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Addons & Mods Depot => OFP - Addons & Mods Beta Testing => Topic started by: Olle Stolpe on 06 Jun 2004, 10:24:20

Title: Error with BAS addons and Radeon Card
Post by: Olle Stolpe on 06 Jun 2004, 10:24:20

My friend has a Radeon 9600 pro graphics card.
I don't know if that has anything to do with it.. but

When he has any BAS addons installed, the game won't start.
It says "3D device error" or "Can't initiate 3D device" or something like that.
It works great when he takes the BAS addons out.

What could it be? It's a shame since so many great missions use these great addons.

Really happy for answers.



// Olle Stolpe

Title: Re:Error with BAS addons and Radeon Card
Post by: DeadMeatXM2 on 06 Jun 2004, 12:48:07

Its not so much an error with the BAS addons, as it is with the game code in ofp its self.

You need to be running at least v1.92, and add the command -nomap to the end of your ofp executable.

e.g.

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"C:\Program Files\Codemasters\OperationFlashpoint\FlashpointResistance.exe" -nomap

Title: Re:Error with BAS addons and Radeon Card
Post by: Olle Stolpe on 07 Jun 2004, 01:39:55

What does the -nomap do?

Title: Re:Error with BAS addons and Radeon Card
Post by: DeadMeatXM2 on 07 Jun 2004, 15:00:46

-nomap is simply a different method that the game engine uses to map the addons into the memory.

When OFP was first coded, the hardware available was of much much lower power and capability, thus the game code was not written to cope with large numbers or sizes of addons. The -nomap command uses a more "modern" method of mapping the addons into the memory, which allows the use of more powerful hardware like the latest GeForce or ATI cards.