Starship Troopers and ATI HD cards

Futaci · 06-23-2008, 06:32 PM

I know the site says there is no compatability. I was just hoping someone here might have a way to get arround this or at least get it slightly playable. I loved this game and its a damn shame to have to ditch it because I need a better video card to play newer games as well.

I am running an ATI HD2600, 512 mb graphics card.

The game is fine through all the menus, cut sceens, and loading screens. As soon as the actual gameplay starts though it goes solid gray with what seems to be lighting variations when you move arround.

I appreciate any help anyone can give me :)

Windows Vista Home Basic.
ATI HD2600 PCIe
3.3 gigs ram
RealTek HD audio, on-board
100 gigs hd
All drivers and direct-x updated.

CHANCESUNDANCE · 08-23-2008, 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Futaci

I know the site says there is no compatability. I was just hoping someone here might have a way to get arround this or at least get it slightly playable. I loved this game and its a damn shame to have to ditch it because I need a better video card to play newer games as well.

I am running an ATI HD2600, 512 mb graphics card.

The game is fine through all the menus, cut sceens, and loading screens. As soon as the actual gameplay starts though it goes solid gray with what seems to be lighting variations when you move arround.

I appreciate any help anyone can give me :)

Windows Vista Home Basic.
ATI HD2600 PCIe
3.3 gigs ram
RealTek HD audio, on-board
100 gigs hd
All drivers and direct-x updated.

I have the same problem (ATI HD3650 256mb ),

but i don"T think it"s a graph-card related thing though ,

i think it"s a vista-compatibility prob.

only solution i think is to make our pc"s dual-boot (vista and xp)..

i think i"ll do just that in the near future.....

CHANCESUNDANCE · 08-29-2008, 05:18 PM

Update:

Starship Troopers does work on Vista ( no "lightning-screen" anymore...sort of...)

Just change distort set to "0" in : C:\Users\"username"\Documents\Empire Interactive\SST\Settings\global.settings

The game should work fine now and s very playable, but be warned though , cuz if you take damage , the "lightning-effect" will return (as long as you take damage).

be sure to change the settings in C:\Users\"username"\Documents\Empire Interactive\SST\Settings\global.settings AAQuality to at least 4 AA to make the game prettier (if your pc can handle it)

06-23-2008, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Futaci Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Starship Troopers and ATI HD cards I know the site says there is no compatability. I was just hoping someone here might have a way to get arround this or at least get it slightly playable. I loved this game and its a damn shame to have to ditch it because I need a better video card to play newer games as well. I am running an ATI HD2600, 512 mb graphics card. The game is fine through all the menus, cut sceens, and loading screens. As soon as the actual gameplay starts though it goes solid gray with what seems to be lighting variations when you move arround. I appreciate any help anyone can give me :) Windows Vista Home Basic. ATI HD2600 PCIe 3.3 gigs ram RealTek HD audio, on-board 100 gigs hd All drivers and direct-x updated. Last edited by Futaci : 06-23-2008 at 06:37 PM.

08-29-2008, 05:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
CHANCESUNDANCE Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 5 OS: XP (SP3) AND VISTA PREMIUM(SECOND PC-LAPTOP)	Re: Starship Troopers and ATI HD cards Update: Starship Troopers does work on Vista ( no "lightning-screen" anymore...sort of...) Just change distort set to "0" in : C:\Users\"username"\Documents\Empire Interactive\SST\Settings\global.settings The game should work fine now and s very playable, but be warned though , cuz if you take damage , the "lightning-effect" will return (as long as you take damage). be sure to change the settings in C:\Users\"username"\Documents\Empire Interactive\SST\Settings\global.settings AAQuality to at least 4 AA to make the game prettier (if your pc can handle it)