rec.autos.simulators

Very scientific. You forgot to tell us which cards you were using. Mere
D3D doesn't say much. You would also have to make sure that both cards
are giving their best. The game's graphics options won't help you there,
try Display Properties in Windows. If one or both of the cards are using
some generic or otherwise limited drivers, change them to something that
allows you to make the most of the card's feature set.

If the shots you posted were taken using the same card and there are no
options that would allow any tweaking, you're simply locked into a crappy
D3D implementation. Too bad for you.

The binary you posted does speak volumes. But mostly about your lack of
knowledge regarding usenet etiquette and video hardware. I'm sorry.

Maybe this line-up will manage to demonstrate you how different D3D
settings can easily affect the perceived texture quality:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~midpro/comparison.html

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Antti Markus Peteri

       15 miles. your dim light shines from so far away

                                 - Soul Asylum, Promises Broken

You got that barrel of your gun dangerously close to your foot :P

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: Well, maybe you could be so kind to tell us what graphics card you are using,
: and how you tweaked it to make D3D look like that.
: You got that barrel of your gun dangerously close to your foot :P

Maybe I'm stupid, but how did you manage to get the same car lineup on two
independent machines?

Stephen

And you just shot yourself in head.  %\v

Chris Johnson's binary was a perfect example of what you might get with
8-12 automatically generated mipmap levels, bilinear filtering and low
mipmap detail level.

Anyways, I'm using a TNT and a TNT2 (not Ultra) myself. If you've got one
of those, you should by all means know that there are several D3D options
available through Display Properties' D3D Settings. Have you ever changed
display resolution? Well if you can do that, what's with the D3D
settings?

All this has been covered earlier so I'll just quote some of my earlier
messages:

<snip>
                      ...Unless you're using some ancient drivers
with your TNT, there should be a wealth of options available in D3D
settings, each of which has a distinct effect on texture quality
(mipmap levels, mipmap method, detail level, even texel alignment).

<another msg>
                          ...The number of mipmap levels and mipmap
detail level are often the most significant factors. If you witness
excessive blurring or some unspecified texture anomalies, reduce
the number of auto-generated mipmap levels...

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Antti Markus Peteri

       15 miles. your dim light shines from so far away

                                 - Soul Asylum, Promises Broken

Dohhh!  Silly me.
Stephen

:>
:> : Well, maybe you could be so kind to tell us what graphics card you are
: using,
:> : and how you tweaked it to make D3D look like that.
:> : You got that barrel of your gun dangerously close to your foot :P
:>
:> Maybe I'm stupid, but how did you manage to get the same car lineup on two
:> independent machines?
:>
:> Stephen

I would suggest that you read the rec.autos.simulators FAQ please Doug.
There is netiquette on the USENET newsgroup, and it excludes posting any
kind of binary file in a non binary newsgroup, and r.a.s. is one of them.
The Net is controlled chaos, remember.

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

scientific. You forgot to tell us which cards you were using. Mere

Nope, just TNT and TNT2, that's what I said in the follow up. Tho
I must admit that V3s are currently very attractive products, the real
El Cheapos of video hw, most bang for the buck. One fine product among
many others.

I do however get miffed about people drawing conclusions without doing
their homework first and even closing their eyes from the reality in
order to maintain the illusion. I suppose it's a survival strategy of
some kind.

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Antti Markus Peteri

       15 miles. your dim light shines from so far away

                                 - Soul Asylum, Promises Broken

Keep your rules to yourself... It's bad enough the government tells me what
I can and can't do in my country, but you are trying to tell me what to do
on a newsgroup?!  Go fight for freedom of squirrels or something.  But I pay
for my internet access and I will use it any way I see fit.  And until you
pay for my access, I set my own rules.  Maybe you should check out my FAQ
sometime.  ;-)

(although it may seem like I am angry by this, I am not. I only want to
state that the popularity of the internet is based on freedom of choice.
There is no law against posting a binary.  So please stop telling someone
what they can and cannot do in the privacy of their own home)

I'd suggest, if you don't mind, that in the future that you post the file in
the binary newsgroup (someone help me out here..can't find it at the moment)
and then post a message here concerning it.

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