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Title: Regisrty Hack?
Post by: Ace Pace on April 10, 2002, 04:21:24 am

I heard there was a hack to turn up the graphics in FS ,

1. Does it work for 2, and how to do it?
2. Can my agian Voodo 3 make it work?

I read about the old star thread and the info but where can I get that info on D3d?

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ryx on April 10, 2002, 04:43:35 am

Find, at least, one answer here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,6628.0.html).

Title: Re: Regisrty Hack?
Post by: aldo_14 on April 10, 2002, 06:48:58 am

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Originally posted by Ace Pace
I heard there was a hack to turn up the graphics in FS ,

1. Does it work for 2, and how to do it?
2. Can my agian Voodo 3 make it work?

I read about the old star thread and the info but where can I get that info on D3d?

1/ Yep.  My idea, although I never get credit for it :p

2/Maybe.... it has 16MB memory, IIRC, so it should work.  Depends on the max size of textures supported by the Voodoo 3, but I'd imagine it will do.

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ryx on April 10, 2002, 07:21:15 am

you're stuck with 256x256 it seems.

take a peek at Voodoo Extremes comparison (http://www.voodooextreme.com/lux3d/comparison.htm).

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ace Pace on April 10, 2002, 11:00:41 am

CRAP now I ca't see the wonders your posting *sob*

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ryx on April 10, 2002, 11:43:14 am

Hmm. I can't reach VE either.

Well I found this instead.
A review @ Reactor Critical (http://www.reactorcritical.com/review-voodoo3/review-voodoo3_5.shtml).

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Such things as maximum texture size of 256x256, the lack of 32-bit Z-buffer, AGP texturing, and stencil buffer does affect neither image quality nor performance nowadays

Click the above link for the original article.

Oh and here's my Google Search results (http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Voodoo3%22+%2B%22texture+size%22&hl=en&lr=).

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ace Pace on April 10, 2002, 12:00:55 pm

to bad.

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Vertigo1 on April 10, 2002, 06:43:04 pm

hmm, the VE link worked fine for me.  I'll save the page and upload it.

EDIT: click here (http://vertigo1-2.freeyellow.com/comparison.htm)

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Admiral LSD on April 11, 2002, 01:54:06 pm

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Originally posted by Ryx
you're stuck with 256x256 it seems.

Did 3dfx persist with that ridiculous limitation right up until the end?

It's a good thing they went bust then...

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ace Pace on April 11, 2002, 11:10:48 pm

no the voodo 5 had up to that 512 I think.

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ryx on April 12, 2002, 02:12:40 am

2048x2048

If you cange my Google search, you'll get a few links.

Title: Registry Hack?
Post by: Ace Pace on April 12, 2002, 04:06:58 am

cool