Graphical artifacts during Fallout 2

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Mactab

First time out of the vault
Before I get flamed, here's my disclaimer: I read the FAQ. I searched through this forum for older topics on my subject. However, none of the answers in those topics were satisfactory, and I gave up searching after skimming a dozen topics.

I get the typical graphical artifacts during Fallout 2. Sometimes minimizing my game and then maximizing it will solve the problem. Sometimes I have to do this 4-5 times to get it to work. Sometimes I do it 20 times and nothing happens. I get the exact same problem with a couple other games from that late-90s period.

I tried messing with the compatibility mode options, but every time I try to change something and run the game, I get an error message:

"Error: Fallout 2 appears to be running in compatibility mode."

It used to let me change the compatibility mode options, not sure what's different about my computer now, or why it's no longer fixing itself from the min/max trick. Anyone have any solutions? Also, I think it would be a good idea if this problem was added to the FAQ.
 
The graphic artifacts: Does this look similar to the game screen suddenly going black here a pass with a mouse cursor or moving the view redraws the graphics or rather a messed-up palette and very bright white, pink and so-on pixels across the whole screen?

The first is a known issue with Fallout and Windows XP and the best course to go about fixing this is closing as many background Windows applications as Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) will let you.

To fix the latter I would try the above, plus maybe mess around with the graphics card driver.

Maybe posting your system specification can help us identify the bug.
 
sry for my ignorance but what kind of graphical artifacts you experiencing?

if you could post a screenshot it could help and what OS your using?

EDIT: looks like Silencer typed at the same moment but was faster than me :P , well yeah if its the black screen thingie, i never found out a way to fix it except "cleaning it" with the mouse. if you get alot of weird colors if change your desktop resolution to a lower one (800x600) might help (it worked for me)
 
i got the one with the black screen and moving the cursor redraws the graphics. only got it on fallout 1 and not that often...dont need to minimize or waste time clearing it, just click on the character button and then resume and it goes back to normal.
 
I wish it were the black screen glitch. That one takes half a second to solve. This is the bright white pink pixels thing. It never goes away.

I took a screenshot to show here, but the screenshot fails to capture the color distortions. Must be a problem with my display drives... but how do I fix that? I doubt "downloading the latest drivers" will fix it. This game is from 1999.

I have a laptop: DELL Latitude D820 with Windows Vista Business. My graphics card specs:

Name: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M
Chip Type: GeForce Go 7400
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Approx. Total Memory: 1047 MB
Current Display Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60 Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

Main Driver: nvd3dum.dll
Version: 7.15.0011.5669 (English)
Date: 10/4/2007
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
DDI Version: 9Ex

I wonder if I answered my own question with my driver date: two years old. Stupid Windows thinks its already running the latest version. I'll update it manually and see if it changes anything.
 
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