Can Anyone Help Me With This?

I recently purchased and installed the AFPD 3 and 4 Add-Ons. When I go to run the SIM, I get an error message saying " No Hardware accelerated OpenGL 2.0 Driver for your 3D graphics card found. Please install an OpenGL driver version 2.0 or later first. AFPD requires OpenGL 2.0 for proper operation. Consult the AFPD manual for further information." My graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce 8500GT, and I went to Nvidia.com and downloaded ForceWare Version 175.16. I thought this would do the trick, but I'm still getting the error message.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong! Is OpenGL Driver 2.0 a file that is downloaded seperately? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Did you uninstall the old driver before installing the new driver?

Rajul,
No I did not uninstall the old driver. I figured the new would overwrite the old. I'll give it a try. Thanks for responding!


Griff

You must uninstall the old driver completely first. Otherwise, the new driver will not be installed.

Also make sure you turn off your anti-virus software before updating drivers.

As a basic practice, it is recommended that you first uninstall the older display drivers before updating to a newer version. To uninstall your current NVIDIA Forceware display driver from your system, please follow these steps:

1) Open the Microsoft Windows Control Panel
2) Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon
3) Depending on which driver version you are using, your graphics drivers may appear in differently in the list of programs installed.

-For older NVIDIA display drivers, it will be listed as "NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers". Click "Change/Remove" or "Add/Remove " button to remove the drivers from your system.

-For newer display drivers, it will be listed as "NVIDIA Drivers". Click "Change/Remove" or "Add/Remove" button to remove the drivers from your system.

4) Confirm with Windows that you wish to continue with the uninstall

Note: A prompt appears asking whether you want to delete all of the saved nView profiles. If you click Yes, all of the nView software and all of your saved
profiles will be deleted. If you click No, the nView software is removed, but the profile files are saved in the Windows\nView directory on your hard disk. If you take advantage of the nView profiles, you may wish to keep your custom nView profiles.

Once the driver files have uninstalled, Windows will request that you restart your computer to complete the uninstallation.

You can download a utility that will tell you what version of OpenGL you have here:
http://glew.sourceforge.net/

Thanks Knight!

Rajul,
you Da Man! Once again you've earned your keep. Your suggestion worked.


Thanks Again!
Griff

Sounds good to me. I'll be announcing the AFPD Addon5 (USA edition) soon. Stay tuned!