ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary...

[Protector]

Gettin the following error when starting the game:

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_multitexture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_ARB_texture_rectangle or GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_fragment_shader
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Yes, I have the latest Forceware. No, the driver is not tweaked in any way. Any ideas?

8800GTX, E6600, AB9 quadGT

[godofspeed]

Yea, me too. I have this problem too. I am using Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB. Can some1 solve this problem? I am having a hard time. -_-

[darkangel32]

i had the same problem but this have soleved it fore me.

PROBLEM: ERROR DURING INITIALIZATION WHEN LOADING

If this error is received with messaging that includes "ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necesary features", this is likely due to outdated drivers or possibly having the Extension limit enabled in the NVIDIA Control Panel. To disable this, follow these steps and try re-launching the game:

1. Open the NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Select 'Manage 3D Settings'
3. Find the 'Extension limit' option, and set it to 'Off'.
4. Apply the changes and then re-launch the game.

[Slagish]

I have the same error Message, but I have two ATI 1900xt video cards...

[Joe999]

I have the same error Message, but I have two ATI 1900xt video cards...

you need to update your graphics drivers to 7.10. make sure to run drivercleaner or driversweeper after the uninstallation of the current ones.

[Reap3r]

On the to it says error during initialization. and i console in shortcut:

The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_texture_rectangle or GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_shader_objects

Ive got Vista card : Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
I downloaded drivers. And i think i should mention that im pretty noob in computer stuff.

[reyalp]

Ive got Vista card : Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
I downloaded drivers. And i think i should mention that im pretty noob in computer stuff.
This is not a supported video card. Per the readme:

SUPPORTED VIDEO CHIPSETS:
NVIDIA GeforceFX Series (5700 or higher, not including 5700LE and 5700VE)
NVIDIA Geforce 6 Series (6200 or higher)
NVIDIA Geforce 7 Series (7300 or higher)
NVIDIA Geforce 8 Series
ATI Radeon 9700 or higher
ATI Radeon X700 or higher
ATI Radeon X1650 or higher

[HungryHippo]

This is not a supported video card. Per the readme:


Okay, this may seem like stupid question, but my friend has the same situation going on and is there anyway he could download one of those new chipsets you mentioned or does he have to go buy it and install it manually?

[spirit]

You can't download a chipset, it's a piece of hardware (a "part" of your video card). If your card is not supported, you need to get a better one that is supported.

Note that this does not apply to all posts in this thread though (only to the " Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family" it seems to me). The 8800GTX for example is a very powerfull and supported card and the error is most likely realted to drivers here (you can download those from the internet for free), so you friend should check what kind of hardware he has and report back here.

To clarify: getting this error does NOT mean that you have to buy a new video card - it may, though.

[HungryHippo]

You can't download a chipset, it's a piece of hardware (a "part" of your video card). If your card is not supported, you need to get a better one that is supported.

Note that this does not apply to all posts in this thread though (only to the " Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family" it seems to me). The 8800GTX for example is a very powerfull and supported card and the error is most likely realted to drivers here (you can download those from the internet for free), so you friend should check what kind of hardware he has and report back here.

To clarify: getting this error does NOT mean that you have to buy a new video card - it may, though.Yeah unfortunaly he does have the Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family. He downloaded a "Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family" driver update but it still had the problem. So I don't know if he should have just downloaded a "Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family" driver update instead, or did he do everything okay?

[reyalp]

Yeah unfortunaly he does have the Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family. He downloaded a "Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family" driver update but it still had the problem.
First of all, those look like different things. Unless you have reason to believe the 945 and 965 drivers are compatible, you would need the 945 drivers. Or the 965 was just a typo ;)

However, all this is pointless for etqw because the game will almost certainly not run on either of those chips, and even if it did run, would not give playable performance.


edit:
Looking at the intel site, there is one file for both those chipsets, so it's probably the right thing.

