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GPL: specular highlights, etc. ?

2 posts by 2 people · 19 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 1999

David Karr 19 Jan 1999#446076
Could some kind fellow explain briefly to a Dim One the difference between (as located in the GPL graphics menu) Specular Highlighting and Dynamic Lighting ? The manual skips over this bit--tho' it does explain Anti-Aliasing. After having driven in 640x480 with many graphics options off, I've just driven a lap around Spa (albeit at a slow framerate) in 600 x 800 with all options on, and visually it was inspiring. Yet another push towards a new graphics card . . . Thanks much David a.k.a. Spleen
>After having driven in 640x480 with many graphics options off, I've just >driven a lap around Spa (albeit at a slow framerate) in 600 x 800 with all >options on, and visually it was inspiring. Yet another push towards a new >graphics card . . . JUST DO IT! For a few weeks I had been driving in 640x480 with many graphics options off, at approximately 8fps. Then I bought the cheapest Voodoo 2 I could find. And now it is flying at around 30fps with all the graphics on at 800x600. And I am getting better laptimes thanks to the improved frame rate. Now I can actually control the car at Curva Grande at Monza, before I bought the V2 card, I had to drive slowly or crash to the wall, now I can still catch it before I hit the wall. GPL is now so much more enjoyable! -- < Tero Turtiainen | Yes Sir, may I*** your boots or do your Highness > < turtiain at iki.fi | use dry cleaning? - Stone >

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