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newskoololdskool
August 13th, 2006, 09:45
Hello, I'm new here. I'm trying to run a few different N64 emulators, and having absolutely no luck. Either, I don't have a 3D graphics card, or I don't have it set up properly. My PC should be plenty fast, 1.8Ghz. My graphics card is NVidia Riva TNT2. Am I not able to do anything without different hardware? Or what do I need to do software wise? I have read different help topics, but nothing seems to have the help I need. THANKS!
Mikethered
August 13th, 2006, 19:46
"NVidia Riva TNT2"


Bingo.
newskoololdskool
August 13th, 2006, 19:59
meaning I'm screwed?
Jale
August 13th, 2006, 20:41
No. TNT cards work with Project64 as described in the download section of PJ64. All you need to do is to configure it wisely. Use Jabo's Direct3D6 instead of Direct3D8 since your card is too old, but should work OK.
DudeJustDoIT
August 14th, 2006, 01:25
:p Butters is AGAIN might i add correct... What would we do without you butters Lol..
newskoololdskool
August 15th, 2006, 16:38
I tried switching to Jabo's Direct3D6, but it didn't work either. I tried to update my display drivers, no dice. I tried getting as far as I could on the PJ64 help page, but no luck either. What am I missing?
Jale
August 15th, 2006, 17:28
Is there an error message? Are the graphics messed up?
newskoololdskool
August 15th, 2006, 19:25
"Direct3D failed to initialize your HAL device-make sure you have a properly configured 3D graphics card compatible with Direct3D 6.0"

then another message says

"failed to initialize graphics"
Jale
August 15th, 2006, 19:50
Now, are you using Project64 1.5 or 1.6?

I get that message when I use 1.5. If that doesn't work, use another plugin.
newskoololdskool
August 15th, 2006, 21:06
Yup, my version is too old. I'll update and report back.
newskoololdskool
August 17th, 2006, 03:52
Well, not even that worked. What it may be, is that my video card is just plain too old. Updating drivers from NVidia did not work. Thanks anyway.
DudeJustDoIT
August 17th, 2006, 08:38
I just think the 64 Emulators out there hate you.... Lol:D
Jale
August 17th, 2006, 15:10
Yeah, even my old 850 MHz Celeron with shitty DirectX5 or 6 card supports it.

Another possible cause is that your card acceleration has been disabled through the BIOS (VRAM size, which requires at least 8 MB of video) or through DirectX (diagnostic tool).