Problem starting game with Omega drivers

Lothair · Nov 4, 2006, 02:40 AM

Recently I purchased Age of Empires 3 and the expansion. I Installed it on my laptop which has an ATI Mobility M9P, AGP 4X. After installing the game I attempted to run it and got a message saying my the game might not run because my drivers were outdated. I tried running it anyway and it worked ok for a short while but then began to freeze after a few minutes of play. I tried to download catlyst but it wouldnt let me so I decided to download and install the omega drivers. My problem is now when I try to run the game its says Direct 3d could not initialize. I tried using the ati tray tools to create a shortcut but that didnt work either. I usually dont mess with drivers much so I dont know a lot about this subject any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Dyre Straits · Nov 4, 2006, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Lothair

Recently I purchased Age of Empires 3 and the expansion. I Installed it on my laptop which has an ATI Mobility M9P, AGP 4X. After installing the game I attempted to run it and got a message saying my the game might not run because my drivers were outdated. I tried running it anyway and it worked ok for a short while but then began to freeze after a few minutes of play. I tried to download catlyst but it wouldnt let me so I decided to download and install the omega drivers. My problem is now when I try to run the game its says Direct 3d could not initialize. I tried using the ati tray tools to create a shortcut but that didnt work either. I usually dont mess with drivers much so I dont know a lot about this subject any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Greetings and welcome to DriverHeaven!

What you should do is download the latest DirectX from Microsoft. There's a recent release for October.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Dyre Straits · Nov 4, 2006, 02:55 AM

Don't need this one....must have hit it when the server was refreshing.

Dyre Straits · Nov 4, 2006, 02:55 AM

Nor this one! I didn't realize I tried three times! LOL

Lothair · Nov 4, 2006, 03:33 AM

I just downloaded the new direct X but its still not working

Dyre Straits · Nov 4, 2006, 07:14 AM

If installing the latest DirectX didn't solve the problem, it seems you need to reinstall the motherboard chipset drivers.

But, in addition to this, before we go any further, you need to post as much detail about your computer as possible. CPU, RAM, Video Card, Motherboard, etc.

Lothair · Nov 4, 2006, 03:12 PM

Pentium 4 3.06 gz, 512 mb ram, ATI mobility M9P, Dont know what kind of mobo

yosemite · Nov 4, 2006, 03:21 PM

lol, i have the same problem, but with WoW, directx 9c is on my comp, its just that omega doesnt allow 3d accel to be enabled or something. i hope you get a fix though.

Lothair · Nov 8, 2006, 07:29 PM

Crosseye · Nov 10, 2006, 03:43 PM

I have encountered the same problem. pentium 4 2.80 GHz 512 ram. Sony VAIO PCG-FRV37 with 80 GB HD. I clean installed Omegadrivers 3.8.291. Windoes install is not the repackaged version. But it is nice that Sony hosts all drivers on their Website. They may be evil for installing a root kit in their CD's but at least they do offer up old drivers for their pc's. So does that make them less evil, or less good?

Lothair · Nov 12, 2006, 12:10 AM

I tried running dxdiag but it wont let me enable direct 3d

Dyre Straits · Nov 12, 2006, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Crosseye

I have encountered the same problem. pentium 4 2.80 GHz 512 ram. Sony VAIO PCG-FRV37 with 80 GB HD. I clean installed Omegadrivers 3.8.291. Windoes install is not the repackaged version. But it is nice that Sony hosts all drivers on their Website. They may be evil for installing a root kit in their CD's but at least they do offer up old drivers for their pc's. So does that make them less evil, or less good?

So, did Sony's drivers correct the problem? Your post doesn't say one way or the other.

Have any of you tried running the game with the newest ATI official drivers? Remember, you don't HAVE to install the ATI CCC. If you want only the drivers with the 'old' Control Panel, just go here: www.ngohq.com and click on the Files option at the top of the page. You'll find what you need on that page.

Tipstaff · Nov 12, 2006, 03:40 AM

I would also try one of the older sets of Omega drivers, specifically the 6.5s. Even though Omega added support for different cards apparently ATI has removed some needed support to have them work as they should.

