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Godot error - opengl not supported

UnknownUser

Hello, as in title, but there's a differnce. When I installed (steam version) of godot, I could run it and do game in OpenGL 2.0 or 3.0 but next day, I couldn't run it. It was showing "Your graphics card does not support any version od godot, please try update your driver" (tip: when I was updating drivers, my pc went into BSOD so... yeah). Also tried use version from your site, nothing, still same error. My graphics card is: AMD Radeon 5600 HD and I'm not sure if i3 540 have intel graphics card (also pc isn't showing other graphics card than radeon). Hope you'll help me. I want to create a game in godot coz it's best game engine.

TwistedTwigleg

Welcome to the forums @"Cnnn666 Games"!

My guess is that your drivers became out of date or got messed up when your computer went into BSOD. Since you have a AMD Radeon 5600 HD, you will need to update your drivers using AMDs software utility. After updating your graphics card driver, it should be good. AMD's support page should point you to the correct drivers to install.

... Also tried use version from your site, nothing, still same error. ...

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Megalomaniak

Make sure to use DDU and do a clean install of your gpu drivers since the bsod might have resulted in some corrupt/broken files too.

I'd recommend maybe watching a video on youtube for DDU first just to make sure you use it right though.

UnknownUser

Godot should be on disk C:\ or D : \ (system is on C:)

UnknownUser

Actually, I installed drivers from amd support site. While installation to the newest, pc showed bsod. When pc was restarting, I selected safe mode and uninstalled newest drivers. Also I founded that, driver 6.10.[...] are supporting opengl 4.2 so why drivers 8.173.0.0 can't support opengl (at least) 2.0 ?

(Btw: I'm scared sometimes to use computer coz, bsod.... it's scary in w7, also I don't want to update drivers, I want my pc still alive)

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SIsilicon28

You know, I had a similar experience with Blender. Ever since the 2.8 update, it requires that the graphics driver supports at least OpenGL 3.3. Now while my graphics driver did support that it was still too buggy for me to use the new features. I tried updating my drivers, but that didn't work. But when I upgraded to Windows 10, then updated the drivers, everything was fine. Please don't be scared of a BSOD. If it happens again when doing the exact same thing, I suggest you go to a computer technician.

UnknownUser

Okay, basically I know what can be issue. I insatlled OpenGL Viewer to check opengl for my graphics card. I opened it, and it showed GNU [...]. And I'm sure, I don't have this. I have radeon and opengl viewer isn't showing it. But how I know? I have installed directx 11 and opengl viewer shows that it supports only directx 10 max. Maybe godot changed rendering to this thing? If yes, how can I fix it?

UnknownUser

@SIsilicon28 said: You know, I had a similar experience with Blender. Ever since the 2.8 update, it requires that the graphics driver supports at least OpenGL 3.3. Now while my graphics driver did support that it was still too buggy for me to use the new features. I tried updating my drivers, but that didn't work. But when I upgraded to Windows 10, then updated the drivers, everything was fine. Please don't be scared of a BSOD. If it happens again when doing the exact same thing, I suggest you go to a computer technician.

First, I'm never gonna update my w7 to w10 Second, bsod is really scary, it's scariest thing in world ;-; I'm never gonna update drivers, unless amd public newer version.

TwistedTwigleg

@"Cnnn666 Games" said: Okay, basically I know what can be issue. I insatlled OpenGL Viewer to check opengl for my graphics card. I opened it, and it showed GNU [...]. And I'm sure, I don't have this. I have radeon and opengl viewer isn't showing it. But how I know? I have installed directx 11 and opengl viewer shows that it supports only directx 10 max. Maybe godot changed rendering to this thing? If yes, how can I fix it?

Godot doesn’t use DirectX, it only uses OpenGL (and Vulkan in Godot 4.0). If OpenGL is not working on your computer, neither will Godot. In the future, Godot might support DirectX 12, but as far as I know, that will be post Godot 4.0.

First, I'm never gonna update my w7 to w10 Second, bsod is really scary, it's scariest thing in world ;-; I'm never gonna update drivers, unless amd public newer version.

1 - Note that using an older version of Windows may mean you run into these kinds of issues. You can stick with Windows 7 if you want, but as time goes on, issues like this are likely to occur, as drivers and the like are not designed to support the older OS. 2 - Then I would suggest seeing a PC technician and getting their help with updating your drivers, if you decide to go down that route. 3 - Updating your drivers is probably what you need to do to fix the issue, as it sounds like the OpenGL side of the GPU driver somehow became corrupt or otherwise is not working. You can try to let Windows handle it via Windows update and see if that works, but outside of that, I’m not sure what else to suggest. The only other thing I might suggest is getting the aid of a computer technician and having them help you update your drivers and get OpenGL working again.

