riddick 1.1 patch has been released

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riddick 1.1 patch has been released

obviously most of us will not need patches to riddick which
is such a very stable almost bug free game but i made this
warning to show to everyone criticizing vivendi that they
do support their pc games, the only thing we pc gamers have
to do is give our support back to them!
yes tribes vengeance was unfortunate but lets all work so
it will not happen again!
and btw its a PROPER patch! yes its in a single separate file
format and you can redistribute to all your friends and fellow
pc gamers that have a original/personal copy of the 2004 GOTY!
support pc games!
protect pc games!
buy pc games!

--
post made in a steam-free computer
i said "NO" to valve and steam

 

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"steamKILLER" <sayNO2steam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>riddick 1.1 patch has been released

Is this a HL or Source engine game? The trailer makes it look like a
Doom engine game... Is it any good? [Is it better than Doom3? I
found that disappointing, as well as too dark...]

 

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"steamKILLER" <sayNO2steam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> obviously most of us will not need patches to riddick which
> is such a very stable almost bug free game

Well, that's the advantage of developing on the xBox first, it sort of has
to be right first time on a console.

> support pc games!
> protect pc games!
> buy pc games!

<wipes spittle flecks off glasses>

Relax the head there fella, or you'll give yourself a thromby.

 

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<William P. N. Smith> wrote in message
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> "steamKILLER" <sayNO2steam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>
> Is this a HL or Source engine game? The trailer makes it look like a
> Doom engine game... Is it any good? [Is it better than Doom3? I
> found that disappointing, as well as too dark...]
>

Starbreeze engine I believe...

Worth getting and playing but be aware it not a straight FPS. Google and
read a few reviews.

 

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 11:55:33 +0100, "One Punch Mickey"
<fantantiddlyspan@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"steamKILLER" <sayNO2steam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> obviously most of us will not need patches to riddick which
>> is such a very stable almost bug free game
>
>Well, that's the advantage of developing on the xBox first, it sort of has
>to be right first time on a console.
>
>> support pc games!
>> protect pc games!
>> buy pc games!
>
><wipes spittle flecks off glasses>
>
>Relax the head there fella, or you'll give yourself a thromby.
>

The poor fellow had one already... in his brain.

John Lewis


>

 

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> x-no-archive: yes
>
> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>
> obviously most of us will not need patches to riddick which
> is such a very stable almost bug free game but i made this
> warning to show to everyone criticizing vivendi that they
> do support their pc games, the only thing we pc gamers have
> to do is give our support back to them!
> yes tribes vengeance was unfortunate but lets all work so
> it will not happen again!
> and btw its a PROPER patch! yes its in a single separate file
> format and you can redistribute to all your friends and fellow
> pc gamers that have a original/personal copy of the 2004 GOTY!
> support pc games!
> protect pc games!
> buy pc games!

Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and bug-ridden
games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly vivendi are.

Oh well...another company to put onto the "we dont care about our customers"
pile.

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>
>>
>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>> vivendi are.
>>
>
snip
>
> John Lewis

Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
rails. But it's still a great one to play.

American McGee's ALICE.

McG.

 

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>> vivendi are.
>>>
>>
> snip
>>
>> John Lewis
>
> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my years
> of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still does, great
> game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on rails. But it's
> still a great one to play.
>
> American McGee's ALICE.
>
> McG.

I had more jaw dropping experiences playing Alice then I had playing
Farcry,HL2,or Riddick. The game ran flawless and was just a total mind
blowing game. And it was a blast to play. One of my all time favorites. JLC

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and bug-ridden
>>games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly vivendi are.
> Now, let me see... Riddick has been released unpatched about 4 months
> (release...12/07/2004) for the PC and many have finished it already
> without any problems.
>
> The first 2 patches have just been released.
>
> These patches are both in the "trivial but very useful" class. Nothing
>
> that affects the huge majority of players. Seems as if the game was
> excellently tested. One of the very, very few these days. Riddick for
> the PC is not at all a straight-across port from the Xbox. New levels,
> new secrets, comprehensive graphics and menu updates, PC-style
> controls.

