Unable to Launch (Another thread like this..)

[Guest ThomasFN]

Just another thread like this.

Situation:

I formatted hard-drive and reinstalled XP. I put on the latest video card drivers for my ATI Radeon 9550. I know the card is fine because I used to play wurm on the SAME CARD before the reinstall and now I can't. I can also play stuff like left 4 dead (half life 2) with good FPS. Now wurm doesn't work.

Problem:

On Jogl & Awt (or w/e it was): "Unable to find valid pixel format.", upon launch.

On LWGLP: "Bad OpenGL Software Driver", upon launch.

I can post logs if you wish, but they show up nothing different from the other 99,999,999 threads' logs.

Wurm used to work fine on the same PC, same gfx card, same memory - nothings changed other than the software. In fact, the video card drivers are a higher version.

Driver Packaging Version 8.541-080923a-069992C-ATI

Catalyst® Version 08.10

Provider ATI Technologies Inc.

2D Driver Version 6.14.10.6869

2D Driver File Path System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Video/{1B37B28F-4DCA-4FE9-AC0F-D0A8E683A369}/0000

Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0618

OpenGL Version 6.14.10.8086

Catalyst® Control Center Version 2008.0923.2139.36956

Taken from the catalyst control centre.

[Dashiva 14]

If your logs are the same as in other threads, surely the answers will be the same as in those threads? New answers require new logs.

[Guest ThomasFN]

No, because all other threads I can find say "get a b3tter graphix card" or "update ur driv3rs".

My thread says: "It worked before, and I have the latest drivers."

JOGL and AWT:

=== System information ===

Operating system: Windows XP (arch: x86, version: 5.1)

Java version: 1.6.0_07

Java vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. (http://java.sun.com/)

Available CPUs: 1

=== Wurm options ===

advanced_select_items = false

animation_playback_self = 2

auto_mipmaps = false

cavedetail = 0

censor_chat = true

cloud_shadows = false

compressed_textures = false

compressed_textures_S3TC = false

debug_mode = false

display_settings = true:false:0:1024:768:32:75:true

engine_multithreaded = 0

event_log_rotation = 2

fast_yield = true

fog_coord_src = 0

font_bold = 11

font_default = 11

font_header = 24

font_huge_header = 36

font_italian = 11

font_monospaced = 11

game_client_thread_priority = 2

glsl_enabled = false

gui_opacity = 3

has_read_eula = true

hint_fog = 0

hint_linesmooth = 0

hint_mipmap = 0

hint_perspective = 0

hint_pointsmooth = 0

hint_polygonsmooth = 0

hint_texture_compression = 0

hint_texture_scaling = 0

impColumn = true

inverse_mouse = false

irc_log_rotation = 2

item_creature_render_distance = 0

loadInventoryStartup = true

log_extra_errors = false

max_texture_size = 0

model_loader_thread_priority = 2

model_loading_threads = 1

opengl2_enabled = false

other_log_rotation = 2

outline_picking = true

pack_updater_log_level = 0

pack_updater_log_level2 = 1

player_guest = false

reflections = 0

release_context = false

remember_password = true

render_distant_terrain = false

render_glow = false

render_near_terrain = true

save_skills_on_quit = false

screenshot_file_format = 0

setting_timestamps = true

shadow_level = 0

showKChat = true

skydetail = 0

sound_al_gain = 10

sound_engine = 0

structure_render_distance = 0

terrain_bump = true

terrain_res = 0

tile_transitions = false

tiledecorations = 0

toolSlot1 = -1

toolSlot2 = -1

toolSlot3 = -1

toolSlot4 = -1

toolSlot5 = -1

trees = 0

update_optional = true

use_anisotropic_filtering = 0

use_coralized_pack_updater = false

use_fast_clock_work_around = false

use_linked_queue_model_loader = true

use_nagles_algorithm = false

use_non_alpha_particles = false

use_occlusion_culling = false

use_pbuffers2 = false

use_smooth_lines = false

use_smooth_points = false

use_smooth_polygons = false

use_tree_models = false

use_weather_particles = false

vbo_enabled = false

viewport_bob = false

JOGL specification version 1.1.1

JOGL implementation version 1.1.1

JOGL implementation vendor Sun Microsystems, Inc.

>>> Game launcher thread exiting.

=== OpenGL information ===

JOGL version: 1.1.1

LWJGL version: 1.1.4

OpenGL vendor: Microsoft Corporation

OpenGL renderer: GDI Generic

OpenGL version: 1.1.0

====== CLIENT CRASH ======

null

javax.media.opengl.GLException: The software opengl driver is no good!

at com.wurmonline.client.l.a(SourceFile:691)

at com.wurmonline.client.l.f(SourceFile:224)

at com.wurmonline.client.p.run(SourceFile:154)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[Guest Steffe]

The latest is 8.11, not 8.10, but really, it should work even without the absolutely newest driver (since it has worked before). But still doesn't hurt to test. But it looks like something happened with your OpenGL drivers, as it is using the microsoft default ones (which are worth less then dirt)

[Dashiva 14]

OpenGL vendor: Microsoft Corporation

OpenGL renderer: GDI Generic

OpenGL version: 1.1.0

As Steffe says, these are not the latest ATI drivers.

[Guest ThomasFN]

I did notice that. But when I looked at my ATI catalyst control thingy, and looked at the drivers panel, it showed the OpenGL driver to be 6.something (see quote in first post).

I will try updating the drivers anyway, I'll let you know how that goes.

Edit:

Updated to latest, no difference.

[dipse 231]

you can't have any version of openGL above 2 because no higher version has been released yet.

[Guest ThomasFN]

I think it means the OpenGL driver version.

Tried removing the other card I had in the PC, it had no drivers installed for it. No success.

[Guest ThomasFN]

Fixed it. I had to DOWNgrade the graphics card drivers, back to the ones provided with the CD. Then Wurm started to work again.

Weird  ???

[Guest Steffe]

Well your card is kinda old isn't it? Maybe the new ones are too new for the card, nvidia does the same :/