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stencil buffer - is it worth it?

Started by June 25, 2002 07:32 PM
42 comments, last by shurcool 22 years, 8 months ago
nice. thats exactly what I meant

you still don't need stencil for that though.
people seem to have problems in fullscreen, are you setting a 32bit colour mode?

now. make the bullets bounce

[edited by - RipTorn on June 27, 2002 10:37:12 AM]
I still get the low framerate in fullscreen....... in 16 and 32 bit mode.....

[edited by - Crawl on June 27, 2002 10:43:53 AM]
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Um... am I just stupid but... how do you run it in fullscreen mode!?

I get about 390fps in windowed mode (P4 1.4, Radeon8500) which is entirely unplayable... I die before I can do anything. Is it possible to time scale the game a bit?
I''ve tested it on my Matrox G400, it run great windowed, but drops to 6fps in fullscreen.

- CodeDuck
damn it people, you're downloading the wrong version. you should be getting eX0_4, not eX0_3. that's why u can't select full-screen mode: there isn't any in eX0_3. i guess this is sort of my fault, because i forgot to edit my original post, and people don't read replies.

well, anyway, you can download a new version here .

please give that a try. and if it works way too slowly (less than 5 fps) in both full-screen and windowed modes, try replacing it with an executable, which you can find here (don't mind the name).

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Posted by RipTorn
you still don't need stencil for that though.


how else would i do it?

AndyTX, i have exactly the same video card, which is why such great fps! but the bot moves too fast because you probably got eX0_3, the older verions. in eX0_4 (download above) the bot moves a lot slower than you, but if you don't press anything for to long, he'll still find you and kill you. so as soon as you start, move back a little bit.

and just to remind the controls:
wasd - control your player
mouse horizontal movement - look around
left mouse button - shoot
r - reload
b - buy more clips (ammo)
hold shift - stealth mode (you walk slowly)

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shurcool
my project

[edited by - shurcool on June 27, 2002 12:41:47 PM]
I''m using a PII 333 and a TNT2 card.

In fullscreen mode: below one fps
In windowed mode: around 40 fps

My Windows98 is set to 32bit color mode.
Are you using 32bit color mode in fullscreen??
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quote:
Original post by Philipp2k2
I''m using a PII 333 and a TNT2 card.

In fullscreen mode: below one fps
In windowed mode: around 40 fps

My Windows98 is set to 32bit color mode.
Are you using 32bit color mode in fullscreen??


yeah, or at least i think so.

did you try the custom executable i posted above (download here (don''t mind the name) )? if not, please try it and see if it makes things run smoother... thanks!

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shurcool
my project
YEEESSS!! I won once! With the new version that is... only blew 15 minutes on that game

Well yeah, about 600fps fullscreen!! I dunno, maybe there''s an NVIDIA specific bug, because that''s insane that the difference would ever be that much.

Good luck with your game!
I run a 16-bit desktop. Still around 1 fps in both windowed/fullscreen with TNT2.

"Don''t be afraid to dream, for out of such fragile things come miracles."
Maybe it''s just because my computer is crap, but I get under 1 fps in fullscreen and windowed mode, for both the original EXE and the custom EXE.

My video card uses the Riva TNT chipset.

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