Minecraft showed a bad video card drivers message in Windows 8 32-bit with HD Radeon 4850. Had to use old Windows 7 32-bit drivers because there are no Windows 8 drivers for this older card.
Windows 8 Pro upgrade chooses 32-bit if you're upgrading from Windows XP 32-bit. They say you can install 64-bit if you get the DVD for $15 more. Here's the error message:
Bad video card drivers! -----------------------
Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode. This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 -------- Generated 10/27/12 11:25 PM
- Minecraft Version: 1.4.2 - Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2 - Java Version: 1.7.0_09, Oracle Corporation - Java VM Version: Java HotSpot™ Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation - Memory: 430826744 bytes (410 MB) / 518979584 bytes (494 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB) - JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx1024m - AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used - LWJGL: 2.4.2 - OpenGL: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null - Is Modded: Probably not - Type: Client - Texture Pack: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null - Profiler Position: N/A (disabled) - Vec3 Pool Size: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method) at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52) at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784) at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:232) at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) --- END ERROR REPORT 8a3e1bd9 ----------
Due to you having windows 8 it maybe very hard to get drivers for your card which enable opengl correctly which is what they error your getting is.
I would suggest checking out the windows 8 forums (if they have them) or asking your card makers for advice
Thanks Bartelia. I tried those drivers, but it's crashing the machine pretty often while playing Minecraft. Don't know if it's the drivers or Windows 8.
From what I know, some programs/software are not compatible with Windows 8, so maybe, there is a program or some software that Minecraft requires for it to run and perform to it's full potential, that is being blocked by Windows 8. Have you played Minecraft before on a different operating system e.g. Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP?
Windows 8 Pro upgrade chooses 32-bit if you're upgrading from Windows XP 32-bit. They say you can install 64-bit if you get the DVD for $15 more. Here's the error message:
Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------
Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 10/27/12 11:25 PM
- Minecraft Version: 1.4.2
- Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2
- Java Version: 1.7.0_09, Oracle Corporation
- Java VM Version: Java HotSpot™ Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
- Memory: 430826744 bytes (410 MB) / 518979584 bytes (494 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
- JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
- AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
- LWJGL: 2.4.2
- OpenGL: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
- Is Modded: Probably not
- Type: Client
- Texture Pack: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
- Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
- Vec3 Pool Size: ~ERROR~ NullPointerException: null[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:232)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 8a3e1bd9 ----------
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ModeratorI would suggest checking out the windows 8 forums (if they have them) or asking your card makers for advice
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