Direct3D9 Renderer
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Direct3D9 Renderer
Is anyone using this? I know a bunch of people switched over because the lack of alt-tab with the OpenGL one was annoying. I'm just testing it now for possible inclusion into Patch 1, however it really doesn't seem to look at nice as the OpenGL. The Alt-Tab capability is of course nice, but are you guys using some .ini settings to make it nicer?
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Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
Include it for crappier comps, my old comp is quite a piece of crap, it can not even handle the OpenGL renderer
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Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
Same opinion here. I also can't run the open GL rendered, so the D3 one is helpful.
gothemasticator
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Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
well i dont know about alt tab but the windows key gets the same job done when using opengl one
Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
As i understand this mod is using some kind of upgraded open gl engine, right? And if we switch to direct 3d we will lose something in graphics?
Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
Yes, several textures will be drastically reduced in size and I believe the fog will fail to cover meshes. There are other things.
I definitely recommend giving Chris Dohnal's DX9 or DX8 renderers a chance rather than going back to the old D3D renderer
I definitely recommend giving Chris Dohnal's DX9 or DX8 renderers a chance rather than going back to the old D3D renderer
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Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
You also lose the pretty reflected surfaces, like the lobby floor in the tutorial.
Sounds odd that somebody can't run OpenGL though ... it doesn't come up in the list by default. When the option comes up to select the renderer, you need to click the show all option, then select OpenGL.
Every video card in the last 10 years at least, supports OpenGL. It's quite an old API
Sounds odd that somebody can't run OpenGL though ... it doesn't come up in the list by default. When the option comes up to select the renderer, you need to click the show all option, then select OpenGL.
Every video card in the last 10 years at least, supports OpenGL. It's quite an old API
Re: Direct3D9 Renderer
I've got same reflection on open GL and on direct 3d, radeon 1900xt