[HungryHippo]

Oh okay thanks, I thought so. I'm just gonna tell my friend he's screwed unless he can get a new chip then. lol

[Mahuhu]

I have the same error message. In my case it's special because I was playing with the game before. Then I installed Call of Duty 4 and changed some settings in the Catalyst CC after that I can't run QW.

I have ATI X1400 with the following driver:
Driver Packaging Version 8.383.1.1.3-070621a2-050878C-Lenovo
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 6.14.10.6698
Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0503
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.6479
Catalyst® Control Center Version 2007.0719.2203.37512

update 1
I have this error message:
ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features GL_ARB_occlusion_query

update 2
And this happened after patch 1.2 install

[Mahuhu]

Okay the solution was: rename etqw.exe to etqw_test.exe

I dont know why but this solution worked for me.
Seems every ATI card user should do it after 1.2 patch. Somebody really messed up something in that patch.

If you have ATI video card read the ATI card holders thread.

[reyalp]

Okay the solution was: rename etqw.exe to etqw_test.exe

I dont know why but this solution worked for me.
Seems every ATI card user should do it after 1.2 patch. Somebody really messed up something in that patch.

If you have ATI video card read the ATI card holders thread.
Some other ATI related issues that are solved by renaming the EXE are also solved by disabling catalyst AI and/or triple buffering, as described here:
http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15403

[V3nt0]

Gettin the following error when starting the game:

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_multitexture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_ARB_texture_rectangle or GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_fragment_shader
********************

Yes, I have the latest Forceware. No, the driver is not tweaked in any way. Any ideas?

8800GTX, E6600, AB9 quadGT

I have the same problem with my ATI Radeon X800 RX under Linux (openSUSE 10.3) with the latest drivers 8.42.3 after install ETQW-client-1.2-full.r2.x86.run
Any ideas?

[redjako]

8 series Nvidia cards are (randomly, not everyone..but a lot of ppl) having issues with ET:QW.

After long hours of googling and messing with my settings, playing in a Window is the only option working for me at the moment (8700 gt, 256meg, but its really a overclocked 8600 gt supposedly).

Thats not too bad, since you can stretch the window nearly full-screen anyway...try that out, and Google et:qw Tweak guide, or look Here (http://www.tweakguides.com/ETQW_2.html):

raw link:
http://www.tweakguides.com/ETQW_2.html

And use those tweaks for some help.

Also, This forum (http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=172717)helped me out a bit.

RAW link: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=172717

[JFK]

Gettin the following error when starting the game:

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_multitexture GL_EXT_texture3D GL_ARB_texture_rectangle or GL_EXT_texture_rectangle GL_ARB_occlusion_query GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_fragment_shader
********************

Yes, I have the latest Forceware. No, the driver is not tweaked in any way. Any ideas?

8800GTX, E6600, AB9 quadGT


Protector and Godofspeed,
Do you still have the "ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necesary features" when you turn Extension Limit to Off in the Nvidia Control Panel as darkangel32 suggested?
Let us know if that solved it for you.
Cheers

[netmerc]

i had the same problem but this have soleved it fore me.

PROBLEM: ERROR DURING INITIALIZATION WHEN LOADING

If this error is received with messaging that includes "ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necesary features", this is likely due to outdated drivers or possibly having the Extension limit enabled in the NVIDIA Control Panel. To disable this, follow these steps and try re-launching the game:

1. Open the NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Select 'Manage 3D Settings'
3. Find the 'Extension limit' option, and set it to 'Off'.
4. Apply the changes and then re-launch the game.

I don't see where there is something to toggle this 'Extension limit' in nvidia-settings.

I'm using a nvidia 7600 GS

NVIDIA Driver Version: 100.14.19
NV-Control Version: 1.13
uname -a : Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Nov 1 20:28:15 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

can anyone give me some pointers?

[netmerc]

oh sorry the full error message is.


