I can't start Gzdoom at all!

DuduKrazy · Post by **DuduKrazy** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 17:34

Since the version 1.0.32, everytime i try to start GZdoom, i get a problem with my monitor. The screen goes black and the monitor displays a "out of frequency" message. The same problem happens with the SVN versions. My monitor is a LG Flatron EZ T710SH. The resolution i use currently is 1152x864 pixels. 4:3 aspect. The worst thing about the problem is that i don't hear anything as well when i start the program. i can't even force gzdoom to quit with the task manager, so i have to force the PC to restart by pressing the reset button. after that, sometimes, nothing happens at all.

Post by **Enjay** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 19:41

LWM told me that she has a very similar (if not the same) problem.

DuduKrazy · Post by **DuduKrazy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:55

and what do i do to solve it?

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:43

As of yet, LWM doesn't have a solution either.

I wonder if there is a way of forcing GZdoom to use certain refresh rates?

RazTK · Post by **RazTK** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:57

There's 'gl_vid_refreshHz' (by default it's set to 0), but I'm not sure it'll solve the problem. After a short search on Google, this error might indicate that your refresh rate is set too high.

DuduKrazy · Post by **DuduKrazy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 13:49

my refresh rate is 85hz. i also have an older version of gzdoom (1.0.30) which runs fine.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 16:17

I think the 0 value just tries to use whatever the desktop is set at.

If your's is set at 85 and isn't working, you could try forcing it to lower values such as 60, 70, 75 and see what happens - and 0 of course, but it should have defaulted to that as RazTK said. Presumably you'd do this by editing your ini rather than from the console if you can't see the screen.

DuduKrazy · Post by **DuduKrazy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 18:38

i didn't messed with the .ini file. there wasn't any file like this at all. what i've done was just extracting the file to a folder i already had.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 18:44

When you try to run it, even an aborted attempt will usually create an ini that you could try to edit and see what happens.

DuduKrazy · Post by **DuduKrazy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 20:55

Enjay wrote:When you try to run it, even an aborted attempt will usually create an ini that you could try to edit and see what happens.

But when i saw the ini file, it was all blank and it's size was 0KB.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 21:03

In that case, try copying over the ini file from the version that works for you and try editing it instead.