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Aptiva - ATI Video Problems with Games

Applicable to: World-Wide

Problem:
Customer has trouble running games by Lucasarts on her system. Customer called Lucasarts for a solution and they told her there were about 25 games that were having problems with the new ATI drivers. Customer is getting DING.DLL errors in game.

Solution:
To fix the error you have to edit the SYSTEM.INI file and add the line STRETCHENGINE=0 to the display section. There is currently nothing in this section. Reboot the system and then the game works fine. According to Lucasarts, some of the other games affected are; SpyCraft, PBA Bowling by Bethesda Software, Afterlife, Heroes of Might, Magic by New World Computing, King Quest 6, and Robert E. Lee's Civil War by Sierra.

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Video, Error Messages

Date Created

24-12-96

Last Updated

12-06-98

Revision Date

08-06-99

Brand

IBM Aptiva

Product Family

Aptiva

Machine Type

2159, 2176, 2134

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