hello all,
Here's what's happining. I (like millions of others) downloaded the new 1.1 patch for Doom 3, but it really F-ed me up! Now I can not get in to the game, it just will not run; and everytime I try I gat a bule and grey window with flashing red letters saying: Error during initialization

and a little ways down it says:
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ERROR: wrong game DLL API version
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I have reinstalled the game and it worked fine until I installed the patch again, and I have updated my graphics carde driver and still no go!

Any advice would be greatful!

P.S. here is all of what the window reads:

2593 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & HTT
512 MB System Memory
128 MB Video Memory
Winsock Initialized
Hostname: VOID
IP: (not for your eyes!)
doom using MMX & SSE & SSE2 for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
enabled Denormals-Are-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Current search path:
C:\Program Files\Doom 3/base
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\SiTWulfSM.pk4 (86 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak005.pk4 (63 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak004.pk4 (5137 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak003.pk4 (4676 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak002.pk4 (6120 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak001.pk4 (8972 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\pak000.pk4 (2698 files)
C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\game00.pk4 (2 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
file system initialized.
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----- Initializing Decls -----
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------- Initializing renderSystem --------
using ARB renderSystem
renderSystem initialized.
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5151 strings read from strings/english.lang
Couldn't open journal files
execing editor.cfg
execing default.cfg
execing DoomConfig.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
5151 strings read from strings/english.lang
----- Initializing Sound System ------
sound system initialized.
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----- R_InitOpenGL -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
...calling CDS: ok
...created window @ 0,0 (640x480)
Initializing OpenGL driver
...getting DC: succeeded
...attempting to use stereo
...PIXELFORMAT 5 selected
...creating GL context: succeeded
...making context current: succeeded

------- Input Initialization -------
Initializing DirectInput...
mouse: DirectInput initialized.
keyboard: DirectInput initialized.
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sound: STEREO
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
...using GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
...using GL_ARB_texture_env_add
X..GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not found
...using GL_ARB_texture_compression
...using GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
maxTextureAnisotropy: 16.000000
...using GL_1.4_texture_lod_bias
X..GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette not found
...using GL_EXT_texture3D
...using GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
X..GL_NV_register_combiners not found
X..GL_EXT_stencil_two_side not found
...using GL_ATI_separate_stencil
...using GL_ATI_fragment_shader
...using GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
...using GL_ARB_vertex_program
...using GL_ARB_fragment_program
X..EXT_depth_bounds_test not found
---------- R_NV20_Init ----------
Not available.
----- R200_Init -----
GL_NUM_FRAGMENT_REGISTERS_ATI: 6
GL_NUM_FRAGMENT_CONSTANTS_ATI: 8
GL_NUM_PASSES_ATI: 2
GL_NUM_INSTRUCTIONS_PER_PASS_ATI: 8
GL_NUM_INSTRUCTIONS_TOTAL_ATI: 16
GL_COLOR_ALPHA_PAIRING_ATI: 1
GL_NUM_LOOPBACK_COMPONENTS_ATI: 3
GL_NUM_INPUT_INTERPOLATOR_COMPONENTS_ATI: 3
FPROG_FAST_PATH
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---------- R_ARB2_Init ----------
Available.
Cg not available.
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---------- R_Exp_Init ----------
PARAM bloom0 = { 0.199501 };
PARAM bloom1 = { 0.176059 };
PARAM bloom2 = { 0.121004 };
PARAM bloom3 = { 0.064769 };
PARAM bloom4 = { 0.027000 };
PARAM bloom5 = { 0.008765 };
PARAM bloom6 = { 0.002216 };
PARAM bloom7 = { 0.000436 };
Available.
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----- R_ReloadARBPrograms -----
glprogs/test.vfp
glprogs/test.vfp
glprogs/interaction.vfp
glprogs/interaction.vfp
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp
glprogs/bumpyEnvironment.vfp
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp
glprogs/ambientLight.vfp
glprogs/shadow.vp
glprogs/R200_interaction.vp
glprogs/nv20_bumpAndLight.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_specularColor.vp
glprogs/nv20_diffuseAndSpecularColor.vp
glprogs/environment.vfp
glprogs/environment.vfp
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using ARB_vertex_buffer_object memory
using ARB2 renderSystem
found DLL in pak file: C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\game00.pk4/gamex86.dll
copy gamex86.dll to C:\Program Files\Doom 3\base\gamex86.dll
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ERROR: wrong game DLL API version
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Error during initialization
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...wglMakeCurrent( NULL, NULL ): success
...deleting GL context: success
...releasing DC: success
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL

Before reinstalling, did you remove all of the files from the previous version? The problem might be releated to an older config file.

I suggest uninstalling, deleting everything, then reinstalling.

I figured it out! You were half right, Foyle. when i reinstalled (for the first time) i noticed that the mods that i installed were still there. So, i uninstalled the game a deleted the left behind files and reinstalled, installed the 1.1 patch and BAM, it worked!

But now i have a new problem. I had to change the vertices of a window, that was a worldspan textured with the glass texture and i did the "simple patch mesh" to it, so it could fit in a frame that was slanted.

The result was the glass made everything (looking through it) look wavy and the frame ( which was a worldspan textured with a yellow and black strip texture) is now in techno color going from green to pink to blue, etc. But the odd thing is that it is only the frame that is odd colors.

Am i right to think that it is all in may grafics card? I just updated my drivers, so that might have something to do with it.

Also is there another way to change the shap, angle and slop of glass?

The latest set of nvidia drivers screwed me two days ago. I am still reformatting everything. I am absolutely certain that the drivers were at fault as I am able to reproduce the error and installing older drivers finally solved my problem.

It's possible that the reshaped patch is making your glass look wavy.. but I don't know about your frame. All those colors is certainly indicative of a video error. IF the colors are flat colors without texture, then I think it is a video error. Otherwise, it's something to do with the brush and texture placed in the level.

The latest set of nvidia drivers screwed me two days ago. I am still reformatting everything. I am absolutely certain that the drivers were at fault as I am able to reproduce the error and installing older drivers finally solved my problem.

It's possible that the reshaped patch is making your glass look wavy.. but I don't know about your frame. All those colors is certainly indicative of a video error. IF the colors are flat colors without texture, then I think it is a video error. Otherwise, it's something to do with the brush and texture placed in the level.