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"Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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"Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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I am running XP SP2 on a comp with 1.8 ghz 256mem Ati radeon xpress graphics card with glide wrapper & I keep getting this error I have searched this site everywhere I'm a noob to the site But I used to play the games carma1 & 2 on an older machine,I can't get carma2 to run. I have downloaded CL2and get the same error. Game works some time with the directdraw but freezes when race is completed or or I run out of time. I Can't get the voodoo wrapper to work properly. Does .rar have anything to due with the way I extract the voodoo wrapper in to the game. Help the noob on the block!!! :help: :help: I have re-installed all and same error. carma1 works in dos but it's ugly graphs. :supercrazy: :supermad: I need :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:
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Re: "Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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I have this exact same problem, and you only needed to look a few posts down...
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I have tried every thing, booth glide wrappers individually and together' right cicking .exe files. Installing game under win 95/98 compatibility mode, tried carma_hw and carma_sw same error. drivers are up to date. Checked out your site S.O.D pretty cool I will register as soon as I can get this game running and dowload some of the stuff your site has to offer but for now I just want to Playyyyyyyy. I dont care about graphics, Just want to start game and playyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. :mad: :confused:
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Re: "Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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For S.O.D., you just need to download the glide wrapper and v3.2 and you're ready to play!

I've never had the front screen problem with S.O.D.

Do you have a C2 MOD already installed (C2 Advanced, Carma-Life, etc.)?
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Re: "Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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Yes I have the CL2 MOD from Tosh's installed and it does not work either. I am going to try S.O.D's Look eleswhere. :suicide:
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Re: "Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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dude, did u try dgvoodoo(google it for urself)
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Yes and that did not work. However I tried a wrapper called Glidos (google it) and every thing worked out fine. Now I am trying to get CL2 to get past the same error,& to get C1 to work in HIRES. I have typed CD\intrplay\carma\carma HIRES & it still plays low res graphics. :cool: :beer: :thumbsup: :thumbsdown: Thanx's All who checked out my problem and extra thanx for thoes who replied. Now on to problem #2 C1 Hires &CL2 running. Running XP.
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Re: "Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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You need to use the "-hires" flag...

Also, Carmageddon 1 comes with a Windows 95 version that seems to work fine on my XP SP2 machine...

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Re: "Help the Noob" "MAYDAY" BRender error: Unable to allocate Front Main Screen

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How do I use the "-hires" flag on carma 1
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