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 Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:28 pm Post subject: Open GL? |
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How do you know if your in Open gl, d3d or software mode? what is the difference?
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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Software mode = looks crappy
OpenGL = looks nice can't see through water very well
D3D = looks nice can see through water to other side of map
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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would i be able to switch modes? I want to see what sparky is all about and it says i need to be in d3d or open gl? how does one switch?
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| Gurrg wrote: | | would i be able to switch modes? I want to see what sparky is all about and it says i need to be in d3d or open gl? how does one switch? |
From the menu:
Configuration->Video->Video Modes
Click OpenGL. Decide on a resolution. Decide on windowed/fullscreen.
Click Ok. Click Done. Click Done.
If you haven't already done this and have been playing in software
mode the whole time, I'd be a bit shocked. 
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MuLiShA
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:54 am Post subject: |
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DO NOT DO D3D, it causes massive amounts of choke. Use open gl instead.
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:11 am Post subject: |
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D3D is a relic leftover from the age of Voodoo cards. Inferior to OpenGL which has become the new adopted default rendering setting for most everything needing rendering.
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:13 am Post subject: |
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| YourPowersAreWeakOldMan wrote: | | D3D is a relic leftover from the age of Voodoo cards. |
Microsoft, of course, would disagree (but I won't!  )
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2003 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| My Personal Insanity wrote: | | YourPowersAreWeakOldMan wrote: | | D3D is a relic leftover from the age of Voodoo cards. |
Microsoft, of course, would disagree (but I won't! ) |
I will  But still, D3D support in Half-Life is very bad, it was designed as a backup back in the day.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2003 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| I have to use D3D when i try to use openGL i get the pop up message OpenGL is not supported by your videocard .. how do i find out if i need the software or my video card really cant handle it? |
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Guspaz
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What videocard do you have?
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| I had some integrated bs where my video card is built into my mother board its wack i put a voodoo3 3dfx from my old computer and it works ok but when i join in open Gl i get the message that it cant download to my Gm? it only flashs when i frist join for a second but it runs okie? just real dull i got my gamma maxxed out so i think it might be my drivers now |
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