PlaneShift

Support => Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game => Topic started by: Versable on March 15, 2003, 05:32:56 am

Title: no CEL enviroment variable set?!?!??
Post by: Versable on March 15, 2003, 05:32:56 am

When i start a game it wont go fullscreen instead it gives me the error message in the dos window:

no CEL enviroment variable set!
Using alternative 3d driver: crystalspace.graphics3d.opengl

Then it continues to go to the game in windowed mod,

When i try to go to setup it sayes can\'t create direct draw device, I have the latest dirctX and I have a newer comp with a new graphic card

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Post by: Vengeance on March 15, 2003, 08:13:36 am

like what card and what computer and what OS?

99% of the time this is a driver problem.  Go to your gfx card manufacturer\'s website and get the latest drivers.  Then after it fixes your problem, thank your lucky stars that Venge helped you out. ;-)

- V

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Post by: pgarceau on March 17, 2003, 05:44:39 am

Same problem.

OS:  NT4
Card:  3d Prophet 64M

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Post by: pgarceau on March 19, 2003, 02:18:29 am

Updating to latest drivers did not work.

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Post by: ElMago on March 19, 2003, 02:22:47 am

Same problem.
I\'ve try diferents drivers for my voodoo2 and always get this problem
K6-2 450mhz
Voodoo2 (suck i know)
WinXp

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Post by: Kahlisi on March 19, 2003, 03:20:28 am

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With software mode you will need a fast processor and you will not have the need of a 3D card, but it will run slower. A PIII 600Mhz with 128Mb of RAM can run the game with acceptable  performance.

With OpenGL mode, it is the graphics card which makes the difference and you will see the game at its full potential. A PIII 600Mhz with 256Mb of RAM and a geforce 2 card will give you good performance.

Those are the system requirements for PlaneShift from the FAQ section right before you enter the message boards.  Thought it might help anyone with this problem.  :)

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Post by: Murdok on March 20, 2003, 10:31:00 pm

hrm, I\'ve got the same problem too, I just noticed it.

I tried to download the drivers for my graphics card (GeForce DDR), but it didn\'t seem to work.

What effects would this have on running the game?

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Post by: Ravenmaster on March 21, 2003, 12:08:26 am

For me, when I open PS client, it pops up the DOS-looking window and it says \"no CEL enviroment variable set\", but then it continues anyway and works fine.

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Post by: ElMago on March 21, 2003, 03:43:19 am

I also have a p3 600mhz with the same message, but in both computer i can play. So i don\'t know what it mean

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Post by: Atanor on March 21, 2003, 03:55:31 pm

the message about CEL is in fact an error that happens only for Linux users... It\'s strange to see it in the Windows release. Anyway, you can ignore it since Windows version does not need it.