********************
ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_shader_objects GL_ARB_vertex_shader GL_ARB_fragment_shader
********************
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
Shutting down SDL subsystem
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Sys_Error: Error during initialization

[RR2DO2]

If you have the latest drivers (which you seem to have) then it means exactly what that says. Your drivers don't expose the extensions required. Seems fairly odd though, as the 7600 definitely should support GLSL. At this point that's more a question for NVIDIA.

[netmerc]

okay cheers mate

[netmerc]

it was a driver issue :) it's fixed.

I was running kmod-nvidia from livna

[Qz.]

Protector and Godofspeed,
Do you still have the "ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necesary features" when you turn Extension Limit to Off in the Nvidia Control Panel as darkangel32 suggested?
Let us know if that solved it for you.
Cheers




It solved my problem, Thanks champ !!!

I was up a while trying to set different setting to have Quake Wars work, I installed new drivers and still had the error...But turning off the extension limit did it !!

Now All I need to figure out why my bro's computer, which is about 1/3 less powerful than mine is running better and can run with high graphic settings and mine have to be on low to play a game....

I have a 128 mb physics card, I disabled it and it did not help,
( these card are not too bad btw, you get nice display of little pieces flying everywhere from a blast in supported games, like World Of Conflict

I have a 7300 Geforce and 3.2 duel intel.

I tried to reinstall my system, and it did not like it one bit, with errors popping up everywhere, I just made it back to my desktop to run system restore.
All good but I have a Explorer Icon on my desktop that creates a shortcut when you double click it....

[Qz.]

Protector and Godofspeed,
Do you still have the "ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necesary features" when you turn Extension Limit to Off in the Nvidia Control Panel as darkangel32 suggested?
Let us know if that solved it for you.
Cheers




It solved my problem, Thanks champ !!! turning off the extension limit did it !!
Solving the Quake Wars Error

I was up a while trying to set different setting to have Quake Wars work, I installed new drivers and still had the error...But turning off the extension limit did it !!

Now All I need to figure out why my bro's computer, which is about 1/3 less powerful than mine is running better and can run with high graphic settings and mine have to be on low to play a game....

I have a 128 mb physics card, I disabled it and it did not help,
( these card are not too bad btw, you get nice display of little pieces flying everywhere from a blast in supported games, like World Of Conflict

I have a 7300 Geforce and 3.2 duel intel.

I tried to reinstall my system, and it did not like it one bit, with errors popping up everywhere, I just made it back to my desktop to run system restore.
All good but I have a Explorer Icon on my desktop that creates a shortcut when you double click it....

err sorry to go off topic...
thx again...

[reyalp]

I have a 7300 Geforce

That's a very low end card.

[Qz.]

yea but it uses my physic card too I think...so it gives me a little extra ...
My system registered my Geforce as 512 kb, but it's a 256 + 128 Physics card...
So it has rounded it up to 512 kb... I was just play the Game ...this Quake wars is awesome...

We want to play multiplayer over LAN, but my bro said something about needing another computer to run a server ? So that 3 PC we need to play a Game...do we really need that ?

[reyalp]

yea but it uses my physic card too I think...so it gives me a little extra ...
My system registered my Geforce as 512 kb, but it's a 256 + 128 Physics card...
So it has rounded it up to 512 kb... I was just play the Game ...this Quake wars is awesome...

It doesn't work this way. The physics card requires specific support from the game, which ETQW doesn't have. Also, the amount of memory isn't nearly as important as the speed of the card. No matter what, a 7300 isn't going to give you good performance, because it's a slow budget card. I suggest turning the settings down as low as you can stand.
We want to play multiplayer over LAN, but my bro said something about needing another computer to run a server ? So that 3 PC we need to play a Game...do we really need that ?
You don't have to run a 3rd PC for the server. You can run it on the same computer as one of the clients. You'll want to use the best computer available to host the server in this case.

[Qz.]