When was patch #1 released? Riddick unpatched won't play on any OpenGL
version other than like 1.2. That's a pretty big bug in my book.

 

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McGrandpa wrote:
> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>
>>On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>><jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>vivendi are.
>>>
>>
> snip
>
>>John Lewis
>
>
> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
> years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
> does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
> rails. But it's still a great one to play.
>
> American McGee's ALICE.
>
> McG.
>
>

I dont ever recall installing a patch for Descent either.

Those were the days when people didn't have broadband for instant quick
fixes.

--
Walter Mitty
-
Useless, waste of money research of the day : http://tinyurl.com/3tdeu
" Format wars could 'confuse users'"
http://www.tinyurl.com

 

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Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>McGrandpa wrote:
>> American McGee's ALICE.

>I dont ever recall installing a patch for Descent either.

IIRC one of the original Star Wars Jedi Knight was working out of the
box. Unfortunately, gamers will still buy boxes with non-functional
code that needs to be patched before they'll play at all, and games
companies are more than happy to take advantage of us by shipping
unfinished games.

 

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"JLC" <j.jc@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0tcie.90025$hu5.66147@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>>> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>>> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>> vivendi are.
>>>>
>>>
>> snip
>>>
>>> John Lewis
>>
>> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
>> years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
>> does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
>> rails. But it's still a great one to play.
>>
>> American McGee's ALICE.
>>
>> McG.
>
> I had more jaw dropping experiences playing Alice then I had playing
> Farcry,HL2,or Riddick. The game ran flawless and was just a total mind
> blowing game. And it was a blast to play. One of my all time
> favorites. JLC

The game was imaginative and innovative, looked great, characters were
really well done. And the score was excellent. Talk about a game with
presence and ambiance All that using a very old story thats been
abused much in the last half century. American did good, I hope he got
very well off from his effort!
McG.

 

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"Walter Mitty" <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>>
>>> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>>> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>> vivendi are.
>>>>
>>>
>> snip
>>
>>> John Lewis
>>
>>
>> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
>> years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
>> does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
>> rails. But it's still a great one to play.
>>
>> American McGee's ALICE.
>>
>> McG.
>>
>>
>
> I dont ever recall installing a patch for Descent either.
>
> Those were the days when people didn't have broadband for instant
> quick fixes.

I'll have to install the trilogy and see. I've got a couple old cd's
with a lot of Descent stuff on it. Got me wondering now.
McG.

 

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<William P. N. Smith> wrote in message
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> Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>> American McGee's ALICE.
>
>> I dont ever recall installing a patch for Descent either.
>
> IIRC one of the original Star Wars Jedi Knight was working out of the
> box. Unfortunately, gamers will still buy boxes with non-functional
> code that needs to be patched before they'll play at all, and games
> companies are more than happy to take advantage of us by shipping
> unfinished games.

Yep, and the games that work well right out of the box and play good
start to finish are true gems. I'd love to see something else by
McGee. I'd buy it just because HE did it. I love it when developers
are really picky about what gets out the door!
McG.

 

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On Tue, 17 May 2005 07:45:18 -0500, "Kroagnon" <kroagnon@kroagnon.com>
wrote:

>
>"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net...
>
>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and bug-ridden
>>>games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly vivendi are.
>> Now, let me see... Riddick has been released unpatched about 4 months
>> (release...12/07/2004) for the PC and many have finished it already
>> without any problems.
>>
>> The first 2 patches have just been released.
>>
>> These patches are both in the "trivial but very useful" class. Nothing
>>
>> that affects the huge majority of players. Seems as if the game was
>> excellently tested. One of the very, very few these days. Riddick for
>> the PC is not at all a straight-across port from the Xbox. New levels,
>> new secrets, comprehensive graphics and menu updates, PC-style
>> controls.
>
>When was patch #1 released?

Just now. No mention of OpenGL

> Riddick unpatched won't play on any OpenGL
>version other than like 1.2. That's a pretty big bug in my book.
>

What are you trying to do... run the game without DX9.0, or what ?

