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Why no AA in GPL demo 3dfx???

2 posts by 2 people · 09 Apr 1998 - 10 Apr 1998

Papy, Sierra, whomever: I just tried the GPL demo...please excuse me if this subject has already been covered in this newsgroup. Why is there no anti-alias in the 3dfx mode?? Rendition does it fine (V2100) in 800x600 yet my 3dfx (voodoo2) looks like ***(jagged lines). We all know the VooDoo/V2 has no problems with Antialiasing yet it is not available. Is this just because the demo is not complete in this regard, is it a Voodoo2 driver problem, or is this a "lets make the Rendition look better" type thing? I don't want to start any flame wars here, but if your game is going to support 3dfx/V2 graphics, why not make full use of the features of the 3dfx? Just wondering, cause I'd like to see the game in 3dfx form with anti-aliasing because I know the card supports it. The game itself is interesting(!) the car seems very hard to control in the turns without spinning out and the physics are the best yet. I hope Nascar3 has physics like this but I hope anti-aliasing in 3dfx will be supported in future releases. These are my opinions, not my employers...(they make me say this)
Aaron, You have to bear in mind that this "demo" has been put together for us from the "engine" that was at this stage of development about 6 to 8 months ago. So what you are using is nowhere near optimised.
Quoted text (20 lines)> Papy, Sierra, whomever: > I just tried the GPL demo...please excuse me if this subject has > already been covered in this newsgroup. Why is there no anti-alias in > the 3dfx mode?? Rendition does it fine (V2100) in 800x600 yet my 3dfx > (voodoo2) looks like ***(jagged lines). We all know the VooDoo/V2 has > no problems with Antialiasing yet it is not available. Is this just > because the demo is not complete in this regard, is it a Voodoo2 driver > problem, or is this a "lets make the Rendition look better" type thing? > I don't want to start any flame wars here, but if your game is going to > support 3dfx/V2 graphics, why not make full use of the features of the > 3dfx? > Just wondering, cause I'd like to see the game in 3dfx form with > anti-aliasing because I know the card supports it. > The game itself is interesting(!) the car seems very hard to control > in the turns without spinning out and the physics are the best yet. I > hope Nascar3 has physics like this but I hope anti-aliasing in 3dfx will > be supported in future releases. > These are my opinions, not my employers...(they make me say this)
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