You don't have to run a 3rd PC for the server. You can run it on the same computer as one of the clients. You'll want to use the best computer available to host the server in this case.




thats good to hear, I'll tell my bro l8r, cos he thought we can't play together.
thanks for the info...

[AirHendrix]

Sup, I'm having the same error message as well. I just bought the game with the christmas money I had and was really anxious to get the game up and running until I saw this message that the thread is talking about.

Now before I begin about how I'm gonna try to update my stuff, My rig is:

1. AMD Athlon 3800+ (Single core 2.4 ghz)
2. 1 gig of Corsair Ram
3. Sapphire X1650XT
4. 450 Watt PSU
5. 80 Gig HDD
6. Fans, etc.


Well, I'm dling Catalyst 7.11 for XP and I'm also getting the Display Driver 6.11 for my X1650xt just like many of the people on this thread have recommended but I was worried about the following:

Am I getting the right things to update my rig?

Cause there's another driver called WDM Driver Catalyst 7.11 on the bottom of the page and I had no idea if I should get that instead of the 6.11 Display driver since its not 7.11 like you guys recommended.

What should I do?

Here's the link to the page i'm talking about (Just making sure so I don't install the wrong drivers for the game):

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/support/drivers.php

[AirHendrix]

Or should I only install Catalyst 7.11 to fix this issue?

[AirHendrix]

I really don't mean to be hasty but I really wanna play. Please help...

[sivvo]

Or should I only install Catalyst 7.11 to fix this issue?

Actual version is 7.12 .
What you could try is a "clean" install.
1. Uninstall your old Ati software completely (controlpanel->software), reboot
2. Run this program http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=driversweeper (select Ati-Display), reboot
3. Install the new driver, reboot http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx

[AirHendrix]

Ok but which one on that ATI site should I get?

The Catalyst dl, the display driver, or the WDM one?

But seriously THANK YOU SO MUCH! for responding :). I'll download that Driver cleaner as I wait for a response.

[sivvo]

Your OS->Display driver (top)->Catalyst Software Suite

[AirHendrix]

I have XP so should I just get the Catalyst 7.11 Windows XP (32/64-bit)(multilanguage) but NOT the 6.11 display driver?

[sivvo]

I have XP so should I just get the Catalyst 7.11 Windows XP (32/64-bit)(multilanguage) but NOT the 6.11 display driver?

Version is 7.12. The link i gave you is the official site from Amd(ATI). What exactly do you mean?

[AirHendrix]

Oh ok, i'm just gonna shut up and follow your steps. I thought we were still talking about the Sapphire site.

Thanks so much. I'll let you know if it fixed the prob :D.

[AirHendrix]

Ok It worked. I installed the patch that it gave me and i'm gonna run the game and play it.

Thanks so much! Hope its a fun game lol :D cause that was a hassle!

[StroggFans]

Hi, I'm Newer Here... But I have A Same Problems With it. This Games is Very Beautiful but How Can I solve this Problem? is there Someone Knows? My Graphics Adaptor:
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series 128 MB (Pixel Shader Model 2.0) - Onboard
And if Someone Give me Some Clue to Solve it Except Changing a my GFX, I will Give you 5 ET:QW Mods...
is this game must, Run with Shader Model 3.0? I don't Think So... Cause My friend With Ati Radeon Xpress 300 Can Play it with no Trouble!!!!!!
Answer please... or Send it to ZaLdYz0elFiQaR@yahoo.com

[panickin]

Okay the solution was: rename etqw.exe to etqw_test.exe

I dont know why but this solution worked for me.
Seems every ATI card user should do it after 1.2 patch. Somebody really messed up something in that patch.

If you have ATI video card read the ATI card holders thread.

no all you need to do is turn off catalyst ai

[Enugor]

i had the same problem but this have soleved it fore me.