If so, sorry, the box says "Direct9.0 or better" AND "OpenGL1.5-
compatible video CARD, with programmable shaders".

John Lewis

 

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Descent, you were in diapers then... ... That was a great game... I
got so sick playing it for the first few hours.... That damned boss in
level 7 was a bitch....

On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:40:40 +0200, Walter Mittens
<mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:

>McGrandpa wrote:
>> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>>
>>>On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>>><jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>>bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>>vivendi are.
>>>>
>>>
>> snip
>>
>>>John Lewis
>>
>>
>> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
>> years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
>> does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
>> rails. But it's still a great one to play.
>>
>> American McGee's ALICE.
>>
>> McG.
>>
>>
>
>I dont ever recall installing a patch for Descent either.
>
>Those were the days when people didn't have broadband for instant quick
>fixes.



Cat Feet / Buttered Toast Theorum

When a cat is dropped it always lands on its feet.
When buttered toast is dropped it always lands with
the buttered side facing down. If a piece of buttered
toast was attached to the back of a cat, when dropped,
the cat/buttered toast combination should hover, spinning
just above the ground, as it tries unsuccessfully to
resolve the inevitable conflict of non-scientific
certainties.
This in itself might be fun to watch but there is
a serious point to be made here... What if giant
arrangements of buttered toast cats were linked
(probably by their tails) to banks of generators?
Perhaps enough electricity could be produced to
help resolve the growing world energy crisis.

 

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"John Lewis"

snippety

>> Riddick unpatched won't play on any OpenGL
>> version other than like 1.2. That's a pretty big bug in my book.
>>
>
> What are you trying to do... run the game without DX9.0, or what ?
>
> If so, sorry, the box says "Direct9.0 or better" AND "OpenGL1.5-
> compatible video CARD, with programmable shaders".
>
> John Lewis

I hope the game is pretty good. I'll likely buy it tomorrow. Just
found out watching The Chronicles of Riddick that there is a lot of
backstory to be found in the game and extra materials. I also wanna
find Pitch Black and Dark Fury.
Yeah, I'm into the Riddick stuff.
I think it oughtta work alright on a 3gHz 2 g dual channel and 6800GT.
McG.

 

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"Cannon Fodder" <gonfishn39@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Descent, you were in diapers then... ... That was a great game... I
> got so sick playing it for the first few hours.... That damned boss in
> level 7 was a bitch....

oh YEAH?!?! Hey, I got to preview the very first playable Descent
ENGINE....on an Atari 1040 ST!!! The guy that wrote it sent it to me
to check out. I thought it was so cool a thing, using just a mouse and
keys to FLY (Descent style).

McG. )

>
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:40:40 +0200, Walter Mittens
> <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>>>> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>>> vivendi are.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> snip
>>>
>>>> John Lewis
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
>>> years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
>>> does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
>>> rails. But it's still a great one to play.
>>>
>>> American McGee's ALICE.
>>>
>>> McG.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I dont ever recall installing a patch for Descent either.
>>
>> Those were the days when people didn't have broadband for instant
>> quick fixes.
>
>
>
> Cat Feet / Buttered Toast Theorum
>
> When a cat is dropped it always lands on its feet.
> When buttered toast is dropped it always lands with
> the buttered side facing down. If a piece of buttered
> toast was attached to the back of a cat, when dropped,
> the cat/buttered toast combination should hover, spinning
> just above the ground, as it tries unsuccessfully to
> resolve the inevitable conflict of non-scientific
> certainties.
> This in itself might be fun to watch but there is
> a serious point to be made here... What if giant
> arrangements of buttered toast cats were linked
> (probably by their tails) to banks of generators?
> Perhaps enough electricity could be produced to
> help resolve the growing world energy crisis.

 

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On Wed, 18 May 2005 02:00:06 GMT, "McGrandpa"
<McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:


>I hope the game is pretty good.

