spyrer Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Okay, here's the scoop. Like another poster, I have a g-force/nvidia video card. When I hit the install button for Apocalypse, I get a screen full of colorful junk. I have already disabled directdraw acceleration under directx, but it doesn't seem to help. What can I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrer Posted October 8, 2002 Author Share Posted October 8, 2002 Okay, well I managed to overcome the install screen problem. I can see everything just fine. However, now I have two new problems. The first error tells me I need to adjust my files/buffers from 40/0 to 20/20. Can anyone tell me how to do this in windows 2000? The second problem concerns my CD-ROM, which the installer says is too slow. That is not true... my cd-rom is pretty darn good. Please help me, 'cuz I badly want to play some apocalypse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demota Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 How did you overcome the first problem? I've been having the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbreed Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 Go into your sys.config file and you should see a line saying Buffers= 40.Just change it to 20, save and restart your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demota Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demota Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 ..... argh. Well, I tried running the game, and the graphics are still garbled. Looks like changing the buffers didn't help. Anyone else know how to fix this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 40/40 should be okay, and probably a lot better than 20/20 (at least, with todays computers). That's what I have, and it works just fine. What you have is 40/0. It's the '0' it's complaining about. Add or edit the following lines in your config.sys file. FILES=40BUFFERS=40 FILES=n just means that dos can open n files at a time and buffers... Blast! I've forgotten. Something about buffering 40 pieces of information in memory at a time or other. If it still complains, just set the values to 20 and it'll shut the installer up. As for the speed of your CD-rom, I think the installer just cannot keep up with the speed and is getting a divide by zero error or somesuch. You can safely ignore it. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolokhan Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 i too have been having garbled colors .. would this buffer thing work on XP maybe ? and if so how would i change it ? ( eek my computer semi-illiteracy is showing .... i have no shame) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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