Open GL

[Hew Keenaxe]

My son is trying to load this game, but he keeps getting stopped by an open gl message

He is using this

Manufacturer- Toshiba
Model- Satelite C655
Processor- Intel Celeron CPU 925 2.30 GHZ
Ram- 3 GB
System Type- 64 bit operating system X64 Based processor
Video card- Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family

He has tried to update all drivers and follow all online cues to fix this.
Can he play with this pc?

[Jupiter]

Nitram is surely more qualified to answers this, but from my own experience I assume that the video card is just not able to handle Illarion. Those chips are quite bad graphics chips (yeah, chips. They aren't proper graphic cards).

[Banduk]

The issue is known.
The Intel chip sets have an driver implementation which is not compatible (let say erroneous) with OpenGL
Please make the PC not using the on board graphic card if possible or at least try to update the related driver.
In the past we had some cards where it didn't work, even with the most current drivers.

See also
http://illarion.org/community/forums/vi ... =3&t=40940
http://illarion.org/community/forums/vi ... =3&t=39652
http://illarion.org/community/forums/vi ... =3&t=39357

more, maybe in one case one of the following threads describe a solution and fits to your issue
http://illarion.org/community/forums/se ... bmit=Suche

Please let us know if your son get it working.

Banduk

[Estralis Seborian]

I can confirm what Banduk wrote. The older Intel integrated chipsets using Intel GMA don't really support Open GL 2.x that is necessary to play Illarion. But without knowing your exact type of graphics chip and OS, it is hard to say anything. I assume it is the Intel GMA 4500M that should support Open GL 2.x with the latest drivers. Did you really go to the Intel website to update the drivers?

All in all, such an outdated onboard chip isn't really suitable to play games. But it could work. Check also Minecraft forums for potential fixes as Minecraft has the same issues. It is also based on Open GL.

[Nitram]

Sadly all the things already said are correct. The OpenGL implementation on this graphic card series is broken. It will not work.

[Hew Keenaxe]

It sucks, but true. All efforts and still he cant log on. The only solution seems to be , buy a new PC and this game as of late isnt worth that.