Quake 3 Arena Graphics Problem

[uncleray747]

Quake 3 Arena Graphics Problem

both the ID and the sarge intro movies work fine, yet when I get into the game, I can hardly read the writing, the red options are impossible to read and are all wiry and fuzzed up. I try to find the video options but I can't, and doubt that would solve it anyway.

Im using:
GeForce NVIDIA FX 5200 updated fully
32-Bit
1024-674

I've seen this problem in other posts, but they haven't actually been answered.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO SOLVE THIS?

[^misantropia^]

Depends on the cause. Delete the q3config.cfg in your baseq3 to reset to factory defaults. Do other 3D games work, for example Enemy Territory?

[^misantropia^]

And stop bumping old topics.

[uncleray747]

i deleted it, it still doesn't work.

and why shouldn't i, if i still have the problem, and this post hasn't been answered anyway.

[^misantropia^]

Patience, young grasshopper. Shining pearls of eloquence your posts may be, we're not sitting and clicking refresh all day in the hope one of them shows up.

Back on topic: do other games work? Enemy Territory is a free download, give it a spin.

[uncleray747]

of course, i have ET, as well as counter strike, both of which I've played since trying quake 3... so what's the problem

[uncleray747]

any other ideas? anyone? surely someone must know there's other people on this forum that experience this. I've heard them say so, and no one's helped them either...

[Tormentius]

i deleted it, it still doesn't work.

and why shouldn't i, if i still have the problem, and this post hasn't been answered anyway.

Because you don't need to resurrect old threads when you have one right here. Start with the basics like updating your video card drivers to the latest version.

[Foo]

1024-674 is a very odd resolution, is that correct?

Also turn off any and all AA/FSAA settings in nvidia control panel.

[Scourge]

Have you updated q3 to 1.32? The version I have on my cd causes brightness problems that sound similar to what you're describing. When I update to 1.32 the problem goes away.

[disgaea]

I had the exact same problem today. I rebuilt my machine and Quake's graphics went mental. Wavey coloured lines, undecipherable text, all that.
I solved the problem by installing nForce 94.24 from nVidia's site. I hope that works for you.

**UPDATE**
After I made sure Quake was working with v94.24 forceware/nforce or whatever it is, I put v169.21 back on and Quake still works.

[SoM]

1024-674 is a very odd resolution, is that correct?

Also turn off any and all AA/FSAA settings in nvidia control panel.

its some weird custom selection thats for sure..

[disgaea]

I worked out specifically what was going wrong with my Q3A. It's the NVidia driver settings.
Quake always works when they're set to High Quality and it always fecks up when they're set to High Performance.
So, setting your card to High Quality should fix it for you. You can use the latest drivers.

[^misantropia^]

That's good info, disgaea.