I am trying to play ZeroK, but I think my problem is related to Spring configuration. The ZeroK Lobby runs fine, but when I click PLAY NOW on any of the Missions, I get an error message that says "No OpenGL drivers installed" (among other things), which is followed by another error message saying that I am missing certain OpenGL extensions, and identifying my graphics card as "GDI generic", which I presume is the graphics card built onto the motherboard. I am using Win7(32-bit) and my graphics card is AMD Radeon HD8490 (according to Device Manager). I have tried updating my drivers a dozen different ways and, while they always seem to install properly, I always still get the same message about OpenGL when trying to play ZK. The AMD graphics card should have OpenGL support but the "GDI generic" graphics card probably doesn't(?). I suspect that Spring simply isn't seeing the AMD graphics card and is instead trying to use the generic on-board graphics card which doesn't support OpenGL.
I've opened various setting files in notepad to see what I find. Specifically, lups.cfg has a section called "Force Card Detection", which sounds promising. Currently the "vendor" and "renderer" settings in this section are set to some random values which don't pertain to my AMD graphics card. Assuming the "Force Card Detection" settings will fix my problem, what should I put for "vendor" and "renderer"? On a hunch, I tried "AMD Radeon" and "HD8490", but that didn't work. What should I do with these settings? Am I on the right track or barking up the wrong tree?
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Forcing Spring to use a specific graphics card
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Re: Forcing Spring to use a specific graphics card
Lol. Thanks for the tip. I'll keep an eye on that one.
Re: Forcing Spring to use a specific graphics card
I'm sure you're aware. The link is there for potential helpers who may benefit from the information in that thread.