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t1337Dude
23 Feb 2007, 12:29
When trying to start up a game or join someone else's I get a black screen. This *isn't* related to the blackscreen on startup and I do have the latest patch. The only way to exit this black screen is to restart my PC. I have an 8800GTS.

Muzer
23 Feb 2007, 15:05
Worms 2, Worms Armageddon and Worms World Party all use direct draw, and direct draw support has been dropped with the latest 8800 drivers. You'll just have to pester NVIDIA for new drivers. There is nothing the patch developers can do to fix this either without completely redesigning the game from scratch.

AndrewTaylor
23 Feb 2007, 15:22
http://oldversion.com/ might have some old versions of the drivers that do support it. It's not really an ideal solution but it should work.

t1337Dude
23 Feb 2007, 15:36
I don't even have the latest 8800 drivers, I'm pretty sure I infact have the earliest ones. And even at that point, it's not worth that considering that Worms isn't the only game I'd play. I'm going to see if there's any manual way to do this or emulate it or something. Thanks
EDIT: Yea, not possible with any tweaks I found. Guess I'll just have to wait - Hopefully these next XP drivers are good. Anyone know if Vista driver's support directdraw?

t1337Dude
24 Feb 2007, 12:35
Someone just claimed they played Armageddon fine on their 8800GTX. Are you guys 100% sure?

Muzer
24 Feb 2007, 15:00
Yes .

1of42
2 Mar 2007, 07:09
Arrgh, I was just going to post a question about this. Dammit.
Yeah, I have an 8800 GTS as well... well, I suppose pestering nVidia it is, then. ;)

Zentanker
2 Mar 2007, 13:30
I too have exactly this issue and a 8800GTS :mad:

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