OS Neutral OpenGL or old Classic driver???

[yoopea]

I'm trying to run a Classic game on my Mac. I've been running Chubby Bunny (an all-in-one version of Sheepshaver), but after installation, I've run into this error message:

OpenGL reported that no 3D acceleration was available. Please make sure you have the latest version of OpenGL, and the appropriate drivers for your card.

The weird thing is, the disc I used for the game included a GL install, which seemed to be the latest version (1.2.1) that runs on OS 9. The following files are visible in my Extensions folder: OpenGL Engine, OpenGL Library, OpenGL Memory, OpenGL Memory, OpenGL Renderer, OpenGL RendererATI, & OpenGL Utility, so it seems like it should work.

I guess I could have a driver missing, but I have no idea where to find drivers that'll work for OS 9, since I'm running Snow Leopard on an Intel-based system.

Here are the details on my graphics card:

Can I get that driver somehow, or is it a problem with OpenGL?

I'm really at a loss here.

 

[goMac]

Chubby Bunny (or Sheepshaver) need to emulate OpenGL, and they don't.

 

[WMD]

SheepShaver only presents an unaccelerated video card to OS 9. No 3D graphics are possible. Even if it could feed the X3100 video directly in, there are no OS 9 drivers for video cards after 2004 or so.

 

[50548]

I'm trying to run a Classic game on my Mac. I've been running Chubby Bunny (an all-in-one version of Sheepshaver), but after installation, I've run into this error message:



The weird thing is, the disc I used for the game included a GL install, which seemed to be the latest version (1.2.1) that runs on OS 9. The following files are visible in my Extensions folder: OpenGL Engine, OpenGL Library, OpenGL Memory, OpenGL Memory, OpenGL Renderer, OpenGL RendererATI, & OpenGL Utility, so it seems like it should work.

I guess I could have a driver missing, but I have no idea where to find drivers that'll work for OS 9, since I'm running Snow Leopard on an Intel-based system.

Here are the details on my graphics card:
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Can I get that driver somehow, or is it a problem with OpenGL?

I'm really at a loss here.

You could try virtualizing OS X 10.6 and then confirm if if the checkbox "run in classic mode" is activated when you do a Get Info on the application...

 

[blesscheese]

What exactly is the game?

There may not be a solution via Sheepshaver, but if it has a Universal version, you may be able to get it running in 10.6 via Rosetta...or if there is a Windoze version available, you may be able to get it running via WINE.

 

[Eric5h5]

You could try virtualizing OS X 10.6 and then confirm if if the checkbox "run in classic mode" is activated when you do a Get Info on the application...

10.6 doesn't support classic mode, which requires a PPC chip and won't work on Intel.

--Eric

 

[50548]

10.6 doesn't support classic mode, which requires a PPC chip and won't work on Intel.

--Eric

Huh? 10.6 is the last to support Rosetta - of course Classic mode is possible there.

 

[MichalM.Mac]

Huh? 10.6 is the last to support Rosetta - of course Classic mode is possible there.

Nope. Last OS X to support Classic virtualization was 10.4 Tiger for PowerPC.

 

[50548]

Nope. Last OS X to support Classic virtualization was 10.4 Tiger for PowerPC.

Ah sorry; you were talking about OS 9 - I was thinking about PPC support.

 

[smoketetsu]

What exactly is the game?

There may not be a solution via Sheepshaver, but if it has a Universal version, you may be able to get it running in 10.6 via Rosetta...or if there is a Windoze version available, you may be able to get it running via WINE.

This option may actually be the best way to go actually. Especially if the game is for example.... anything Unreal Engine based including Deus Ex.

The Windows versions of those games allow better settings and have received lots more fixes both official and unofficial than the old Mac versions ever did. You can run them with DX9 renderers and optional high res texture packs such as the Deus Ex New Vision mod.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-vision

I play Unreal Gold with DX9, graphics enhancement dll's (Using the FXAA tool; does HDR, bloom, etc. as well) and Unreal high res texture pack as well as openal enabled 5.1 positional surround sound.

With the Mac version I could hardly even get detail textures and music to work in either Unreal or UT'99.