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Inglo wrote:
> On 8/9/2004 9:43 AM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>
>>> DirectX 9.0c is available for download now, which is part of SP2.
>>> That won't help you with openGL though.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh man thinking about reinstalling over a hundred gigs of games and
>> software made me cringe.  So thought I "well, if I'm gonna have ta
>> reformat, trying a couple things won't hurt a bit!"
>> So, I installed DX9.0c .... and that cured the texture flashing in
>> the games that had it, including Doom3.  But in Doom 3 I've had the
>> picture rolling problem since installing the NV Omegas...uninstall
>> them, and from safe mode, installed the NV 61.77 drivers.  Oh, so
>> THAT is what Doom3 looks like!  Gee, this is cool! <quickly resets
>> controls config> oh HELL yeah!  WAY cool this!!!
>> Just turning on the fps from the console, it seems to average mid
>> 60's to low 70's, haven't run the timedemo yet.
>> In 1024x768-32, High settings, in advanced all on but no vsync and AA
>> set OFF.
>> Shit, looks a lot like Far Cry polybump don't it?  Well, I bowed out,
>> smugly happy, so I could update ya and go round up some food :)
>> Will play this when I get back, now that I can see it!  :o)  And I
>> did NOT reformat yet, but will pretty soon....sheesh I'm dreading
>> that. McG.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Glad to hear it.
>
> FWIW here's my autoexec.cfg
>
> seta com_allowConsole "1"
> seta image_useCache "1"
> seta image_cacheMegs "512"
> seta image_cacheMinK "2048"
> seta com_videoRam "128"
> seta r_lightscale "2.1"
> seta image_useCompression "0"
> seta image_lodbias "-2"
> seta r_multiSamples "2"
> seta image_anisotropy "16"
> seta r_swapinterval "1"
> seta r_mode "5"

<copy/paste>  cool :)  I don't know what most of that stuff does yet,
but do have links to UC guides and Viper Lair, will read up AMAP :)

It's a good game, and it's what iD said it'd be.   I can see why some
folks would be disappointed in the gameplay itself.  But what WERE they
expecting?  iD said [this], and they thought what?  Unrealistic
expectations I guess.

Hey, you tried the mp yet?
McG.

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