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Re: People bitching about blocky GP3 Graphics . . .

2 posts by 2 people · 24 Jul 2000 - 24 Jul 2000 00:00 UTC

R4 24 Jul 2000#251803
that only seems to smooth out some textures. Tyre barriers and the car's wheels are still blocky. d0le <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (80 lines)> Try turning on Bilinear Filtering. Mine was defaulting to off, > with it on, textures are much smoother ;P If only I could solve the > problem of the triangulated Track textures... > > > > > > > 3. Advanced Graphics configuration > ********************************** > > *** This information is intended for advanced users only. It is > recommended that you *** > *** back-up the file "cards.txt" before making any > changes. *** > > GP3 creates a file named "cards.txt" in the root of the installation > directory when the > game graphics are first calibrated. This is a .ini style file which > lets you override > certain Direct3D specific settings at run-time. It will not affect > the software 3d. > > The file will have an entry for each 3d card in your system (usually > only one) in the > following format:- > > > [Video card make and model] > > There will also be a [general] entry - this is unused at present and > can be safely ignored. > > The following is a list of the current flags you can set. Simply type > the required flag > beneath the card which you want to affect. The defaults for each flag > are listed in the > examples below. > > FLAG EXPLANATION > ++++ +++++++++++ > > lorestextures=0 Forces the use of lower resolution > textures. This defaults to on on cards with 8M or less of VRAM. > > bilinear=1 Force filtering on or off > > reflections=1 Force the wet weather reflections on > or off (they don't work on some cards). > > loresclouds=0 Similar to lorestextures, but for the > clouds only. > > altmirrors=0 Some cards need a different technique > for the mirrors. > > alphawithck=1 Alpha with color key. Some cards can't > do it. If you have shadow problems, try setting this flag to zero. > > liverynumbers=1 If you get corrupted car graphics, try > setting this flag to zero. > > detailmap=1 Some cards can't do detail mapping on > the track. Set flag to zero if the track appears corrupt. > > altcolorkey=0 If you get bright cyan around masked > objects, try turning this off. > > altrain=0 Different rain code for some cards. > > altsoftware3d=0 Currently only used by Voodoo5 in software. > May help if your card has problems displaying software 3D. > > slivoodoo2=0 This flag MUST be changed manually if you system is > running with Voodoo2 cards in an SLI configuration. > > alticons=0 Fixes a problem with the latest NVidia Detonator2 > drivers >
d0le 24 Jul 2000 00:00 UTC#252003
Try turning on Bilinear Filtering. Mine was defaulting to off, with it on, textures are much smoother ;P If only I could solve the problem of the triangulated Track textures... 3. Advanced Graphics configuration ********************************** *** This information is intended for advanced users only. It is recommended that you *** *** back-up the file "cards.txt" before making any changes. *** GP3 creates a file named "cards.txt" in the root of the installation directory when the game graphics are first calibrated. This is a .ini style file which lets you override certain Direct3D specific settings at run-time. It will not affect the software 3d. The file will have an entry for each 3d card in your system (usually only one) in the following format:- [Video card make and model] There will also be a [general] entry - this is unused at present and can be safely ignored. The following is a list of the current flags you can set. Simply type the required flag beneath the card which you want to affect. The defaults for each flag are listed in the examples below. FLAG EXPLANATION ++++ +++++++++++ lorestextures=0 Forces the use of lower resolution textures. This defaults to on on cards with 8M or less of VRAM. bilinear=1 Force filtering on or off reflections=1 Force the wet weather reflections on or off (they don't work on some cards). loresclouds=0 Similar to lorestextures, but for the clouds only. altmirrors=0 Some cards need a different technique for the mirrors. alphawithck=1 Alpha with color key. Some cards can't do it. If you have shadow problems, try setting this flag to zero. liverynumbers=1 If you get corrupted car graphics, try setting this flag to zero. detailmap=1 Some cards can't do detail mapping on the track. Set flag to zero if the track appears corrupt. altcolorkey=0 If you get bright cyan around masked objects, try turning this off. altrain=0 Different rain code for some cards. altsoftware3d=0 Currently only used by Voodoo5 in software. May help if your card has problems displaying software 3D. slivoodoo2=0 This flag MUST be changed manually if you system is running with Voodoo2 cards in an SLI configuration. alticons=0 Fixes a problem with the latest NVidia Detonator2 drivers

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