Graphics are all out of perspective

Mike Smith · Post by **Mike Smith** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:59 pm

Greetings all-

I had Drakan several years ago as a CD-ROM that came bundled with a graphics card I bought for a Win98 PC. The CD disintegrated in the drive after a couple of years and I haven't played it since.

I downloaded a version this week, but I can't get it to look right on my WinXP. The characters are hidden behind the scenery and are out of proportion. What's going on? Is there a setting I need to change or a patch to download?

Thanks!

Post by **Admin** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:14 pm

Sounds like a driver issue. Drakan has known issues with Intel onboard video and S3 cards which produce problems like you are describing. What are your system specs?

mad_bohemian · Post by **mad_bohemian** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:21 am

If your video card has a control panel you might try turning off alot of the "new functions". Draken is an old game as you know.I had several crashes before I turned off most of the new "buzzers and whistles".

Mike Smith · Post by **Mike Smith** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:18 am

I'm running WinXP Home SP3, 760Mb RAM, with a 2.5 gHz Celeron and the on-board video. The CD version of the game worked fine in this computer

Mike Smith · Post by **Mike Smith** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:01 am

More graphics info:
INTEL(R) EXTREME GRAPHICS REPORT

IntelÂ® 82845G Graphics Controller
Report Date: 10/28/2009
Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 05:57:52
Driver Version: 6.14.10.4342
Operating System: Windows NT* 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 9.0
Physical Memory: 759 MB
Min. Graphics Memory: 8 MB
Max. Graphics Memory: 64 MB
Graphics Memory in use: 6 MB
Processor: x86
Processor Speed: 2490 MHZ
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x2562
Device Revision: 3

* Output Devices Connected to Graphics Accelerator *

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AXE · Post by **AXE** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:02 pm

Greetings: Onboard video does not work for this game. You "Must" have a 3d video card installed, preferabley more than 32 mb memory.

Mike Smith · Post by **Mike Smith** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:12 pm

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Greetings: Onboard video does not work for this game. You "Must" have a 3d video card installed, preferabley more than 32 mb memory.
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I was afraid of that. My I/O Magic 3D card went to the recycler with my Win98 computer years ago.

Funny, the CD version worked on this computer, though.

Ah, well - I guess I'll have to find another way to eat up hours at a time.[:p]

Post by **Admin** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:59 pm

Yes, definitley the onboard video. If your system has an AGP or PCI-E slot you can upgrade the graphics.

De Profundis · Post by **De Profundis** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:58 pm

Yup. Same thing happened on my old computer with it's onboard video card too.