[MetalDestroyer]

Originally posted by Trivial Psychic

Very simple solution.  Drop your AGP setting from 8x, down to 4x.  That should clear up any problems, and you shouldn't notice any performance loss.  Worked for me:

AMD-XP2600+
ASUS A7V600-X
512MB DDR-400
ASUS R9600XT 128MB

In fact, doing this also eliviated many other bugs on my system.

Ok thanx for the tips. I'll try this.

[Svizel]

Originally posted by Ace Pace
Anything before the P3 and the Geforce 2 is ancient history

Don't be so ignorant! Did you even know all NASA ship computers are still build on 80486 technology?

[karajorma]

Yeah but that's mainly so that a single cosmic ray can't take out the entire processor

But NASA do admittedly like tried and tested computers more. I remember that they were still doing some shuttle stuff on an Amigas in the late 90s

[Svizel]

Yea i agree they can't use anything better because technology got too small and CPU would need extreme shielding to not get affected by cosmic ray... but the point is: If few old 486 CPUs are good enough to handle systems of the space shuttle, they are far from beeing ancient history!

[Overlord]

Maybe the space shuttle systems are ancient history, too.

[Fury]

Cat 4.9's were released today, its probably useless to hope that it does have shinemaps fixed.
Edit: Released yesterday, not today it seems...
Edit 2: No shinyness...

[Trivial Psychic]

Did you try it in OGL mode?

[Rol]

i have a radeon 9600 pro from sapphire with the doom 3 drivers and i think i have shinemaps.. maybe i am wrong and can t remember how shinemaps look like...
is that possible?

[StratComm]

Not likely, unless you're running in OpenGL.  You could easily be (it actually seems to run faster for me) but there are a number of features that are even buggier there than in D3D mode.

If you have shine mapping, you should be able to lock the camera in external view, turn towards the star in a mission, and see a white gleam on your cockpit.

[Rol]

i use D3D mode
there is no gleam maybe because i fly a ship from inferno
but the hull which is torwards the sun is brigther and yellow like the sun.

[Rol]

in open gl i see only a black screen and some polys no backgrounds the textures are completely wrong even the in game menu doesnt work

[Blitzerland]

Wierd. Shinemaps work perfectly on mine. Don't get any false hopes, it may just be an anomaly.

I'll go run some tests.

Be right back.

EDIT: Yup. They work perfectly. I have Catalyst 4.7, and everything works just fine. Wierd...

[StratComm]

Hmm, I will have to test the new drivers then.  I hope it's been resolved.

[Blitzerland]

Whew. Good thing I got the 9800 Pro instead of the cheaper 9600(thanks to my dad....smart guy).

So yeah. Anyone with a 9800, get the latest drivers and go try em' out.

Cool.

EDIT: Enviroment mapping works fine, too. Not sure if that was ever an issue, though.

EDIT TWO: The shinemaps aren't as bright, but boy do they look great. Especially on the Fenris.

[Fury]

Shinemaps do work in OGL but not in D3D, which is a pity since OGL is little bit buggier. (Radeon 9800XT here)

[Blitzerland]

Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Shinemaps do work in OGL but not in D3D, which is a pity since OGL is little bit buggier. (Radeon 9800XT here)

Actually, I have them working on D3D. Wouldn't you believe it? Here...i'll post some screens from the tech room.

EDIT: Here we go!

[Svizel]

For 56k-dialup-god's shake please spare us and remove that 2.3MB bitmap from your post!

If you want to post screenshots please save them as jpg or post only link on it, putting any image larger than 250k in your post is imho forum perversity

If you have problems with converting your bmp screenshots into jpg format try IrfanView, it's freeware and really good for this kind of job.

[SadisticSid]

I think Win98 is the reason it works on his, IIRC it did with someone else with post 4.4 drivers

[Woolie Wool]

Originally posted by Overlord
Maybe the space shuttle systems are ancient history, too.

Yes. The Space Shuttle hasn't had any significant changes since it was first launched 23 YEARS AGO.

[Vaelinx]

Does anyone running D3d under Win XP have shinemaps working with a Radeon Card and Cat 4.9's?