For $19.99 it is a real steal. Great story, more focussed and coherent
than the Riddick movies, IMHO of course. And some on-line places have
the game for $12.99. I hope you enjoy it - I did a lot. Do try to
hunt down all the 'secrets' . Some of them are very informative indeed
about the making of the game. You do need some stomach for the prison
language.....

> I'll likely buy it tomorrow. Just
>found out watching The Chronicles of Riddick that there is a lot of
>backstory to be found in the game and extra materials. I also wanna
>find Pitch Black and Dark Fury.
>Yeah, I'm into the Riddick stuff.
>I think it oughtta work alright on a 3gHz 2 g dual channel and 6800GT.
>McG.
>

No problem, I would think, but do download and install the V1.1patch,
as it claims to fix problems with the latest nVidia cards -- no
description of the problems. Also it has updated models ( and
gamepad support, that you probably do not need...).

V1.0 Runs just fine with my (non-XT) BFG 5900 and 3.2G Prescott.
I have not installed the V1.1 patch yet.

John Lewis

>

 

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In article <1116223934.258002.255410@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, steamKILLER wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>
> obviously most of us will not need patches to riddick which
> is such a very stable almost bug free game but i made this
> warning to show to everyone criticizing vivendi that they
> do support their pc games, the only thing we pc gamers have
> to do is give our support back to them!
> yes tribes vengeance was unfortunate but lets all work so
> it will not happen again!
> and btw its a PROPER patch! yes its in a single separate file
> format and you can redistribute to all your friends and fellow
> pc gamers that have a original/personal copy of the 2004 GOTY!
> support pc games!
> protect pc games!
> buy pc games!

I can understand why some sound was stuttering on my PC, and even
the two times when the screen went blank at I just listened to
linking dialogue when the movie was supposed to be shown.

But the hard reboot on Quick Load was no good.

Finished the game cos the hard reboot only happened during a
certain part of the game (from pit to cryo pyramid), but frankly
the attitude of vivendi on patching until this point, has made
damned sure I won't buy another game from them.

Its sad, I quite enjoyed the game. Apart from reboots obviously.

Smid

 

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On Thu, 19 May 2005 13:06:22 +0000 (UTC), Smid
<smidllllllNichSpammo.removelstoo@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


>I can understand why some sound was stuttering on my PC, and even
>the two times when the screen went blank at I just listened to
>linking dialogue when the movie was supposed to be shown.
>
>But the hard reboot on Quick Load was no good.
>
>Finished the game cos the hard reboot only happened during a
>certain part of the game (from pit to cryo pyramid), but frankly
>the attitude of vivendi on patching until this point,


Nothing really to do with Vivendi, the patch came from Starbreeze.
Vivendi might spend a little time in their own QC for complex patches,
but these were very trivial, and certainly did not address your
problem anyway... see below.

>has made
>damned sure I won't buy another game from them.
>

A fine choice by a free man... make sure that you read
the game-box very carefully before your next PC or console
game purchase...

>Its sad, I quite enjoyed the game. Apart from reboots obviously.
>

Seems as if you might have had something nasty running in background,
interfering with Riddick. ( The effect of nasty b-g programs can vary
from game-to-game, from no-effect to erratic crashes, especially if
they are contending for memory-resources ) Did you ever try turning
off all Startup Programs with msconfig before running Riddick ??

John Lewis


> Smid
>

 

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"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>>When was patch #1 released?
> Just now. No mention of OpenGL
>
>> Riddick unpatched won't play on any OpenGL
>>version other than like 1.2. That's a pretty big bug in my book.
>>
>
> What are you trying to do... run the game without DX9.0, or what ?
>
> If so, sorry, the box says "Direct9.0 or better" AND "OpenGL1.5-
> compatible video CARD, with programmable shaders".

I'm not sure of the version number but it will not run on the newer NVidia
drivers that have OpenGL 2.0. Stupid game only looks for the current OpenGL
version and paid no head to the newer version that was right around the
corner. That would be like a DX8 game looking for DX8 and refusing to work
on DX9 if you need a proprietary Microsoft Monopoly comparison.

