1. #1
    Hawgdog's Avatar Senior Member
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    reinstalled the game, and now I get this



    xpro, 3.0p4, 2gigs giel, x850xt agp, I believe the cats are 7.9's?
    using ray adams tool tray seems something happened on the reinstall

    config.ini
    [window]
    width=1280
    height=1024
    ColourBits=32
    DepthBits=24
    StencilBits=8
    ChangeScreenRes=1
    FullScreen=1
    DrawIfNotFocused=0
    EnableResize=0
    EnableClose=1
    SaveAspect=0
    Use3Renders=0

    [GLPROVIDER]
    GL=Opengl32.dll

    [GLPROVIDERS]
    Open GL=Opengl32.dll
    DirectX=dx8wrap.dll
    [Render_OpenGL]
    TexQual=3
    TexMipFilter=2
    TexCompress=0
    TexFlags.UseDither=1
    TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
    TexFlags.UseIndex=0
    TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
    TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
    TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=0
    TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
    TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
    TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
    TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
    TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
    TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
    TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
    TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
    TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
    TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

    TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
    TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
    TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
    TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
    TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

    HardwareShaders=0

    Shadows=2
    Specular=1
    SpecularLight=0
    DiffuseLight=2
    DynamicalLights=1
    MeshDetail=2
    VisibilityDistance=3

    Sky=2
    Forest=1
    LandShading=3
    LandDetails=2

    LandGeom=2
    TexLarge=1
    TexLandQual=3
    TexLandLarge=1

    VideoSetupId=17
    Water=0
    Effects=1
    ForceShaders1x=0

    PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.0625
    PolygonOffsetUnits=-0.15
    thanks in advance for pointing me back to where I was only a day ago, lol
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    hi hawgdog,

    in the [Render_OpenGL]-section, you might try out to change the following, most suspicious, lines - perhaps one by one.

    [Render_OpenGL]
    TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1

    HardwareShaders=0 ('1' should be possible for you and look better, but not be the reason for your grafics)

    Specular=2
    SpecularLight=2

    Water=0 ('1' or '2' could get better image, but not be the reason for your grafics)

    PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.0625 (mine is set to '-0.15')
    PolygonOffsetUnits=-0.15 (mine is set to '-3.0')
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    horseback's Avatar Senior Member
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    Man, that looks like your A-20 got dropped off into Red Baron 3D World!

    My sympathies.

    cheers

    horseback
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    Someone somewhere was saying something on how changing some .dll files will fix the graphics. Some people had issue with this after new v4.09 install. Maybe you're one of them...
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    This is my one for my ATI4850 with perfect enabled.
    [Render_OpenGL]
    TexQual=3
    TexMipFilter=3
    TexCompress=0
    TexFlags.UseDither=1
    TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
    TexFlags.UseIndex=0
    TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
    TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
    TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
    TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
    TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
    TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
    TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
    TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
    TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
    TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
    TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
    TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
    TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=0

    TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
    TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
    TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
    TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
    TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

    HardwareShaders=1

    Shadows=2
    Specular=2
    SpecularLight=2
    DiffuseLight=2
    DynamicalLights=1
    MeshDetail=2
    VisibilityDistance=3

    Sky=2
    Forest=2
    LandShading=3
    LandDetails=2

    LandGeom=2
    TexLarge=1
    TexLandQual=3
    TexLandLarge=1

    VideoSetupId=17
    Water=1
    Effects=0
    ForceShaders1x=0

    PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
    PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

    your specular and specularlight might be the prob?
    Here is a threadwith a link at the bottom to the new dll's thanks to NDSCamp.
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    Hawgdog's Avatar Senior Member
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    Eww, new Dll's? I wish I had save some back when Ivan posted some betas from the Aces add on or whatever that name was.

    thanks for the starters all
    whoot

    hey dkoor,
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    There are some dll's you can try over at aaa. They aren't mods so they should work on a vanilla instsll. Actually, come to think of it, I use them, so yeah, I guess they do work
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    Hawgdog's Avatar Senior Member
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    Using the config.ini posted here, I picked up a few fps in black death, however...those dam triangles are still there!
    could be a cat driver reinstall is in order
    anyone know what was the "best" cats thought for the x850xt series?
    thanks a million-
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    S! Hawg, I believe the best drivers for you would be the CAT 7.11. Apparently the game runs best on those drivers for the older ATI cards
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    Hawgdog's Avatar Senior Member
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    many many thanks
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