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GfK(Posted 2008) [#1]
Following on from this: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=74121

Just a quick note that I've just installed the latest Intel GMA drivers on my laptop. The good news is that BlitzMax apps now seem to run perfectly under OpenGL.

Can anybody else who was having problems with this, maybe try a driver update and re-test?


MGE(Posted 2008) [#2]
Still...if it's running on a Windows box, I wouldn't take the chance running anything but DX.


Warpy(Posted 2008) [#3]
So.... it was a driver problem?

*ducks*


Damien Sturdy(Posted 2008) [#4]
I had the same issue

I worked around it by changing HOW the pixmap was created. I grabbed a pixmap rather than created it, and suddenly I got images instead of white boxes.


GfK(Posted 2008) [#5]
So.... it was a driver problem?
Well, Mark confirmed there was a specific cause, and everything else that required OpenGL but *wasn't* written in Blitzmax, worked fine.

But yes, oddly, a driver update has resolved it.

Has anybody who had problems with GL/ATI cards tried the latest Catalyst drivers?


ziggy(Posted 2008) [#6]
Yay! It works now also on my Intel 945GM labtop!


Damien Sturdy(Posted 2008) [#7]
well, there's no driver update for my Intel card. :-(


GfK(Posted 2008) [#8]
Mine came through Windows Update.