Lothair · Nov 12, 2006, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

So, did Sony's drivers correct the problem? Your post doesn't say one way or the other.

Have any of you tried running the game with the newest ATI official drivers? Remember, you don't HAVE to install the ATI CCC. If you want only the drivers with the 'old' Control Panel, just go here: www.ngohq.com and click on the Files option at the top of the page. You'll find what you need on that page.

I think I deleted the old control panel to replace it with the omega control panel

Lothair · Nov 12, 2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

I would also try one of the older sets of Omega drivers, specifically the 6.5s. Even though Omega added support for different cards apparently ATI has removed some needed support to have them work as they should.

Radeon Omega Drivers 3.8.252 (Catalyst 6.5)

This one?

I Ill try that and see how it works

Splatt · Nov 13, 2006, 12:16 PM

where did you find the old drivers? I am having a similar problem.

Lothair · Nov 13, 2006, 12:25 PM

Well I installed the 6.5 drivers and most of my games seem to work now, thanks for the help. Also there is a number in the top right corner of the screen when the game is playing, I'm guessing its the frame rate?

Lothair · Nov 13, 2006, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Splatt

where did you find the old drivers? I am having a similar problem.

Go to the Omega drivers website and click ATI Radeon, then click archive, you can find the old drivers there

Tipstaff · Nov 13, 2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lothair

.... Also there is a number in the top right corner of the screen when the game is playing, I'm guessing its the frame rate?

Is ATI Tray Tools running in the taskbar? If so, then it's a function of that program that is displaying the framerate. To turn it off open up ATI Tray Tools (right-click on the taskbar ATI cube icon for it), select "Tools and Options", then "Onscreen Display". The first setting under the OST tab will be "Enable Onscreen Display". Just uncheck the box, then hit ok. That should take care of it.

Wanda · Nov 21, 2006, 04:14 PM

I have ATI Mobility Radeon M6 and installed omega drivers version 3.8.291.
I have the last version of directx.
I lost Direct3d on the dxdiag and none of my games work saying problems with directx

I understood that youy installed a previous version of omega drivers. Was that it?
You installed over the previous version or you clean the previous omega drivers?

Please help.
I don't understand prety much of this but I'm trying to solve this problem for the last 3 days after dinner.
I'm aslo afraid of uninstall omega drivers and go back to the oficial ones. I'm not sure how to do that.

Thanks
W

aNy_oNE · Nov 21, 2006, 10:34 PM

3 days... and you think you have problems :/

Anyway, you should be able to fix it just like the other guy did, download the Omegas 6.5 (3.8.252), uninstall current drivers (should be in add/remove programs, also after uninstalling that I highly recommend using Driver Cleaner Pro - found on this site), restart and install the older Omegas.

Wanda · Nov 22, 2006, 04:16 PM

Thanks anyone!
I've solved that problem but unfortunatly I still can't play the last "Broken Sword" (that was the reason I installed omega drivers on the first place)... 3 more days!
W

Crosseye · Nov 24, 2006, 01:05 AM

After installing the drivers supplied by Sony (Radeon IGP 345m) The game did work, Direct3d not detected. Then I reinstalled The latest Omega Drivers and direct3d stopped working again. I'll give those older Omega drivers a try [3.8.252 (Catalyst 6.5). ]. Thanks, I'll post my success if it happens.

UPDATE: Simply confirming that uninstalling the latest Omega Drivers (6.9) and installing the (6.5 v3.8.252) Works just dandy. Didn't even bother reinstalling the legacy drivers, or use a driver cleaner. All is golden, and Directx works on all settings. Nice to have my Laptop up to spec again

Thanks for all the posts and help.

mugaroo · Apr 22, 2008, 09:11 AM

I seem to be having an issue with the latest update of Ati tray tools, on Dxdiag it states that direct 3d is disabled, i have searched and read any

thing i can find on the matter, but nothing....plz help, im at a point of dispair, i dont know a great deal about computers and its language, but it seems nothing ever works the way it should. anyone?

***temeteus82*** · Apr 22, 2008, 11:38 AM

Hi there and welcome to DriverHeaven!

First this is one old thread where you replied. And second could you give more information about your computer? What graphics card is in use and what driver version you are using?