Re: Nocturne run on Voodoo3 ??

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From: Will Marsh
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:00

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The government wants you to think that, in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video, "eps" <ep...@nospam.bellatlantic.net>
wrote:

:Will Nocturne (shipping version)  run well on V3 ?
:Or is some patch/hack or something required?

Yeah, I quote from Nocturne's official web page
http://www.nocturnegame.com/

"Q. Is there a fix/hack to get the Voodoo 3 cards working with the
demo?

A. Voodoo support has been added to the final version of the game and
the two updated demos."

They have a really snotty attitude towards the V3, saying it would be
better to run in software mode than use the V3 so you can get 32-bit
color instead of the Voodoo's "sub-standard" 16-bit color.  This
annoys the hell out of me, as you can get 32-bit color and 10 FPS with
a TNT2, but you can get 100FPS in 16-bit color with a V3.  Quality is
nice, but if it means a horrid framerate it isn't worth it.
I've never understood why having a wonderful looking images at an
unplayably slow framerate is better than having decent images at a
great framerate.

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Subject: Re: Nocturne run on Voodoo3  ??
Date: 1999/10/30
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