Vista and CoD2

Vault5ChOnG · 28 Jan 2007 at 01:25

Anyone got vista and call of duty 2 and played in dx9 mode? when i play in dx9 mode all i see is blue sky, no walls,tress,roads,models. Nothing lol.

Another thing is when holding down fire with a mp44 or some other mg, it sounds and the gun acts a lot different from when running on xp.

Im not sure if its drivers problems maybe.

My specs: (Vista32bit)

SB X-FI Fatal1ty Soundcard (Vista Beta drivers)
8800GTX (Forceware 100.30)
Setpoint 310 (Not for Vista but work supposedly)

I really think its one of the above that is causing the problem. But dont have a clue about whats causing the DX9 mode problem with cod2.

Anyone suggestions would be smashing

Cheers

Tute · 28 Jan 2007 at 01:52

It's really hard to say, you've got beta drivers for both sound and graphics.

It could be either one of them really.

I'd put money on the graphics drivers, although all you can do is wait. nVidia have claimed that drivers will be ready for Vista retail release, which is the 30th.

iMacMart · 28 Jan 2007 at 07:25

My COD2 take 45secs to load in Vista Ultimate now?

If I go to task manager it says COD2 not responding .......then eventually loads?

stifler · 28 Jan 2007 at 09:05

mine also takes an age to load, it gets abit laggy sometimes when i'm playing multiplayer but that could be down to some high pingers on the server

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at the mo i'm using the ati beta drivers which aren't that great, but all the graphical effects are there. the only other games i've tried are bf2142 and fifa07 and they run just as the do on xp

Vault5ChOnG · 28 Jan 2007 at 10:40

i got that when running it normally, but you need to run in xp(sp2) compatible mode. If i ran it normally it would stay black screen for ages,, i would need to minimise then maximise then it would work.

I think its the sound drivers to be totally honest, they are very basic with a lot of features missing. But then again the dx9 problem must be gfx drivers.

Or my recoil might just look and sound different because im not using my mouse programs from XP, USBmouserate switcher 1.1 , mouseaccelfix. Where i changed my mouserate from the normal 125 to 500(g5 mouse) and windows automatically had accel on, so running this program turned it off. they dont work in vista tho.

Vault5ChOnG · 28 Jan 2007 at 14:50

Solved one of my problems with cod2(semi-solved lol) , the problem when spraying a mp44 where it sounded and acted all weird was the X-FI sound drivers. I uninstalled them and used onboard sound and all is fine again, apart from cant use 5.1. Just need to wait for good x-fi drivers.

Any can imagine new nvidia drivers will fix dx9 mode in cod2.

iMacMart · 13 Feb 2007 at 18:51

tweakinfreak said:
My COD2 take 45secs to load in Vista Ultimate now?

If I go to task manager it says COD2 not responding .......then eventually loads?

Just an update really, still have this issue but found a note on the web where it says starting COD2 in XP compatibility sorts this hanging issue out

Haven't tried it yet as I'm waiting for my new Dell 24" to be delivered but from what I read it sorts this out

DataVampire · 14 Feb 2007 at 04:49

tweakinfreak said:
Just an update really, still have this issue but found a note on the web where it says starting COD2 in XP compatibility sorts this hanging issue out

Haven't tried it yet as I'm waiting for my new Dell 24" to be delivered but from what I read it sorts this out

is this happening from the dvd install or the steam install, i am using the steam install works perfectly, no long times for the game to start up nor load times between maps.

iMacMart · 14 Feb 2007 at 14:42

Its from a DVD install mate.....

I'm hoping the compatibility fix will work :rolleyes:

Can't stand looking at a black screen for 30-45 secs every time I wanna play COD2