[MP-Ryan]

Normal maps don't work on ATI Catalyst graphics cards, do they?

They have sporadic, driver-dependent support on the 9800Pro and above.  Anything below that and you can forget it.  Even then, IIRC taylor may have made some changes that nix support in even the 9800Pro recently.

I think right now they're only Shader level 3 compliant.

[Harbinger of DOOM]

Where do I get these sdr1111, 1112, 1113, etc .VPs at?

[Jeff Vader]

sdr1112.vp

[Harbinger of DOOM]

Thanks!

[Ashrak]

how do i enable the adv effects VP?

[colecampbell666]

Put it in the MVPs folder.

[GTSVA]

GTVSA gave me the idea to make this topic.

I'm going to make this in order to post how to make your FSO look as pretty as possible. I'm also looking for your tips/tricks/pretty stuff.

It's GTSVA by the way...

BUT THANKS a lot COLE!

[colecampbell666]

sdr1112.vp

Addified.

[foolfromhell]

Oh God.

The 3.6.10 Beta VPs...

The first time my 8800GTX has choked up!

[blowfish]

The 3.10 Beta VPs...

3.6.10 beta

[foolfromhell]

I just OCed my 8800gtx by about 21%.

Everything is fine now.

Great job! The missile explosions are so damned realistic! The subspace openings though, have a bit too much white space in the middle.

[Herra Tohtori]

I just OCed my 8800gtx by about 21%.

Why in the name of Flying Spaghetti Monster would you want to do that?

It should have way more juice for most games as it is... FS2_Open especially. At the very best, you're getting 5-10% better frame rates (guesstimate). More likely is that CPU and memory become bottlenecks with that card, and you won't see even that much improvement, and at the worst you're shortening the life-span of the card by running it at higher frequencies than it's designed for. Additionally... if your monitor doesn't support something like 120Hz vertical frequency, it's unlikely that the overclock is going to be noticeable at all.

I could be wrong though. Please run a FRAPS benchmark test of Massive Battle (kinda unofficial benchmarking mission somewhere around HLP) with and without overclocks and post the results, it would be interesting to know if I'm even close to correct...

Everything is fine now.

So you've run an artefact testing program that stresses the GPU and sees if it handles well during extensive stress when it heats up and the risk of bits going to wrong places grows?


With other games - such as Assassin's Creed, Crysis and other GPU killers, you might notice something assuming that without overclocking the FPS sometimes drops below the screen's maximum frame rate per second... but with FS2_Open... hardly. But run the benchmark and tell the results.

[foolfromhell]

I just OCed my 8800gtx by about 21%.

Why in the name of Flying Spaghetti Monster would you want to do that?

It should have way more juice for most games as it is... FS2_Open especially. At the very best, you're getting 5-10% better frame rates (guesstimate). More likely is that CPU and memory become bottlenecks with that card, and you won't see even that much improvement, and at the worst you're shortening the life-span of the card by running it at higher frequencies than it's designed for. Additionally... if your monitor doesn't support something like 120Hz vertical frequency, it's unlikely that the overclock is going to be noticeable at all.

I could be wrong though. Please run a FRAPS benchmark test of Massive Battle (kinda unofficial benchmarking mission somewhere around HLP) with and without overclocks and post the results, it would be interesting to know if I'm even close to correct...

Everything is fine now.

So you've run an artefact testing program that stresses the GPU and sees if it handles well during extensive stress when it heats up and the risk of bits going to wrong places grows?


With other games - such as Assassin's Creed, Crysis and other GPU killers, you might notice something assuming that without overclocking the FPS sometimes drops below the screen's maximum frame rate per second... but with FS2_Open... hardly. But run the benchmark and tell the results.

I had FRAPS on a massive battle.

some 10 fenris/leviathans with 100% flak vs. 5 fighter/bomber wings.

I was getting some 40fps. And it dipped down to 20. It is back up now to 60.


I have a 2.9GHz CPU and 4GB RAM and a X-Fi soundcard. Really no bottleneck.

Im going back to stock clocks to see what happened.

[colecampbell666]

What does the soundcard have to do with it?

[foolfromhell]

What does the soundcard have to do with it?

Just that that isnt a bottleneck either.

[Herra Tohtori]

What does the soundcard have to do with it?

AFAIK sound cards do have a CPU load impact that changes depending on the sound card itself and game's hardware acceleration compatibility... Better sound cards should use less CPU to produce same resolution of sound as, say, an onboard sound solution like Realtek AC97 or other popular integrated audio circuits on MOBO's.

Dunno if it matters at all with FS2_Open. Does OpenAL do hardware acceleration or is more of a software sound renderer...?

[foolfromhell]

What does the soundcard have to do with it?

AFAIK sound cards do have a CPU load impact that changes depending on the sound card itself and game's hardware acceleration compatibility... Better sound cards should use less CPU to produce same resolution of sound as, say, an onboard sound solution like Realtek AC97 or other popular integrated audio circuits on MOBO's.

Dunno if it matters at all with FS2_Open. Does OpenAL do hardware acceleration or is more of a software sound renderer...?

Whatver the problem was, I'm back to clock speeds and decent framerates. 55-ish.

[rbxplayer]

Read this only if you reside in a place where its 30 degrees outside

I had the same problem. It was my PC over heating. I have a PC with similar specifications. Summer is on its way.

[FS2_playa613]

so... if i get the sdr1112 file then i dont need nm_test.vp?  If i do need the nm_test file can someone please point me to it as ive been looking for days to find it.

[colecampbell666]

No, you shouldn't need that, as I've never heard of it. Get sdr1112.VP.