I've been running GPL for some time now on my V5 with no problems; as a
matter of fact, it has looked fantastic. But for some reason something has
changed now, and when I start up the game in glide mode the screen begins a
strange shimmering/flickering as soon as I get to the main page with choice
of options, player, team, replay, etc. This shimmering continues as I go to
the race setup and event info page, options page, etc, but goes away as soon
as I actually get into the car (though if I hit F10 the oil temp and other
data at the bottom of the screen will flicker, while the driving image
remains fine). The flickering returns upon exit from racing, and as I go
back to the main page it's as if ghost images of all the previous pages I
visited remain flickering in the background. This happens at all
resolutions in glide. If I choose software mode and restart the game, there
is no problem apart from the ugly graphics :-/ None of my other glide games
are having this problem (they all work well).
I haven't changed anything lately in my video setup- my first thought was
that I'd made some mistake somewhere. I've tried a few different things to
see if I could fix this - different levels of FSAA and turned it off,
disabling V-synch, made sure my desktop was in 16-bit mode, and a few other
things all with no effect. I browsed through some sights in search of help
with no luck, but I did notice a statement on Alison Hine's site about
Rendition cards experiencing a similar effect which might go away once you
hit the track (which is exactly what I'm seeing). I even did a fresh
install of GPL onto my other hard drive and ran it to see if I'd corrupted
something within my GPL files, but I experienced the same thing in the other
install (btw- it was kind of odd to run the 1.0 version of gpl again with no
FF effects; I sure seemed faster with that version too). Once again, GPL is
the only game or program which seems to be affected.
Now, I realize that its not the end of the world since I can race just fine
(well, within my own limited skill I should say), but it's really annoying
and worked fine before so there should be some solution. I'd appreciate any
advice or help, and believe me I'm of no threat to anyone on GPLRank so
don't let that stop you. :-)
What's most maddening is that everything was working wonderfully before.
The best explanation I can come up with is that my card is mourning the
dissolution of 3dfx.
System-
P3-800
V5 with latest non-beta drivers (1.04.00 version with card on default clock
setting)
256 mb ram
CTX VL700 monitor
win 98
GPL 1.2
LWFF wheel
thanks
On Sun, 17 Dec 2000 00:38:30 -0500, "Gault"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
Triple-buffering enbabled will have that effect in GPL. Maybe it's
on?
Matt
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>I've been running GPL for some time now on my V5 with no problems; as a >matter of fact, it has looked fantastic. But for some reason something has >changed now, and when I start up the game in glide mode the screen begins a >strange shimmering/flickering as soon as I get to the main page with choice >of options, player, team, replay, etc. This shimmering continues as I go to >the race setup and event info page, options page, etc, but goes away as soon >as I actually get into the car (though if I hit F10 the oil temp and other >data at the bottom of the screen will flicker, while the driving image >remains fine). The flickering returns upon exit from racing, and as I go >back to the main page it's as if ghost images of all the previous pages I >visited remain flickering in the background. This happens at all >resolutions in glide. If I choose software mode and restart the game, there >is no problem apart from the ugly graphics :-/ None of my other glide games >are having this problem (they all work well). > >I haven't changed anything lately in my video setup- my first thought was >that I'd made some mistake somewhere. I've tried a few different things to >see if I could fix this - different levels of FSAA and turned it off, >disabling V-synch, made sure my desktop was in 16-bit mode, and a few other >things all with no effect. I browsed through some sights in search of help >with no luck, but I did notice a statement on Alison Hine's site about >Rendition cards experiencing a similar effect which might go away once you >hit the track (which is exactly what I'm seeing). I even did a fresh >install of GPL onto my other hard drive and ran it to see if I'd corrupted >something within my GPL files, but I experienced the same thing in the other >install (btw- it was kind of odd to run the 1.0 version of gpl again with no >FF effects; I sure seemed faster with that version too). Once again, GPL is >the only game or program which seems to be affected. > >Now, I realize that its not the end of the world since I can race just fine >(well, within my own limited skill I should say), but it's really annoying >and worked fine before so there should be some solution. I'd appreciate any >advice or help, and believe me I'm of no threat to anyone on GPLRank so >don't let that stop you. :-) > >What's most maddening is that everything was working wonderfully before. >The best explanation I can come up with is that my card is mourning the >dissolution of 3dfx. > >System- >P3-800 >V5 with latest non-beta drivers (1.04.00 version with card on default clock >setting) >256 mb ram >CTX VL700 monitor >win 98 >GPL 1.2 >LWFF wheel > >thanks > >Sounds like the kind of glitch you get with triple buffering switched on.
Make sure that it's off in the glide section of your video properties util.
Derek.
"Derek" wrote:
> Sounds like the kind of glitch you get with triple buffering switched on.
> Make sure that it's off in the glide section of your video propertiesutil.
"teehole" wrote:
>
> Triple-buffering enbabled will have that effect in GPL. Maybe it's
> on?
Yep... that did it. Thanks for the help, both of you!
