no opengl support in CS?

[bayrider]

ok, i recently formatted and reinstalled CS... i have the latest detonator drivers and what not... now this is the first time ive instaleld CS without it letting me run in opengl mode... for 2yrs ive never had such a problem... is it a bug with the new detonator drivers or am i missing somethign?

[Ryan Versaw]

first of all, are other games letting you use opengl?

then, i would suggest looking through your options for your graphics card. otherwise, i dont know what to tell you... did you check the sierra support pages?

[ToastGodSupreme]

GF2MX here... I've been playing CS in OpenGL, no problems... what does it do when you try to select opengl?

[OPaul]

Are you talking about the stand alone copy or the modded Half-Life version?

[bayrider]

stand alone... i have a geforce 3 64mb ddr... i installed the newest det drivers and when i click to join a server it says "my vid card doesnt support the open gl settings" even though ive been playing CS for 2yrs on this comp wiht opengl

[Got3n]

Ok this has happened to me too, what it is in a certain mode (screen res) open gl sux and will crash, you can fix this in your vid card props but its not worth it, opengl in cs i think sux, so i use direct3d and the graphics are much better.

[Icarus ^i^]

Are u using the detonator drivers that can be found from the windows update site? I heard that those doesn't support opengl, but I always get mine from nvidia or elsewhere so I could be wrong.

[OPaul]

What happens if you try running it with a lower res?

[Ryan Versaw]

Ok this has happened to me too, what it is in a certain mode (screen res) open gl sux and will crash, you can fix this in your vid card props but its not worth it, opengl in cs i think sux, so i use direct3d and the graphics are much better.

uh, i have always thought cs looked better in opengl, but i also run it in opengl because it usually is faster. otherwise, you may want to try lower resolutions, as others have said. before you get new drivers, please answer my question: do other games run in opengl mode in your current installation? if so, its your CS settings. if not, then its probably your drivers.

[FudgeMonkey]

i was running it in opengl from day 1, then i got a similar problem so i switched to Direct3d, didn't really notice much difference.

then about 2 months ago i re-installed CS and set it to openGL and all of a sudden it was working again :p

[dougkinzinger]

stick with the ones from nvidia, and stick with the whql-signed ones (not the always new beta drivers). While they're probably fine you'll be suprised what they sometimes miss. 40.72 is the most current signed ones as of now.

[[X]]

I have that problem as well since I updated my nvidia driver to 42.01 (got it from leadtek). so I just play it using D3D, not much different.

[jimmybonez]

Common fix for this is to simply reinstall cs again, atleast for mod version, not positive on retail. Its happened to myself and numerous others that i know as well and its done the trick. The forums at http://www.cscentral.com/ usually have alot of info about this and other common issues with CS/HL.