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Feb 18, 2001, 2:53am

Saw your posting in the beta ng. I had that prob and Roland came into my
world so we could figure it out. Textures I could see fine in 2.2 and 3.0, I
couldnt see in 3.1. Not all textures were affected. If I turned mipmap off
I could see all the textures, but not with that smooth look mipmap does to
it. Also, found that if the textures were not 128x128 or 256x256 or 512x512
then I couldnt see the texture in 3.1 Once I resized the textures to those
dimensions, then I could see them in 3.1

I still dont understand why I could see the textures that were not those
dimensions in 3.0 but not 3.1 now. My vid card is 3D Blaster Banshee PCI
16meg. Its a perfectly good card, updated drivers, and seems a shame I have
to change it cause of how it affects AW. Ah well.

Fyrene

Feb 18, 2001, 3:20am

Er, well, the Voodoo Banshee chip is old and outdated, Fyrene. You really should consider upgrading if you want to take advantage of AW's newer features (multiple lights, mipmapping, etc.--and Myrth tells me Roland's considering upping the max vis limit to 200m for AW 3.2 so to get all those multiple lights AND high vis yer gonna need a powerful 3D chip and system). Consider a GeForce 256 or GeForce 2-based card.

[View Quote] > Saw your posting in the beta ng. I had that prob and Roland came into my
> world so we could figure it out. Textures I could see fine in 2.2 and 3.0, I
> couldnt see in 3.1. Not all textures were affected. If I turned mipmap off
> I could see all the textures, but not with that smooth look mipmap does to
> it. Also, found that if the textures were not 128x128 or 256x256 or 512x512
> then I couldnt see the texture in 3.1 Once I resized the textures to those
> dimensions, then I could see them in 3.1
>
> I still dont understand why I could see the textures that were not those
> dimensions in 3.0 but not 3.1 now. My vid card is 3D Blaster Banshee PCI
> 16meg. Its a perfectly good card, updated drivers, and seems a shame I have
> to change it cause of how it affects AW. Ah well.

Feb 18, 2001, 5:31am

LOL Wouldnt you know it. I didnt realize it was "that" old. Okies. Talked me
into it. I should remember that computer things are outdated the day after
you buy it! I guess I should have realized that when the last driver
updates were 1999. I checked Mauz's page on recommendations for cards. How
about the S3 Savage 4? Any good??

Fyrene

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Feb 18, 2001, 6:06am

Don't get a S3, get a geforce or dont get nothing, don't waste money on
anything else. Nothing beats a geforce.

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http://www.darkvapor.com

Feb 18, 2001, 8:36am

Word. Besides, S3's defunct now anyway. Tip: stick to companies still in business. nVidia isn't going anywhere anytime soon, especially not with their chip in Microsoft's X-Box, the console killer...<smirk>

[View Quote] > Don't get a S3, get a geforce or dont get nothing, don't waste money on
> anything else. Nothing beats a geforce.

Feb 18, 2001, 10:11am

Kewl. Thanks for the tip!!

Fyrene

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Feb 18, 2001, 1:25pm

My next card that will possibly go in my new tbird will be a ati radeon aiw
if they have a 64 meg ver by then if not ill use my v 5 5500 till they get a
64 meg ver of it.
I want it for its tv out tv in caps mainly and i dont think ati is going any
where soon thankfuly.
As per s3 any thing they were reliable cards so if you have one dont pitch
it keep it for a back up card like i did till recently with my old s3 virge
4 meg but no way would i buy one now.
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