Hmm, it's hard to help without specifics of your systems. Especially the video card. It's likely that you do not have the OGL ICD that comes with the drivers for whatever video card that you are using.

Can you press

Windows Key + Pause Key.

Go to Hardware
Then Device Manager
Click on Display Adapter

Note whatever is displayed there. This is your video card.

That's it. I'm going to force people to use AIDA32. It's for their own good. 😉

My video card's a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200. Sorry. Again, any assitance would be greatly appreciated.

Start by download the the latest drivers for your video card (or the International drivers, if you are not running a US English version of Windows).

Paul: Why would it be trying to run TOMB?

Well I've downloaded the latest drivers, but still keep encountering the same error boxes when I attempt to start the game. Thank you though.

EDIT: Although since you mention TOMB, this screen flashes before disappearing after I click on Start game.

That's basically stating that you do not have VDMSound installed or that it is installed incorrectly.

DOSDRV is the VDMSound Executable.

So is that the correct screen for when it's installed correctly?

Yeah. It is.

Snover wrote:

Paul: Why would it be trying to run TOMB?

Yes, Why TOMB?

Snover: in the system specifics questions - request for GliDOS related support - Version of Glidos = ??

Can you install the basic DOS version (non-accellerated) and run it without audio?

Martin Westmark wrote:

Hello. I'm a recent purchaser of Glidos, with my unlock codes arriving just this morning. I purchased Glidos for the sole purpose of being able to play The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard. Unfortunately, I'm experiencing some problems with loading Redguard with Glidos.

This is why the "Buy Glidos" page says make sure it is working before buying. Still with a GF4 you should be okay. Are you absolutely sure you have the latest drivers correctly installed? It looks very much like an OpenGL problem.

Also might be worth you trying an older version of Glidos - say http://www.laserpoint.freeserve.co.uk/Glidos_v1_20.exe

Well, Glidos was working for me fine, albeit with a spinning logo, a few days before I sent you $10 through Paypal and emailed you. If the only drivers I'm supposed to have are the ones that I was linked to in this thread, then yes, I'm assuming they're all installed correctly...

I'm doubtful that that image will assist in anything, but I thought I might post it since you mentioned OpenGL. Something may be checked there wrong or whatnot..

Ahh, then what has changed between then and now?

If you delete the file called Authority.txt from the Glidos folder
then that will put Glidos back in the state it was in before you entered the unlock code. I'm sure that wont make any difference but it would be nice to be sure that unlocking wasn't the cause.

The image you posted at least proves that your drivers have OpenGL support.

One of the views of the driver info shows the version numbers.

Oh yeh: have a look in your Glidos folder at the file OpenGLid.LOG

That may have some very useful info, possibly.

Paul, if he runs Redguard...

Then in the error message, why TOMB?

Originally posted by Schadenfreude Paul, if he runs Redguard...
Then in the error message, why TOMB?

*Smart-alec comment removed*

You hard-coded the error into GliDOS Paul?

Schadenfreude wrote:

Paul, if he runs Redguard...

Then in the error message, why TOMB?

Because I couldn't be bothered to change something that dates
from when Glidos was TR only... you know what its like. 😀

>>>Ahh, then what has changed between then and now?

Sadly I don't know. If you haven't noticed by now, I'm pretty stupid when it comes to computers, so I only mess around with them when I know what I'm doing. I honestly can't think of anything I did deliberately that would be causing these problems.

>>>One of the views of the driver info shows the version numbers.

I hope that's what you mean.

>>>Oh yeh: have a look in your Glidos folder at the file OpenGLid.LOG

That may have some very useful info, possibly.

--------------------------------------------------------
OpenGLide Log File
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***** OpenGLide 0.09rc3 *****
--------------------------------------------------------
Date: 04/18/03
Time: 15:06:01
--------------------------------------------------------
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Clock Frequency: 1399.61 Mhz
--------------------------------------------------------
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Configuration file is OpenGLid.INI
--------------------------------------------------------
Wrapper Class Priority of 32
Wrapper Priority of 2
--------------------------------------------------------
ColorBits = 16
DepthBits = 16
--------------------------------------------------------
** OpenGL Information **
--------------------------------------------------------
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer: GeForce4 Ti 4200/PCI/SSE/3DNOW!
Version: 1.4.0
Extensions: GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_window_pos GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color GL_NV_depth_clamp GL_NV_fence GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint GL_NV_occlusion_query GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_register_combiners2 GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_texture_shader GL_NV_texture_shader2 GL_NV_texture_shader3 GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NVX_ycrcb GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_multitexture GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_EXT_swap_control
--------------------------------------------------------
OpenGL Extensions:
--------------------------------------------------------
Extension GL_EXT_secondary_color is present and ENABLED
Extension GL_ARB_multitexture is present and ENABLED
Extension GL_EXT_fog_coord is present and ENABLED
Extension GL_EXT_texture_env_add is present and ENABLED
Extension GL_EXT_texture_env_combine is present and ENABLED
Extension GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias is present and ENABLED
Note: OpenGL GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap extension is supported but disabled by user
Extension GL_EXT_paletted_texture is present and ENABLED
Note: OpenGL GL_EXT_vertex_array extension is supported but disabled by user
Note: OpenGL GL_EXT_blend_func_separate extension is not supported, emulating behavior.
--------------------------------------------------------
MultiTexture Textures Units = 4
Using Palette Extension.
--------------------------------------------------------
Setting in Use:
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Init Full Screen = false
Fog = true
Precision Fix = true
Wrap 565 to 5551 = true
Texture Memory Size = 16 Mb
Frame Buffer Memory Size = 8 Mb
MMX is enabled
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------
** Glide Calls **
--------------------------------------------------------

Thanks again.

Any news on this, guys? While I would very much like to see Redguard running, if you're unaware of a solution to it, I'll just go away and stop pestering you. Thanks.

Originally posted by Martin Westmark ... if you're unaware of a solution to it, I'll just go away and stop pestering you. Thanks.

Give Paul some time. He's the only one that's actually a programmer involved...the rest of us just try to help when we can.

Can you run the "plain" DOS version of this properly within XP?