RADEON (ATI/AMD) graphic card users crashing? Look in here for solution!

[Sharkfood]

The problem is the AMD OpenGL driver crashes the game right after loading a single-player campaign level, or even with newer drivers it can cause blurry textures or even a crash when looking at access terminals in the game.

There is an easy fix that will do nothing to the rest of your system except patch Doom 3 BFG Edition. It is as simple as copying an older AMD OpenGL driver into the game's directory so only Doom3 will use this older driver.

You can do this in one of two ways:

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A) Download the older OpenGL driver file I've expanded for you:
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Download the following file:
http://www.megafileupload.com/90T/Doom3BFGFix.zip

Unzip this file and within you will find 64-bit and 32-bit directories. This specifies whether you have 64-bit or 32-bit Windows 7 or 8.

Copy the appropriate "atioglxx.dll" file for your operating system into the game directory where Doom3BFG.exe is located.

Launch and run the game normally (no need for anything else)

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B) Do it yourself from the AMD drivers
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* Obtain the older 13.1 Catalyst drivers for your system. Go to the AMD Graphics Driver site for your videocard and operating system, then click the "Previous Drivers and Software" link on the bottom RIGHT side of the main driver page... then look for the 13.1 drivers. Download this driver set.
* Run the 13.1 installer and CANCEL on the first window after it uncompresses the drivers.
* Go to the C:\AMD\Support\13-1_vista_win7_xxxx_xxxx_dd_ccc_whql appropriate to your system
* Inside that directory, traverse into Packages\Drivers\Display\W86A_INF\B151068 and look for the file: atioglxx.dl_
* Create a writable directory somewhere (for example, C:\Expand) and copy this file to that new directory.
* Open a command window (On the start menu, type "cmd.exe" in the search box, you should see "cmd.exe" appear at the top search results. Click on this to run it)
* You should now be in a DOS prompt/DOS box command shell. CD to the directory where you copied the atioglxx.dl_ file (type CD \EXPAND and hit enter, for example)
* Type at the command prompt: EXPAND ATIOGLXX.DL_ ATIOGLXX.DLL
* It should say the file has inflated or expanded like 127% or similar factor.
* You may close the command prompt now and navigate to the directory (C:\EXPAND) and see both files now: ATIOGLXX.DL_ and the new ATIOGLXX.DLL
* Copy the newly expanded file (ATIOGLXX.DLL) directly into the Doom3 CFG Edition directory in the same place as the Doom3BFG.exe file.
* Launch and run the game normally (no need for Administrator or compat mode).

REMEMBER you have this file in the game directory! In later Catalyst drivers, try removing this file, launching the game and seeing if it's been fixed. This file may NOT be compatible with later drivers after the latest 13.4's so REMEMBER this kludge should the game stop working after updating your drivers down the road.

NOTE: This mainly effects 7000 series and older Radeons. R7/R9 users should get the latest 14.9 Catalyst drivers and while these do work, they may have slightly blurrier textures. Unfortunately, the 13.1 OpenGL file/fix is not compatible with R7/R9.

Good luck!

[Chillzor]

Thank you, sir!

[Mortal ReCoil]

Thanks man. After I addressed the C++ error with compatibility this was here to save the rest of my day lol. :D

[DarkBaterang]

Thank you very much.It works for me on Win7-64 with HD 7950.

[Banned due to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ weapon]

WOW this ATIOXX solution really fixed the problem! now my FPS is normal again!! TQVM sharkfood!!

[oakes.jeremy]

Thank you, this helped!

[Petrucius]

Thank you very much for this, Sharkfood! It worked for me.

[Bauch]

New Catalyst 13.8 beta2 fix this problem on my machine. HD 6950 / Win7 64


Feature Highlights of The AMD Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver for Windows:

Saints Row 4: Performance improves up to 25% at 1920x1280 with Ultra settings enabled
Splinter Cell Blacklist: Performance improves up to 9% at 2560x1600 with Ultra settings enabled
Final Fantasy XIV: Improves single GPU and CrossFire performance
Van Helsing: Fixes image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the AMD Catalyst Control Center
Far Cry 3 / Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon: Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center
RIPD: Improves single GPU performance
Minimum: Improves CrossFire performance
Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Improves CrossFire performance
CrossFire: Frame Pacing feature – includes improved performance in World of Warcraft, Sniper Elite, Watch Dogs, and Tomb Raider
Doom 3 BFG: Corruption issues have been resolved

[The Hoff]

I emailed this issue to AMD support weeks ago and they still haven't fixed it.

[Sharkfood]

If you wish to try the Catalyst 13.8 Beta2 Driver, do not forget to remove (or temporarily rename) the atioglxx.dll you placed in the Doom 3 BFG Directory. If this file is still there, it wll still use this older OpenGL driver for Doom 3.

I haven't had time to try this yet but I'm eager to hear if AMD restored this fix again!

[Tylstrup]

Looks interesting! Should I download the AMD Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta2 for Windows®, or the AMD Mobility Catalyst™ 13.8 Beta2 for Windows® ? or perhaps more important...what's the difference? Thanks for the continuing support of this thread guys!

[Scorpi]

Thanks a lot my friend...the first way you have written down here works Perfect and is very easy to use.

Greetings from Berlin to you

[TarekGT]

the 13.8 BETA2 Driver solved the CGame start Issue and i confirm that

[FrankDrebin]

thx

[Ch0plol]

Bumping this AGAIN, since people still can't figure out how to read the forum before posting about their issue.

To add to this, this fix works for Nvidia cards as well.

[Raigeki]

It doesnt worked with latest version of Catalyst 13.9:(