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Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: babymagicus on October 08, 2001, 10:39:00 PM
when i start aces high i get a white screen with green bar.  Can barely see parts of clipboard.  I notice that when I delete the video.cfg file and restart there are no video drivers listed to choose from.  I have tried all the settings and nothing works what do i do?

game version 1.08
celeron 466
ati rage 128 vid card 8mb ram
128 mb ram
aureal vortex sound card
really cool mouse (just kidding)

please help me soon, thank you
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Awarsoca on October 09, 2001, 06:58:00 AM
I have a similar problem, without the green bar.  When I try to get into AH, I either get a system lock up at a white screen, before I ever get into AH, or the screen has "bars" on it and shimmers (this depends on high high or low i set the res) I have deleted the video7.cfg over and over and tried the various resolutions and 16/32 bit color.
Sys:
P3 933
256 MB Ram
ABIT CUV4X-C MB
ABIT 8200 GeForce3 (12.6 drivers)
SB Live Value 5.1
Soca
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Lephturn on October 09, 2001, 07:24:00 AM
Neither one of you mentioned what OS you are running on.

For starters, ensure you have DX8.  Then get the latest sound card drivers.  Get the latest video drivers for your ATI card.  For the nVidia card... you might want OLDER ones.

If that doesn't do it, try un-installing the game and downloading a fresh copy.  It is possible you have a corrupted download.
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: iculus on October 09, 2001, 08:37:00 AM
Same problem....

Win 98
PII  333 64megs
Voodoo2 8megs
DX 8.0
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Rompa on October 09, 2001, 01:38:00 PM
Had a similur problem a few days ago.

It was a corruped uppload of the directx8.1 that caused it, direct3D did not worked.
When I did a new uppload (of dx8.1)from a new page it worked ok  :)

Maybe u should try and reinstall dx8...
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: iculus on October 09, 2001, 02:13:00 PM
I had a similar problem when running DX7 with the beta.  I'll try the new download though.

Thanks,
IC
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Lephturn on October 09, 2001, 02:14:00 PM
I'm not sure that an 8 meg V2 is going to cut it anymore.

Try decreasing your resolution.
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: babymagicus on October 09, 2001, 02:16:00 PM
i have win 98 and i had dx 8.0 The game was working on my system the first day I got it (latest version of game with patch 2). But it would crash. I adjusted the video properties in the game (down to 16bit) and the the white screen started happening. I have re installed the game with fresh dl's and have upgraded to dx8.0A Also, very important, my video card does not show up in the settings for the game when I have tried to reinstall. NO VIDEO CARD options at all.
HELP!!!! My 2 weeks will be up without playing a whole mission
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Alpo on October 09, 2001, 04:00:00 PM
I had the same problem when 1.08 patch 2 was introduced.  Start AH, click Online, H2H, or Offline the system would startup Roger Wilco and upon returning to the AH screen... Poof (white screen and reboot was the only option)  :(

I couldn't get into setup to turn off RW so I simply renamed the executable in the Resounding folder.

 :rolleyes:  Ok, so it wasn't the best solution but it got me in the air again.  Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Awarsoca on October 09, 2001, 04:40:00 PM
Apologies,  I am running 98 SE.  While I recognize the possibility of a retrograde on my drivers, I was hoping not to have to do that yet as these drivers seem to work with everything else.
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: SKurj on October 09, 2001, 05:36:00 PM
I believe HT has posted that 8mb cards are no longer supported


SKurj
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: iculus on October 09, 2001, 07:17:00 PM
doh..... :(
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Am0n on October 11, 2001, 09:56:00 AM
Is the green broken up bar that you guys talk about at the top of the screen horizontal?
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Awarsoca on October 12, 2001, 06:56:00 AM
my green bar was broken up and all over the screen
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: DamnedATC on October 12, 2001, 07:46:00 AM
Clint  

Good to see you in here.  Hope all is well in Columbia.  Go noodles!!
(Dad is a graduate of USC)  

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Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Awarsoca on October 14, 2001, 07:18:00 PM
Hiyas Bob!  Rough weekend for the noodles and rougher still that my system pukes when I try to run AH )c:
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: hblair on October 15, 2001, 02:06:00 AM
Same thing here. Game crashes, try to go back in, I get the white screen with the green bar and part of the clipboard. Hard boot is only cure.

PIII800
256meg
win98
ATI Radeon 64meg
dx 8.0

Help.
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: K-KEN on October 15, 2001, 08:11:00 AM
FYI, I am running WIN98 SE, PIII 667, ASUS MB, 256K RAM, and GeForce2MX 32 MB AGP Video card.  I re-installed version 1.08 and patch-the update porked me too.     :(
I went to NDIVA's place and this is a new driver location BUT, be advised it did make my system work-better, not perfect.
BUT read on before linking!!
NDIVA Drivers (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=windows9x)

Finally, I still wasn't pleased, so I uninstalled my video drivers-from Control Panel-ADD/REMOVE Programs.
I then got the CD from my video card with the original drivers and now I am back in bidness.  

I still get the white screen, but it only lasts for 2 to 4 seconds.  No more lockups either. I also installed DirectX 8.0 but there was no change I can relate for that effort.

I hope this gives you some help-certainly NOT a fix, but a help.

K-KEN

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[ 10-15-2001: Message edited by: K-KEN ]
Title: white screen w/ green bar
Post by: Awarsoca on October 21, 2001, 08:28:00 AM
I finally resolved this by upgrading my video driver from ASUS.