PROBLEM: ERROR DURING INITIALIZATION WHEN LOADING

If this error is received with messaging that includes "ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necesary features", this is likely due to outdated drivers or possibly having the Extension limit enabled in the NVIDIA Control Panel. To disable this, follow these steps and try re-launching the game:

1. Open the NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Select 'Manage 3D Settings'
3. Find the 'Extension limit' option, and set it to 'Off'.
4. Apply the changes and then re-launch the game.
Where can u find the Control panel :confused:

[mato1]

Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by ATI
Graphics Chipset RADEON 9200 SERIES
Device ID 5964
Vendor 1002

Subsystem ID 7C26
Subsystem Vendor ID 174B

Bus Type AGP
Current Bus Setting AGP Off

BIOS Version 008.015.033.000
BIOS Part Number BK-ATI VER008.015.033.000
BIOS Date 2003/09/03

Memory Size 128 MB
Memory Type DDR SGRAM / SDRAM

Core Clock in MHz 200 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 164 MHz

Primary Display Yes


hi guys!
I need help whit my graphic card (radeon 9200 series),when i start the game I get the error ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary... So if any one can help me whit that problem.
__________________________________________________ _________________
Sorry for my english!

[Nail]

sorry, your Video card is not capable of playing ET:QW

* Supported Video Chipsets:

NVIDIA®GeforceFX™ Series (5700 or higher, not including 5700LE and 5700VE)

NVIDIA®Geforce™ 6 Series (6200 or higher)

NVIDIA®Geforce™ 7 Series (7300 or higher)

NVIDIA®Geforce™ 8 Series

ATI®Radeon™ 9700 or higher

ATI®Radeon™ X700 or higher

ATI®Radeon™ X1650 or higher


plus, you should enable AGP in BIOS on your computer

[panickin]

I have the same error Message, but I have two ATI 1900xt video cards...

hey man, i can help you with the crossfire stuff, there are really two ways to go about it with crossfire, you can either disable catalyst ai, but the problem with that is it basically takes crossfire out with it, so here's what i do (kinda sucks cuz qw doesn't work with xfire now but i can live without the messenger) i rename the exe and keep catalyst ai on, of course make sure you are using catalyst 8.4 as that's the newest for a couple more weeks anyway, doing it this way has netted me great framerates with AA (4x) and AF (16x), might wanna do some testing yourself to find out what works best for you :), hope this helps

[Dynamica]

Hi all of you ,,

I have a litlle problem
I just bought Enemy territory quake wars

I downloaded it but if i want to open it there comes this ,

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_occlusion_query

Can someone help me with this problem !! thanks

[sivvo]

Hi all of you ,,

I have a litlle problem
I just bought Enemy territory quake wars

I downloaded it but if i want to open it there comes this ,

ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features: GL_ARB_occlusion_query

Can someone help me with this problem !! thanks

Most likely you need to update graphics drivers. The other possibility is that your graphics card is below the minimum requirements for etqw.

[BladeSoldier]

hi people I have the problem can someone help me, please excuse my English/////FATAL ERROR: The OpenGL driver doesn't support wglChoosePixelFormatARB
********************

[jALLAD]

as the other posts say, either u need a driver update or ur card is not supported. post ur dxdiag as per the sticky.

[GDF_SOLDIER]

I have this problem with my radeon 9200 and ATI Catalyst 6.11. How can I solve it?

[GUNSL1NG3R]

ATI Catalyst 6.11 was released in nov 06 and should be updated.
But your card according to this,
http://reviews.cnet.com/graphics-cards/radeon-9200-128-mb/4505-8902_7-21238661.html
is old as well. 128 mb is very low

New card and driver should solve but may not. How old is the pc?
specs???

[riverbank]

i have mobile intel 4 chipset family version 7.15
i have the same problem please help i really want to play :confused:

[Nail]

afaik, your graphics adapter doesn't support OpenGL to the extent required for the game, outside of trying to update to the latest drivers I don't think there is any other option