Okay, here's the update: tracked2 stopped working again on the geforce3. No clue why. Too bad too cuz I was looking forward to running it in hardware mode (pics or no pics). But now: nada... in any mode.
The big test came when I reinstalled win98 on my old 233MMX. I took out the riva tnt pci and put in the ati 3d rage 2+
>>then when I tried to run the game it threw that same "Unable to switch to full screen mode" error and reverted back to running in a window. It did this no matter what graphics options I set (or didn't set) - the only way the game would run was under software rendering.
Tech notes (from the readme.txt):
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April 1998.
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3. Video Adapter Notes and Troubleshooting
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3.1. List of video adapters with known issues.
--ATI Rage One video adapter with 2 MBs of VRAM.
--ATI 3D Rage video adapter.
--ATI Rage 2 video adapter.
--Diamond Stealth 2000 (s3 virge chipset) video adapter.
--Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 (virge/VX chipset) video adapter.
Workaround: do not select Direct3D in the Graphics Renderer list.
3.4. Problems entering full-screen mode with ATI Rage and other video adapters.
If you are using an ATI Rage or other video adapter, and you are unable to switch to full screen with your hardware option selected in the Graphics Renderer list (Graphics command on Options menu), you must close and restart Monster Truck Madness 2 in order to switch to full screen mode with Software Only selected in the Graphics Renderer list.
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Unlike d2s, I did try taking screenshots in Tracked2 ... more to follow
>> it looks to me like there's something else at work here...
Yes, but it's anybody's guess. But it makes me think: if all those people can make cracks and warez trainers and other various shell type programs, then why doesn't somebody make something useful that would allow pics in hardware mode, on any graphics card, or better yet, increase our screen resolution in game. Then again, maybe the word 'hacker' has a more profound meaning than we normally attribute to it.
>> But hey!, I'm happy!... at least I can kick back and take screen shots in tracked2 all day... nothing else really matters (lol)...
Oh, sure, rub it in ;-)
>> via tech vt8361/vt8601 8mb(min) on-board vid
Hmm, I wonder how my intel 810/815 on-board chipset would work. But that's the server comp so I won't be finding out any time soon. But good to know another display works. There's hope of finding the common denominator yet.
