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Apr 30, 2001, 6:52pm

I think it would be nice if we could get some more graphics options for AW,
like support for hardware acceleration, Direct3d, maybe OpenGL, then
Z-Buffer depth (16-bit,24-bit,32-bit for newer cards), possibly some other
options...hey if they made AW stable enough then it could gain popularity as
a benchmarking tool :)

It would be nice if we possibly had a full-screen mode but I'm not sure as
to how we could come about with that... heh what strange wishes I
have...must be from playing games like TFC and other Half Life mods so much
lately (hey lets get rocket launchers LOL)...


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Apr 30, 2001, 7:09pm

[View Quote] Direct3D and OpenGL ARE hardware acceleration. D3D is already in use and OpenGL is being added


> then Z-Buffer depth (16-bit,24-bit,32-bit for newer cards)

....

> , possibly some other
> options...hey if they made AW stable enough then it could gain popularity as
> a benchmarking tool :)

::rolleyes:: I doubt it :)


>
> It would be nice if we possibly had a full-screen mode but I'm not sure as
> to how we could come about with that... heh what strange wishes I
> have...must be from playing games like TFC and other Half Life mods so much
> lately (hey lets get rocket launchers LOL)...



-Agent1

Apr 30, 2001, 9:47pm

Please see my comments below:

[View Quote] Active Worlds currently supports DirectX (which includes Direct3D) and
version 3.2 will (hopefully) include OpenGL and software rendering
support.

> then Z-Buffer depth (16-bit,24-bit,32-bit for newer cards), possibly some other
> options...hey if they made AW stable enough then it could gain popularity as
> a benchmarking tool :)

If you mean 16-bit and 32-bit color, Active Worlds already supports
both. As far as a 3D benchmarking tool, I recommend MadOnion.com's
3DMark2001 (more information about it can be found at
http://gamershq.madonion.com/products/3dmark2001/).

> It would be nice if we possibly had a full-screen mode but I'm not sure as
> to how we could come about with that...

I believe other users requested this as a wish back a few years ago when
they were using old 3dfx Voodoo technology. It still has not been
implemented.

> heh what strange wishes I
> have...must be from playing games like TFC and other Half Life mods so much
> lately (hey lets get rocket launchers LOL)...

What Active Worlds really needs is a firing mechanism (besides the click
event) so that you can actually fire weapons.

Builderz
Stuff-X - Bot & World Hosting Services
http://www.stuffx.com/aw/

Apr 30, 2001, 11:12pm

Yeah the mouse trigger thing would be useful, heh maybe we could get
user-moveable objects in AW like click it and then you can drag it
around...hey that would be fun. As for 3d benchmarks, yeah I have 3DMark
2001 (the lobby scene rules!) and 3DMark 2000, I thinnk my score droppped
from a 5000 to a 1200, still when you think about it if AW became a
benchmarking tool in the way that games like Quake have then it would
probably see some more popularity from the gamers who want to get bragging
rights. I suggested to roland before in beta we should have hardware synth
support too...lets hope he adds it :)


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-CMM

Jun 7, 2001, 3:19am

Hi,

> I believe other users requested this as a wish back a few years ago when
> they were using old 3dfx Voodoo technology. It still has not been
> implemented.

One of those would be me ;-)
Although now I use Geforce2 GTS (Geforce3 when price goes down, of course..)

I still want this feature too. Even a rudimentary way of doing this would
be OK. Such as one Alt+Enter toggle to automatically do this:

* Maximize AW window
* Disable all tabs
* Disable web window
* Disable toolbars
* Maybe disable (or reduce size) of chat area

This should be doable with the existing AW architecture, although this
would be a pseudo-fullscreen mode. This is relatively simple to
implement since you can already do this by various different hotkeys
(except for toolbars and chat area)

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Jul 22, 2001, 9:20pm

Heheh aw is defently good for checking load temps for your cpu sence it
loads the cpu to 100% heh
And i already figured out a way to use aw to compare one vid card and or
system config to another.
Requires you to have a world of your own though that you can swap paths back
and forth etc.
what you do is make a sphere of a certin vert/poly count say a suicidal 10
to 20 k then place this in your world add it to your tport list so its fully
inview.
Then get a reading of your fps in aw change cards settigns what ever then go
back to your world tport to the sphere you made and take another reading of
your fps :)
simple and acurate no good to compare your os to another system though as
their tport wont match yours less you send them you tport list.
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