[Taristin]

Explain, for me, these:

-pcx32

-jpgtga


I'm a bit confused, since I can use the jpgtga command and have jpg and tga's displayed, with very good framerates, and high quality images, but as soon as -pcx32 is on, framerates are killed. Like in the vacinity of 4-12 fps for anything, and 20 when looking into blank space.

[StratComm]

Some of the builds had a horrid memory leak with the -pcx32 tag, though I thought it had been corrected.  It is, however, something that shouldn't be turned on unless you need it.

[kasperl]

pcx32 allows 32bit PCX images to be used.

[ChronoReverse]

Of which the only real use for is the interface and interface anis it seems.

[Taristin]

Odd. Does it convert the old ones into 32 bit as well? Or is it just  a memory leak that's giving me the horrid framerates?  Because I used it in that build that taylor posted. Not the latest, but the first one, and while everything else ran smooth, pcx32 didn't.

[Bobboau]

it loads PCX immages into a 32 bit texture, rather than th 16 bit one that was being used

[WMCoolmon]

What mediaVP are you using? 32-bit PCX images take up more memory than the old 256-color ones, and that might be pushing other things into system or virtual memory instead of video memory.

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by kasperl
pcx32 allows 32bit PCX images to be used.

this ought to be the most common misunderstanding I ever encountered.

NO. DOES NOT.

it loads the EIGHT BIT pcx files into 32bit memory, instead of having a compromised 16-bit palette for them as it used to be in FS2retail.
It allows each PCX to make full use of the 8-bit, and has great visual improvements especially on the interface.

[kasperl]

oh, ok.

i really have issues keeping up with this stuff....

[Taristin]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
What mediaVP are you using? 32-bit PCX images take up more memory than the old 256-color ones, and that might be pushing other things into system or virtual memory instead of video memory.

I'm not. I extracted the effects I liked, and deleed the VP, because I didn't like how some of my options were 'forced'(so to speak) on me by the pack.

And, Ok. If it makes pcx run in 32 bit, I don't need it. I haven't the ram for it, and it didn't actually help anything.