win32 problems - more widespread than believed?

[Nick S. <ns...@qu...>]

I have now tried bzflag under 2 versions of Windows (98 and 2k) and with 
4 different video cards (Voodoo3, G200, G450 and an ATI) and even two 
differnt motherboards. In many instances, I tried multiple driver 
versions. bzflag malfunctions identically in every case -- it fails to 
render the lower section of the display unless the Generic GDI is being 
used (usually by picking 8 bit color. Picking 24 bit color always 
results in a sickly green colored display). It's tough to play with no 
radar. :-) In one case (G450, latest driver rather than unified, win2k), 
the malfunction was the polar opposite -- during gameplay the ONLY thing 
it would update is the radar.

I know that everyone says it works for them. Nevertheless, it bzflag is 
incompatable with so many varieties, don't y'all think there may be some 
issues at work? Does bzflag have a software GPS system that disables 
operation near 37 N 121 W? :-)

The only constant is that in every case it was running on an AMD 
processor (either a K7-600 or a Duron 900) with 256M of RAM. I find it 
difficult to believe I'm the only one using one of those either. :-)