: > >What the hell is anti-aliasing ?????
: > >Please explain.
: The opposite of Aliasing.
And don't dare ask what anti-Anti-Aliasing is! <LOL>
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> WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Reading all the other posts in this string, It would seem we are all in
> agreement.
> I too think Papy, er, Sierra should support an AA patch. Lets SEE what the
> Screamin
> 3D (Rendition) can do, cause 3DFX and Power VR are starting to, or
> have...Killing you.
> N2 and Indy are the only reasons I got a rendition.
> All other games I use the 3DFX!!!
> Come on rendition!!! Get with it.
> You got the hardware. Make the most of it.
> Mr Bill
> > Hi,I just wondered if anyone knows if there is a patch for
> > "anti-aliasing" in Nascar2.I have a 3DBlaster video card .Any help
> > would be helpful.
I stole this from some other guy but I thought it was halarious:
A friend of mine told me to try America Online, but I said I already
have a computer!
> > WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > Reading all the other posts in this string, It would seem we are all in
> > agreement.
> > I too think Papy, er, Sierra should support an AA patch. Lets SEE what the
> > Screamin
> > 3D (Rendition) can do, cause 3DFX and Power VR are starting to, or
> > have...Killing you.
> > N2 and Indy are the only reasons I got a rendition.
> > All other games I use the 3DFX!!!
> > Come on rendition!!! Get with it.
> > You got the hardware. Make the most of it.
> > Mr Bill
> > > Hi,I just wondered if anyone knows if there is a patch for
> > > "anti-aliasing" in Nascar2.I have a 3DBlaster video card .Any help
> > > would be helpful.
> Now hold on, back up the tuna truck!!! Don't tell me I just wasted 200
> bucks on a Screamin 3D (Which is due at my doorstep on Wednesday) for a
> higher frame rate? Hell, I could just leave all my detail off. Why in
> the world would Papy or ahem $ierra make such a cool game (Bugs ignored)
> and leave out the AA feature with a Rendition card? Well, maybe if the
> would come out of there development holes with that damn Grand Prix
> bullshit and that off road ***and finish the stuff they start. (hint,
> ICR2, hint N2!)
> Flames welcome if it is worth it.
> -Bill Hutson
> I stole this from some other guy but I thought it was halarious:
> A friend of mine told me to try America Online, but I said I already
> have a computer!
You didn't get screwed Brian, you just paid $10 per additional frame per
second - except in turn 4 of most of the tracks where you paid $150 bucks
for no gain :)
I agree, though, it sure would be nice if the product we PAID for looked
as good as the one we got for FREE. My .02.
Chris Patrick
Hi Chris, Brian, Bill,
Don't get me wrong on this, but the past few threads have been
about the lack of AA in N2, and the problem with cash outlay for
the card...Cost (and AA) aside, you all bought the Rendition for a
single title?!!
And to let you all in on something, IMO no one has gotten the 3D
version of ICR2 for free...since it only comes with the card (Cyrix
patch exempted). Kinda' like the ad that says 'buy one, get one
free'...More or less each cost you 50%. You paid for the card,
hence you paid for the included CD.
Sorry...I'll step off my soapbox.
Best Regards,
Marc
Marc J. Nelson
The Sim Project
http://members.aol.com/simproject
Yeah we need a AA patch.
Also rumor of the day has it that the voodoo port might not ne dead!
Q.B.M.
> Don't get me wrong on this, but the past few threads have been
> about the lack of AA in N2, and the problem with cash outlay for
> the card...Cost (and AA) aside, you all bought the Rendition for a
> single title?!!
Dana Bailes
> Yeah we need a AA patch.
> Also rumor of the day has it that the voodoo port might not ne dead!
> Q.B.M.
DLB
> >You didn't get screwed Brian, you just paid $10 per additional frame per
> >second - except in turn 4 of most of the tracks where you paid $150 bucks
> >for no gain :)
> >I agree, though, it sure would be nice if the product we PAID for looked
> >as good as the one we got for FREE. My .02.
> Hi Chris, Brian, Bill,
> Don't get me wrong on this, but the past few threads have been
> about the lack of AA in N2, and the problem with cash outlay for
> the card...Cost (and AA) aside, you all bought the Rendition for a
> single title?!!
> And to let you all in on something, IMO no one has gotten the 3D
> version of ICR2 for free...since it only comes with the card (Cyrix
> patch exempted). Kinda' like the ad that says 'buy one, get one
> free'...More or less each cost you 50%. You paid for the card,
> hence you paid for the included CD.
> Sorry...I'll step off my soapbox.
> Best Regards,
> Marc
> Marc J. Nelson
> The Sim Project
> http://members.aol.com/simproject
Hi,
Um...this might sound stupid, but could someone please tell me what
anti-aliasing is and what it has to do with a rendition card?? I own a
reactor 3d card, (or what ever the new name is) and I'd like to know
what I'm missing, if anything at all.
Thanks,
Matt
<snip>
Yes, that's the ONLY reason I bought the Rendition card. Do
you find this hard to believe? I mean, nothing else on the
limited list of games ported for Rendition interests me. I guess
if you find it hard to believe that I spent a mere $176 for a
video card just to make Nascar2 look better, you'd really
have a ball flaming me for the other (and much more expensive)
upgrades I invested in trying to get the most I can out of
this sim. <BWG> If I wasn't into this sim as much as I am, I
would've waited for awhile to see where this video market
is going to end up at......but, since there is something out
now that makes my sim of choice run much better, I was
willing to put out the $$$$ for it. Just wish the AA was included
in the sim that caused me to purchase it anyway. Being one
of the few games that comes Rendition ready out of the box,
I expected to see the AA in it, particularly since Sierra
manufactures one of these cards themselves.
Take care,
Shawn Wise
Midwest Motorsports
ProHCS3 & HGNS3 on Hawaii
> Hi,
> Um...this might sound stupid, but could someone please tell me what
> anti-aliasing is and what it has to do with a rendition card?? I own a
> reactor 3d card, (or what ever the new name is) and I'd like to know
> what I'm missing, if anything at all.
> Thanks,
> Matt
If you want to see the effect load Indycar2 on you Reactor and go out on
a oval track like Michigan. Stop somewhere you won't get hit and press
Alt-A which toggle anti-aliasing on and off. Look closely at the edges
of the track lines and walls as you toggle it on and off. The
difference is amazing and the main benefit is it makes it easier to see
farther down the track. This should now be a mandatory feature,
especially in Sierra products since they sell a video card which
supports it.
Dana Bailes
<< the past few threads have been
about the lack of AA in N2, and the problem with cash outlay for
the card...Cost (and AA) aside, you all bought the Rendition for a
single title?!! >>
Marc,
To answer your question simply, "Yes." The only reason that I bought the
rendition card was for N2 (it was a birthday present to myself). Of
course I hoped that future software would support it too, but at the time
the only thing I was hoping for was REALLY fast graphics for N2. And
while the frame rate is good until you get in heavy traffic, where it
drops, the lack of full support for the card (AA in particular,
transparent smoke also) is disappointing. It just seems strange that the
only really good support for the card is the title that comes with the
card (screen shots of which helped to sell me on buying it) and the
production software doesn't provide all the features the card it capable
of, and that I think we were all expecting.
It's a shame, but I guess this just proves the old axiom "Buyer beware".
Regards,
Chris Patrick
I have 4 rendition cards just for Nascar 2. That's all I use it on.
Yep almost seems like a trick. Put a killer graphical app in the box ICR2 and
then all other ports thereafter are substandard of that. I always thought it
was supposed to get better as time went on.
Q.B.M.