 

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On Fri, 20 May 2005 07:56:34 -0500, "Kroagnon" <kroagnon@kroagnon.com>
wrote:

>
>"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:428a130b.554047@news.verizon.net...
>
>>>When was patch #1 released?
>> Just now. No mention of OpenGL
>>
>>> Riddick unpatched won't play on any OpenGL
>>>version other than like 1.2. That's a pretty big bug in my book.
>>>
>>
>> What are you trying to do... run the game without DX9.0, or what ?
>>
>> If so, sorry, the box says "Direct9.0 or better" AND "OpenGL1.5-
>> compatible video CARD, with programmable shaders".
>
>I'm not sure of the version number but it will not run on the newer NVidia
>drivers that have OpenGL 2.0.

The latest 32-bit official driver releases on the nVidia site (at
least for Win XP ) is 71.89, OpenGL 1.5. Corresponding
64-bit driver 71.84, OpenGL1.5.

You are not trying to run a beta-driver by any chance ?

>Stupid game only looks for the current OpenGL

If you have PROOF that is what is really happening, is not just a bug
in a beta-driver, and is still happening after you load the V1.1 patch
(which is claimed to take care of "problems with later nVidia cards"),
you might want to email Starbreeze's Chief Technical Officer with all
the details :-

Magnus Högdahl
magnus.hogdahl@starbreeze.com

John Lewis

>version and paid no head to the newer version that was right around the
>corner. That would be like a DX8 game looking for DX8 and refusing to work
>on DX9 if you need a proprietary Microsoft Monopoly comparison.
>
>

 

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"JLC" <j.jc@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:5ZednT8KJ7Ud_xTfRVn-tw@comcast.com
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0tcie.90025$hu5.66147@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>>> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>>> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>> vivendi are.
>>>>
>>>
>> snip
>>>
>>> John Lewis
>>
>> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my
>> years of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still
>> does, great game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on
>> rails. But it's still a great one to play.
>>
>> American McGee's ALICE.
>>
>> McG.
>
> I had more jaw dropping experiences playing Alice then I had playing
> Farcry,HL2,or Riddick. The game ran flawless and was just a total mind
> blowing game. And it was a blast to play. One of my all time
> favorites. JLC

I agree. I didn't have to wait for something eye-opening either. The
score is amazing. The graphics and animations are great. Pretty
incredible for the games of its day, and still looks better than most.
I think it's time for another replay of it
McG.

 

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On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:18:26 -0700, "JLC" <j.jc@nospam.com> wrote:

>
>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0tcie.90025$hu5.66147@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:428928f9.1503533@news.verizon.net
>>> On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:48:26 +0100, "James"
>>> <jamesspamtrap@mourby.plusspam.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> riddick 1.1 patch has been released
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah dear. Another publisher keen to rush out unfinished and
>>>> bug-ridden games! Just goes to show how un-customer friendly
>>>> vivendi are.
>>>>
>>>
>> snip
>>>
>>> John Lewis
>>
>> Kind of on the aside here; I've found ONE 3D type PC game in all my years
>> of playing them that was never even patched. Ran great, still does, great
>> game too. It's a OneThru type of game, and heavily on rails. But it's
>> still a great one to play.
>>
>> American McGee's ALICE.
>>
>> McG.
>
>I had more jaw dropping experiences playing Alice then I had playing
>Farcry,HL2,or Riddick. The game ran flawless and was just a total mind
>blowing game. And it was a blast to play. One of my all time favorites. JLC
>

this 1 seems to have slipped by me unnoticed. perhaps i was educating
myself with instructional videos or something. is it based on the
alice, as in wonderland & looking glass? [2 of my fave novels to this
day]. is it old gold? is it still available? system requirements?

dr ratt

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gary: so there's no chance we can be together?
lisa: only if you promise me you'll never die.
gary: you know i can't promise that.
lisa: if you could do that, i'd make love to you, right now.
gary: i promise. i will never die.