Hey guys,

I decided it's about time to lay of the homework and start playing Doom 3 again. It hasn't been on my system since I reformatted about 6 monthes ago. Anyway, I installed all 3 disc, went to play it and it gave me this (long) error message:

2162 MHz AMD CPU with MMX & 3DNow! & SSE
512 MB System Memory
128 MB Video Memory
Winsock Initialized

doom using MMX & SSE for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Current search path:
E:\/base
E:\base\pak004.pk4 (5137 files)
E:\base\pak003.pk4 (4676 files)
E:\base\pak002.pk4 (6120 files)
E:\base\pak001.pk4 (8972 files)
E:\base\pak000.pk4 (2698 files)
E:\base\game00.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
file system initialized.
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----- Initializing Decls -----
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------- Initializing renderSystem --------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
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4966 strings read from strings/english.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing editor.cfg
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec DoomConfig.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
4966 strings read from strings/english.lang
----- Initializing Sound System ------
sound system initialized.
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----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetExtensionsStringARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSwapIntervalEXT
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribfvARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglChoosePixelFormatARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglCreatePbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleasePbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglDestroyPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglQueryPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglBindTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleaseTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSetPbufferAttribARB
...calling CDS: ok
...created window @ 0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...attempting to use stereo
...PIXELFORMAT 7 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetExtensionsStringARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSwapIntervalEXT
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPixelFormatAttribfvARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglChoosePixelFormatARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglCreatePbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglGetPbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleasePbufferDCARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglDestroyPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglQueryPbufferARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglBindTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglReleaseTexImageARB
Couldn't find proc address for: wglSetPbufferAttribARB

------- Input Initialization -------
Initializing DirectInput...
mouse: DirectInput initialized.
keyboard: DirectInput initialized.
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sound: STEREO
X..GL_ARB_multitexture not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_env_combine not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_cube_map not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_env_add not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
X..GL_ARB_texture_compression not found
X..GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic not found
X..GL_EXT_texture_lod not found
X..GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias not found
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
X..GL_EXT_texture3D not found
X..GL_EXT_stencil_wrap not found
X..GL_NV_register_combiners not found
X..GL_EXT_stencil_two_side not found
X..GL_ATI_separate_stencil not found
X..GL_ATI_fragment_shader not found
X..GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object not found
X..GL_ARB_vertex_program not found
X..GL_ARB_fragment_program not found
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ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support the necessary features
********************
Error during initialization
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL


I am not sure if I should be looking for drivers or what.... It used to play fine, how do i fix it?

thanks for any suggestions.

Hi zellerscrossing. Welcome to the PC Help Forum.


First thing i'd do would be to update video card and chipset drivers.

Then install the latest patch for doom3.

I am working on getting the patch downloaded right now. Do I need to place the patch in the same folder as my Doom 3, if so which one?

As you are probably getting the notion already, i am not quite the master of computers yet. How do I find which drivers are correct for my video card? When i go to "system information" my computer says "windows cannot open help and support because a service system is not on, to fix this problem, start the service named 'help and support' "

is there a easier way than opening up my computer and trying to read what my card says?

Hi zellar,

that's no problem at all. Once you download the patch - just run the file, and it will automatically go where it's supposed to go.

With your video card, right click on the Desktop, select Propertes and goto the Settings tab. Once there, it will say "Type of monitor" on "type of graphics card"


In regards to the 'Help and Support' service, click on Start -> Run -> type in services.msc and push OK. Scroll down until you find Help and Support double click on it, and select 'Automatic' and 'Start'

OK, I'm pretty sure i have a Radeon 9600 XT AGP Does this sound right?

So if that is right, do I just get the latest drivers off the Radeon website?

Thank you for all you help!

Yes, that does sound like a video card

I'll link you directly to some drivers that will improve performance a bit...

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