UnknownUser

@TwistedTwigleg said: Godot doesn’t use DirectX, it only uses OpenGL (and Vulkan in Godot 4.0). If OpenGL is not working on your computer, neither will Godot. In the future, Godot might support DirectX 12, but as far as I know, that will be post Godot 4.0. I know but I said that my card supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL Viewer shows other card "Which I don't have" which supports DirectX 10 max. 1 - Note that using an older version of Windows may mean you run into these kinds of issues. You can stick with Windows 7 if you want, but as time goes on, issues like this are likely to occur, as drivers and the like are not designed to support the older OS. So changing from Windows 7 to Windows 10 may solve problem? I don't wanna risk my privacy and pc using windows 10. 2 - Then I would suggest seeing a PC technician and getting their help with updating your drivers, if you decide to go down that route. When I was updating drivers, I got installed 8.173.0.0 version. Maybe that's why I got bsod?

Also (as I said) oepngl viewer shows other things which I don't have (or at least my pc does not shows this) but it isn't showing my graphics card (In this case, ATI Radeon 5600 HD). It's GNU[...] which I don't have, idk what's the issue. Idk what to do. Unity runs well, but I don't wanna use it ;P **Also godot is insatlled on "D : \" disk and system is on C:**

TwistedTwigleg

@"Cnnn666 Games" said:

@TwistedTwigleg said: Godot doesn’t use DirectX, it only uses OpenGL (and Vulkan in Godot 4.0). If OpenGL is not working on your computer, neither will Godot. In the future, Godot might support DirectX 12, but as far as I know, that will be post Godot 4.0. I know but I said that my card supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL Viewer shows other card "Which I don't have" which supports DirectX 10 max.

Well, GNU is related to Unix operating systems (Wikipedia), so I’m not sure why it is happening there. Maybe you installed the Linux driver instead of the Windows one? That might explain the BSOD.

1 - Note that using an older version of Windows may mean you run into these kinds of issues. You can stick with Windows 7 if you want, but as time goes on, issues like this are likely to occur, as drivers and the like are not designed to support the older OS. So changing from Windows 7 to Windows 10 may solve problem? I don't wanna risk my privacy and pc using windows 10.

It might solve the problem, with a big might. I cannot say one way or another, but using a newer OS may fix it simply because its newer and because it can use newer drivers.

2 - Then I would suggest seeing a PC technician and getting their help with updating your drivers, if you decide to go down that route. When I was updating drivers, I got installed 8.173.0.0 version. Maybe that's why I got bsod?

Its possible. I looked up the drivers for your graphics card, and I didn’t find anything. Are you sure your graphics card is a Radeon 5600 HD? AMD’s support site doesn’t even list the GPU, the closest being the Radeon 5670 HD.

I’d maybe try Windows Update and see if that fixes the driver issue. Also, you should be able to figure out what graphics card(s) you have through the “Device Manager” in Windows. If you do not mind, can you check and see if Device Manager says you have a Radeon HD 5670

Also (as I said) oepngl viewer shows other things which I don't have (or at least my pc does not shows this) but it isn't showing my graphics card (In this case, ATI Radeon 5600 HD). It's GNU[...] which I don't have, idk what's the issue. Idk what to do. Unity runs well, but I don't wanna use it ;P **Also godot is insatlled on "D : \" disk and system is on C:**

Unity is probably using DirectX. Can you launch Unity in OpenGL mode? This post on the Unity forum shows how to force OpenGL mode for Unity. If Unity runs okay with OpenGL, then that would confirm that at least OpenGL is usable in some form.

UnknownUser

Its possible. I looked up the drivers for your graphics card, and I didn’t find anything. Are you sure your graphics card is a Radeon 5600 HD? AMD’s support site doesn’t even list the GPU, the closest being the Radeon 5670 HD.

DxDiag.exe says 5670 but device manager 5600

Well, GNU is related to Unix operating systems (Wikipedia), so I’m not sure why it is happening there. Maybe you installed the Linux driver instead of the Windows one? That might explain the BSOD.

