🚀 go-pugleaf

when in descent3 type in frametime or framerate (not sure unless i'm in
there) also check the readme file for more switches..i got flicker in voodoo
lights but i cant remeber if i installed it for opengl or d3d...i may
reinstall 3.56 becuz i did see some improvement in grphics quality. also if
you have updated your version of descent3 via autopatch (or at all since
release) current version is 1.2 there is a framecap imposed that limits
frames per second to 50 you have to start the D3 launcher and choose setup
and under Misc. in the box under additional commanline options add
"-framecap 999" without the quotes. i'll check mine next time i'm in the
game...

i dont ask alot out of games i figure if the human eye is limited to
something in the neighborhood of 42 frames per second a game running around
50FPS is fine...also post up your system specs.. heres what i have
epox mvp3 ss7 with 512k pipeline
AMD k62 400 running at 500 (2.4 core 100mhz FSB)
96megs of pc100 ram
3 1gig drives
16x CDROM (slow but effective)
soundblaster16 w/vibra16 chipset..(AWE32 is in the mail)
and an STB velocity 4400 AGP TNT1(OEM out of a DELL)
all in all its not a bad system this card really started to shine with the
newly aquired k62 400 (had a 300 66fsb running at 350 100fsb)
PJ <no@aol.com> wrote in message
news:IutY3.3003$2J6.67531@newscene.newscene.com...
> ok an update to your requested info. I get no flicker with voodoo lights.
I
> installed the direct 3d version during setup. I chose the 1024X768X16 for
> the display. As for frame rates in D3, well once I know how to display the
> frame rates I will post my results. I can now also play D3 in open GL
> without a problem. So add that as another positive for 3.56 (tried OpenGL
> with the CL 2.08 yesterday and the screen in D3 was all shifted to the
> bottom of the monitor)
> PJ <no@aol.com> wrote in message news:...
> > I play descent 3 in direct 3d. if I try to run D3 in OpenGL it is not
> usable
> > for the entire screen except for the top is shifted to the bottom of the
> > screen (have not tried with 3.56 though but this has been the case with
> 2.08
> > all the way up to 3.53). How do you get the frame rates in D3? I do not
> have
> > voodoo light but will try it  (downloading now) and report back. I would
> > very much like to see a new "official" driver from NVIDIA that is
> optimized
> > for the TNT/TNT2 cards that incorporated the overclocking utility of
3.5x
> > and also fixes the texture problems with UT that 2.08-2.40 have .
> > thrillmstr <thrillmstr@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:80tik6$s6c$2@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > when you play descent3 (my favorite) is it in direct3d or opengl? what
> > kind
> > > of framerates are you getting when outside with the 3.56 and 2.08's?
> also
> > do
> > > you have voodoo lights? if so does it flicker like it did on mine
(bad)
> > when
> > > i had the 3.56's?  i noticed while playing links ls99 (I hate to watch
> or
> > > play golf but its a pleasent change from shooting games), the colors
> where
> > > alot more vibrant and really stood out when running 3.5x..just
wondering
> > is
> > > all
> > > PJ <no@aol.com> wrote in message
> > > news:CziY3.21$2J6.617@newscene.newscene.com...
> > > > I have finally decided to install the 3.56 drivers. I had tried
every
> > > driver
> > > > since 2.17 and always ended back to either the cl 2.08 or the
> reference
> > > 2.08
> > > > drivers. This time though I think 3.56 seems to be the driver I am
> going
> > > to
> > > > keep for now. It lacks the speed of the 2.08 series but it resolves
> many
> > > > texture problems that I have with Unreal tournament,  need for speed
> > high
> > > > stakes, and descent 3. With UT  the floors and walls textures go
crazy
> > > after
> > > > a few minutes of play if I play in 1024X768X 16 Bit and all settings
> to
> > > the
> > > > max. If I set the settings to 800X600X16 and all textures low I can
> play
> > > > with the 2.08. 3.56 allows me to play at the resolution and color
> pallet
> > I
> > > > want (and higher) without the whacked out textures. Turning vsync
off
> or
> > > on
> > > > had no effect with 2.08. With  NFSHS at 1024X768X16 , I would get a
> > black
> > > > square under each opponent cars and the tires would bleed the same
> color
> > > as
> > > > the body of the car. With descent 3, I could see the world being
drawn
> > as
> > > I
> > > > moved forward when playing in outside world level. 3.56 resolves
> > everyone
> > > of
> > > > these issues. Unfortunately 3.56 also scores lower than 2.08 in all
> > > > benchmarks that I have run. 3.53 also resolved all the problems but
> > > > Introduced an annoying pause every minute or so when playing any
> direct
> > 3d
> > > > game. One thing I did note that was strange  with 3.56 is that 3d
> mark99
> > > > (full version) reports the total available texture memory available
as
> > > being
> > > > 55515. with the 2.08 drivers the total available at the same setting
> was
> > > 64
> > > > MB (the agp amount I set in bios). Why the 9 MB difference ? Maybe
> that
> > is
> > > > the cause of the slower benchmarks.
> > > > Just my .002 of observations on 3.56 drivers
> > > >
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