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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Turnsky on December 28, 2004, 01:31:44 am

Title: i just noticed.
Post by: Turnsky on December 28, 2004, 01:31:44 am
that enviromental mapping does indeed work with my card.. but only with specular enabled

see? (circled in red) that's a nearby planet...i think..

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/screen04.jpg)

figured i'd give the SCP a heads up on what works, and what doesn't with the ATI cards as far as specular is concerned..
i'm guessing that it actually does indeed work, but it doesn't show because of that particular issue...

it's prolly moot anyway because of the planned shift to vertex shading anyways.  :nod:
Title: i just noticed.
Post by: Anaz on December 28, 2004, 03:55:04 am
I've noticed this too. Env mapping works, but spec mapping doesn't.

(radeon 9800 pro 128. reasonably new-ish cats)
Title: i just noticed.
Post by: Turnsky on December 28, 2004, 04:01:10 am
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Originally posted by Anaz
I've noticed this too. Env mapping works, but spec mapping doesn't.

(radeon 9800 pro 128. reasonably new-ish cats)


Radeon 9000 pro 128, 4.12 catalysts here.
Title: i just noticed.
Post by: Taristin on December 28, 2004, 09:36:14 am
Anaz would have spec if he downgraded back to cat 4.4's...
I dunno about you, though, Turns...
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Post by: Drew on December 28, 2004, 11:03:52 am
i noticed this, and reported it, a while ago.
i was happy.

im running a Radeon 9000; im not sure about the drivers, but there > cat 4.10
Title: i just noticed.
Post by: Anaz on December 28, 2004, 04:13:38 pm
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Originally posted by Raa
Anaz would have spec if he downgraded back to cat 4.4's...
I dunno about you, though, Turns...


yeah, I know...but it's just too much of a hassle to switch drivers any time I want to play fs2
Title: i just noticed.
Post by: Turnsky on December 28, 2004, 06:04:57 pm
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Originally posted by Anaz


yeah, I know...but it's just too much of a hassle to switch drivers any time I want to play fs2


he's right, it's too much of a pain in the ass for some to switch to and from cat 4.4's and back to the more modern driversets :nod:

i'm more happy just waiting for vertex shading to be implimented :nod:
Title: i just noticed.
Post by: DrunkenPirate on December 28, 2004, 07:24:46 pm
I get the same as what turnsky sees with 9800pro and omega2597
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Post by: Taristin on December 28, 2004, 09:58:32 pm
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Originally posted by Turnsky


he's right, it's too much of a pain in the ass for some to switch to and from cat 4.4's and back to the more modern driversets :nod:

i'm more happy just waiting for vertex shading to be implimented :nod:


Why switch? Do things actually run worse with 4.4's? ATI suggests keeping your driver sewt, and only upgrading if you are having conflicts or performance issues...
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Post by: Bobboau on December 28, 2004, 10:08:11 pm
^yeah, what he said^

environment mapping is sort of a subset of specular mapping, its embedded within the specular code and makes assumptions based on specular code haveing been executed.
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Post by: Anaz on December 28, 2004, 11:34:37 pm
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Originally posted by Raa


Why switch? Do things actually run worse with 4.4's? ATI suggests keeping your driver sewt, and only upgrading if you are having conflicts or performance issues...


Hmm. I've never actually compared the two. I'll have to try that some time.
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Post by: Turnsky on December 28, 2004, 11:40:30 pm
well, i do actually play games other than FS2 open, so,  i usually have to update the drivers to keep up to date with my games. :)
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Post by: Trivial Psychic on December 29, 2004, 01:08:18 am
*Is thankful that he has a dual-boot Win98SE/WinXP system so he can have both Cat 4.4 (well, 4.3 realy) and 4.12 running*
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Post by: Lightspeed on December 29, 2004, 09:50:46 am
Technically there's no reason to update Catalyst drivers.