I have only windows 7 on my PC, and I'm 100% sure, that I downloaded drivers for windows 7 64 bit (coz I have 64 bit version)

About unity, I'll check it tomorrow. Thx for help. But even cs2d (a game similar to cs 1.6 but it's 2d) it now lags. Even after changing Opengl render to directx it still lags so Opengl viewer may say true, that I have other renderer which I can't see normally. If nothing help, that mean I have to buy new PC :(

R.I.P me

TwistedTwigleg

@"Cnnn666 Games" said:

Its possible. I looked up the drivers for your graphics card, and I didn’t find anything. Are you sure your graphics card is a Radeon 5600 HD? AMD’s support site doesn’t even list the GPU, the closest being the Radeon 5670 HD.

DxDiag.exe says 5670 but device manager 5600

So maybe the driver you installed is for the HD 5670, and not the 5600. That would explain the crashes and potentially could even explain why OpenGL is no longer working.

Well, GNU is related to Unix operating systems (Wikipedia), so I’m not sure why it is happening there. Maybe you installed the Linux driver instead of the Windows one? That might explain the BSOD.

I have only windows 7 on my PC, and I'm 100% sure, that I downloaded drivers for windows 7 64 bit (coz I have 64 bit version)

That's fair, I was just explaining what the GNU means. :smile:

About unity, I'll check it tomorrow.

Sounds good! That would help pin down if the issue is on the Godot side, or the OpenGL side.

Thx for help. But even cs2d (a game similar to cs 1.6 but it's 2d) it now lags. Even after changing Opengl render to directx it still lags so Opengl viewer may say true, that I have other renderer which I can't see normally. If nothing help, that mean I have to buy new PC :(

Well, if the drivers are causing the issue, it makes sense that it would affect other games. That said, I'm sure it is fixable, it is just a matter of figuring out what is going on and trying various possible solutions until something works.

UnknownUser

So maybe the driver you installed is for the HD 5670, and not the 5600. That would explain the crashes and potentially could even explain why OpenGL is no longer working.

I asked on another forum (not to Godot, it's also polish forum about technology) where can I download newest drivers for 5600 HD, people sneered me, I have to download 5670 coz 5600 is a series from 5600 to 5699 and newest drivers are 5670, but DxDiag shows 5670 HD, actual drivers version, and device manager 5600 HD, I'm confused right now.

Well, if the drivers are causing the issue, it makes sense that it would affect other games. That said, I'm sure it is fixable, it is just a matter of figuring out what is going on and trying various possible solutions until something works.

I changed rendering in cs2d from Opengl to directx, still lags, may it be because of drivers? During installation, monitor was bugging and it resulted in bsod. When I was restarting it, I choosed safe mode. I waited a bit. I entered into device manager, and change from installed drivers to older. I think this don't deleted all files, and because of that, drivers may be corrupted or bugged and replacing things, example, file1a can replace with file1b where file1a is old drivers and file1b new graphics. System may changed that so drivers are not working properly which have even sense, coz device manager shows 5600 and DxDiag 5670. What to do in this case?

Megalomaniak

Radeon HD 5670 is the graphics card model not the driver version. And as I've said before, use DDU to properly clean out the graphics driver. And this is crucial, you then reinstall from a freshly downloaded installer.

UnknownUser

@Megalomaniak said: Radeon HD 5670 is the graphics card model not the driver version. And as I've said before, use DDU to properly clean out the graphics driver. And this is crucial, you then reinstall from a freshly downloaded installer.

Then okay, but how can I update my drivers? Everytime when I'm running fortnite, it shows pop-up that there's newer version avaible for my drivers but I can't find that drivers or other than this on amd site.

TwistedTwigleg

I imagine AMD has something akin to Nvidia’s GeForce launcher thingy. I think AMD’s software is called Adrenalin. Maybe try installing that and see if it can install the driver?

UnknownUser

@TwistedTwigleg said: I imagine AMD has something akin to Nvidia’s GeForce launcher thingy. I think AMD’s software is called Adrenalin. Maybe try installing that and see if it can install the driver?

I install it when I turn on PC. Thx

UnknownUser

So. I was reading about radeon software and my graphics card is not supported, what to do now?

TwistedTwigleg

Hmm, the only other thing I can think of is to let device manager handle it for you. If you select the graphics card in device manager, right click it, open its properties, select the "update driver" button, and then select "search automatically for updated driver software". That way, Windows 7 will try to find the driver for you. This guide on LifeWire shows most of the steps (ignore step 0, and diverge at step 7 to use automatic driver updates).

Outside of that, I'm really not sure, sorry!