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WyrmMaster
10-20-01, 01:35 AM
Anyone ever try running Unreal Tourney in OpenGL. I find that i get much better fps, like 20 more (enough to run in 1280x1024 with a geforce 256), in opengl than i do in D3D and i figured i should pass it along.
R0BB23
10-20-01, 01:39 AM
ive found that opengl always beats directX.

way better.:)
jbell
10-20-01, 01:58 AM
That is the only way I play and having a GEForce2 GTS is weeeeeeeeeeeeeettt
MrOOBiLL
10-20-01, 02:03 AM
Thx for the tip WyrmMaster, have to try that out. :D
Krome
10-20-01, 02:39 AM
how do you enable OPENGL? My PC should support that, is it "open" when i'm not using "software" in the options?
WyrmMaster
10-20-01, 12:00 PM
When your on the driver select page, click the circle that says other devices, (or something like that) at the bottom the the screen.
Krome
10-20-01, 12:39 PM
got it... Open GL is good for me then.
hiamperage
10-21-01, 09:21 PM
Been using open gl in UT for a long time.. make sure you enable volumetric lights so its nice and purty
jgaud
10-22-01, 09:36 AM
Does OpGL use more proc cuz sometimes i crash if im running something in the background also I have had more disconects than ever when running this? also buffer flipping? what choice? what about antiastropic filtering? and all the other settings? anyone have any insight? I do like the looks of OpenGL with gaming. do any drivers work better or worse with this feature? sorry bout all the questions. J
dizzy_g
10-23-01, 04:08 AM
Q?
How do you get your fps in UT?????
hiamperage
10-23-01, 04:21 AM
click tools and then click timedemo statistics

when the board is over open the console with the tilde key and it tells you there
dizzy_g
10-23-01, 04:41 AM
That was quick!
proze
10-23-01, 11:04 AM
i've never been able to use opengl for tourney. tried a gf2 pro, a gf2mx200, a gf2mx400, a gf pro and a kyro II, with a veritable cocktail of drivers and ut patches, and it's never worked.

one word: issues.
hiamperage
10-23-01, 07:51 PM
i see you got amd.. maybe thats the probem?

i always had pentium junk in my boxes
MrOOBiLL
10-23-01, 10:10 PM
Originally posted by hiamperage
i see you got amd.. maybe thats the probem?

i always had pentium junk in my boxes
Probably not, im using openGL in UT fine on my athlon box. ;)
WyrmMaster
10-23-01, 10:12 PM
The CPU shouldnt make a difference anyway. The reason i first tried opengl was the when i first insalled Win2000 D3D wouldnt work, i does now though. Go figure :rolleyes:
proze
10-24-01, 03:27 AM
i'm gonna give it another bash when i get home. i just downloaded the latest kyro II drivers and the latest UT patch. maybe i'll get results this time.. watch this space.
proze
10-24-01, 04:14 PM
well tourney works with opengl now, but i get chronic framerates. 40fps slower than in direct3d!! needless to say i'm sticking with d3d! it's odd though, cos cs runs better in opengl than it does in d3d... i suppose it depends on the driver support in the game.
hiamperage
10-24-01, 04:24 PM
did you add the command lines on the website? they have about 15 lines of stuff to ad to unreal.ini (i think thats the filename)

and did you get the newest open gl driver?
WyrmMaster
10-24-01, 05:04 PM
Hey Proze, the same thing happened to a friend of mine, strange thing is he has the exact same video card as me, only real difference is that his CPU is slower.
proze
10-24-01, 11:03 PM
Originally posted by hiamperage
did you add the command lines on the website? they have about 15 lines of stuff to ad to unreal.ini (i think thats the filename)

and did you get the newest open gl driver?

nope.. didn't add anything.. would that be the unreal official website? by opengl driver do you mean for ut or my card? i have the latest one for my card, yep.

wrymmaster, wierd... but i don't think my cpu is the prob: tbird 1.2ghz at 1.406ghz with a 156mhz fsb on a ddr board. :D what hiamperage suggested could well be the problem.