Quake 2 and missing crosshairs

> Which renderer are you using, OpenGL or software?
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> Paul Smith,
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> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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> "dgoodrie" <dgoodrie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> >I installed VISTA HOME Premium and then Quake 2. Now I don't have
> >crosshairs
> > in Quake 2 and I have tried all three options for different types of
> > crosshairs. The red angle crosshair shows a very small, many 1 pixel, red
> > dot. I don't know if it's a video driver and/or Directx issue. I am
> > running
> > on a Dell 6000 with 2gb and with the Intel internal video card (915/910
> > chip
> > set) My screen resolution is 1680x1050. Changing screen resolution in
> > VISAT
> > and Quake 2 didn't make any difference. The video drivers are the XDDM
> > modules. Any ideas?

>

> Paul,
>
> I have tried both software and OpenGL. With the software, the graphics
> are
> horrible but the crosshair is back. With OpenGL, the graphics are
> excellent
> (like on XP) but the crosshair disappeared.
>
> "Paul Smith" wrote:
>

>> Which renderer are you using, OpenGL or software?
>>
>> --
>> Paul Smith,
>> Yeovil, UK.
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
>> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
>> http://www.windowsresource.net/
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>> "dgoodrie" <dgoodrie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:67C63D7D-9970-47E5-AD7A-84E200B4712E@microsoft.com...

>> >I installed VISTA HOME Premium and then Quake 2. Now I don't have
>> >crosshairs
>> > in Quake 2 and I have tried all three options for different types of
>> > crosshairs. The red angle crosshair shows a very small, many 1 pixel,
>> > red
>> > dot. I don't know if it's a video driver and/or Directx issue. I am
>> > running
>> > on a Dell 6000 with 2gb and with the Intel internal video card (915/910
>> > chip
>> > set) My screen resolution is 1680x1050. Changing screen resolution in
>> > VISAT
>> > and Quake 2 didn't make any difference. The video drivers are the XDDM
>> > modules. Any ideas?

>>

> It's probably an issue with the video driver then, have a look to see if
> there's a newer driver for it (Dell or Intel's website), however I can't
> imagine it would be high up on Intel's fix list.
>
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> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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> "dgoodrie" <dgoodrie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > Paul,
> >
> > I have tried both software and OpenGL. With the software, the graphics
> > are
> > horrible but the crosshair is back. With OpenGL, the graphics are
> > excellent
> > (like on XP) but the crosshair disappeared.
> >
> > "Paul Smith" wrote:
> >

> >> Which renderer are you using, OpenGL or software?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paul Smith,
> >> Yeovil, UK.
> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> >> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> >> http://www.windowsresource.net/
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >> "dgoodrie" <dgoodrie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:67C63D7D-9970-47E5-AD7A-84E200B4712E@microsoft.com...
> >> >I installed VISTA HOME Premium and then Quake 2. Now I don't have
> >> >crosshairs
> >> > in Quake 2 and I have tried all three options for different types of
> >> > crosshairs. The red angle crosshair shows a very small, many 1 pixel,
> >> > red
> >> > dot. I don't know if it's a video driver and/or Directx issue. I am
> >> > running
> >> > on a Dell 6000 with 2gb and with the Intel internal video card (915/910
> >> > chip
> >> > set) My screen resolution is 1680x1050. Changing screen resolution in
> >> > VISAT
> >> > and Quake 2 didn't make any difference. The video drivers are the XDDM
> >> > modules. Any ideas?
> >>

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