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Nov 27, 2004, 1:49pm

Hi everyone.

I didn't know where to stick this kind of post, so I decided to put it here,
since it looked like the most global newsgroup. This is about the AW
Browser.

I'm working on a program that does changes to the AW Browser settings, and
there are a few things I need to know about some of them:

First, in aworld.ini, I don't know the meaning of:

[performance]
try_directdraw
mmx
panning
directdraw

[display]
depth
no_warning

I know that some of these, or even all of them, may be obsolete, but I can't
figure out what they do exactly.

I'd also like to know if it is possible to change the colors of text written
on dialogs (directly written, not inside editboxes). It is possible to
change the background colors in controls.ini , but I'd like to set the
background to black and that is not possible if the text color remains
black.
[Colors]
background
dialog
dialog_stripe

Third thing, I'd like to know what the Users tab is for. Universe owners?
(That's my guess)

Fourth, is there a chance that toggle music\toggle sound effects will be
implemented as toolbar.cfg commands in a close future? If not, how about...
ever? :P I think those are the toolbar buttons I miss the most. Of course,
there is also a chance that they already exist and the help files were not
updated - I never know what exactly is implemented in these updates that pop
up from times to times and I don't know how to set up outlook so I can see
older news :P

Thanks in advance to everyone who answers.

- Mr Brain

Nov 27, 2004, 2:54pm

I don't have all the answers, but I can help out a little bit...

[performance]
try_directdraw -> This is probably a flag to determine wheather the
browser should try to use DirectDraw, or use some other method (see below)

mmx -> MMX is a processor instruction set for 3D stuff, this is
probably a flag to tell the browser wheather the system is MMX capable

panning -> no idea

directdraw -> DirectDraw is a component of microsoft's DirectX, used
for drawing shapes on the screen.

[display]
depth -> Display depth refers to the number of colors your moniter/video
card can display. You can find this setting under the control panel,
under the "Display" icon and then on the "Settings" tab. This is a
dropdown box that has 16bit and 32bit color modes.

no_warning -> I remember seeing some warning about my color depth, and
there was a checkbox prevent this warning from appearing every time the
browser starts.

-J

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Nov 28, 2004, 12:03am

Panning reminds me of an ancient setting in version 2.1/2.2, where having it enabled caused the 3D view to "blur" slightly when turning (and strafing too?). This "panning" key is probably an ancient relic, since 3.x onward doesn't use it anymore.

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Nov 28, 2004, 10:08am

[View Quote] Back in the last century, the DirectDraw option may have had some
performance advantage, but it was removed from the Performance dialog
with 2.0 or so (1998). You could only enable it from aworld.ini anymore.
The support for MMX processors thingie was probably removed with
AW 3.0 & RenderWare 3.0 when rendering was moved to hardware.

--
Mauz
http://mauz.info

Nov 28, 2004, 10:41am

Personally, I haven't seen any of those options in the aworld.ini since
at least 2000 <g>.


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Nov 28, 2004, 4:36pm

Hehe, sorry everyone... I always keep my entire AW folder (except cache)
when I format my HD, so it's been here since 1998 :P

Doesn't anyone know anything about the text colors, and the other stuff?

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Nov 29, 2004, 12:57pm

[View Quote] I don't know about the text color, maybe it is not even
implemented yet? Would have to contact developers.

Users tab was introduced in 3.5, it lists all users
currently logged into the universe, and administrators
even see the bots. It is not used here in the main universe.
Would be cool though. I have wished for the sound buttons too.

--
Mauz
http://mauz.info

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