? Have I forgotten to do something?

I guess I'll go play Halo for a while. Hmph.

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System Specs:
WinXP x64 SP2
8Gig Ram
8800 GTS Video w/FW Ver 169.21
Plenty of HD
Q6600

My Issue:
BattleZone running just fine for Single/Multi player. Now I want to run Red Odyssey and am starting back at "0".
Any suggestions for RO to run? I thought I could copy the setup for BZ but I forgot how to do all that stuff and the video is no longer active.
Thanks

I don't know why you think that "Vista Fix (x32/x64/DX10) Step By Step Flash Video" would help your RO issue...

What exactly happens when you try to run RO?

Just installed 32bit Vista and put BZ98 installer on it. Compatibility mode wasn't needed, everything works fine. I didn't even install graphic card drivers, I used the ones from Vista.

Vista 32bit
ATI X800
2 GB of RAM
- everything works flawlessly

Tried 32bit 7 too, on the same machine. With stock and with the latest drivers ( 9.8 ), with and without compatibility mode. Unfortunately, same issues as 64bit version...

An old buddy of mine had Bz for a while(before he stopped)

His Bz worked flawlessly and his specs were:

Vista 32 bit
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE

Not sure if it will provide a great deal of help towards fixing these issues with Vista, but every bit(no pun intended) counts.

i have issues with my BZ and The Red Odyssey and here are my comp:

Windows Vista Home Premium x86
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450
3G Ram
Geforce 9300GE

http://battlezone1.freeforums.org/post6073.html#p6073