Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-26, 22:28

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by leonardo

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I don't think there's any actual way to fix the problem because DXT1 isn't paletted and STY_Masked (and the "Masked" surface flag in Texture) only functions properly with paletted textures where index 0 pixels in the texture is what not to draw of that texture. Unreal doesn't have a concept of 1- …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-24, 19:25

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by leonardo

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OK. I found that the earlier posts regarding the problem residing in the textures are correct. I tried the so-called High-End texture packages as well. When the issue presented the exact same way as before, I decided to place a backup of the original texture file for the sky box (SkyBox.utx) from …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide (late 2013)

Posted on 2021-01-24, 11:51

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by leonardo

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I always liked speedisk for dos, but I am not willing to install complete norton utilities only for speedisk. the first nu95 does not work on fat32 partitions, the second one does, but is there a freeware defrag that is as good as the nu95v2 ? My best understanding was that the Unofficial Service …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-22, 13:38

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by leonardo

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I believe that's just a bug in the S3TC textures. The only other reference that I've found which seems to describe my problem comes from the author of the updated renderers for Unreal/Unreal Tournament and was under the heading Known non-issues : Black boxes around skybox hills when playing UT with …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-22, 13:23

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by leonardo

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On R7000-PCI and R9250PCI S3TC is OK on my setup. What driver are you using, what DX version? I'm using the latest Catalyst Driver (6.2 for Windows 9x/ME)[1] and Direct X 8.1.[2] I downloaded the latest "low-end" S3TC texture-packages dated Sept. 25, 2011 from UnrealTexture.com [3] as it was …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-21, 23:21

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by leonardo

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I found some explanations for the OpenGL settings here . I changed the following settings one by one to test if they'd have an effect: MaxLogTextureSize=0 MinLogTextureSize=0 MaxAnisotropy=8 MaxTMUnits=0 UseAlphaPalette=False Anisotropy was just for my tastes, but UseAlphaPalette is apparently a …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-20, 22:54

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by leonardo

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I believe that's just a bug in the S3TC textures. I'm hoping it's a simple configuration tweak. My starting config is based on someone else's settings for a GeForce 3. I had the optimal configuration figured out for Win9x and Unreal on a RivaTNT 2, but now I have to rediscover everything since I …

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Re: Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-20, 22:49

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by leonardo

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aha2940 wrote on 2021-01-20, 05:17: What's your video card? It's a Radeon 9200. Latest drivers released are in use. Without S3TC textures enabled, those rectangles don't appear.

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[SOLVED] Unreal graphics glitching (black rectangles) with OpenGL and S3TC textures

Posted on 2021-01-16, 20:06

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by leonardo

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Solved by keeping original skybox textures When you apply S3TC textures from any source, be sure to skip replacing SkyBox.utx (Yes, this will mean that those textures won't be updated - but it's the only way to avoid the issue for the time being). Original post below: [hr] After recently upgrading …

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Re: Pentium II Passive or Active Heatsink

Posted on 2021-01-15, 23:37

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by leonardo

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I've got a similar set up to yours where the PSU fan is located directly above a 1 GHz Slot 1 P3 and it has worked reliably for years: https://www.vogons.org/download/file.php?id=116553&mode=view edit: However, I see that the orientation of the heatsink "fins" might not be optimal for airflow …

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Re: Video cards known to operate stably on an overclocked AGP bus

Posted on 2021-01-15, 23:25

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So I decided to get back to my hobby, and realised one of my retro rigs didn't make a lot of sense. The 1 GHz Pentium III was held back a little too much by the PCI graphics card for the later games in my collection I keep it around for, and thus I decided to explore if upgrading the video card ( …

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Video cards known to operate stably on an overclocked AGP bus

Posted on 2021-01-13, 22:35

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by leonardo

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So I decided to get back to my hobby, and realised one of my retro rigs didn't make a lot of sense. The 1 GHz Pentium III was held back a little too much by the PCI graphics card for the later games in my collection I keep it around for, and thus I decided to explore if upgrading the video card (and …

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Re: Motherboard for Coppermine Pentium III 600MHz

Posted on 2021-01-06, 12:39

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Hi guys,please Which you would recommend motherboard under this processor, until 1999. Coppermine Pentium III 600MHz or 650MHz, Socket 1,FSB 100MHz SDRAM 128 MB,PC 100 Voodoo 3 3000 AGP Thanks :-) I'll recommend the Intel 440BX AGPSet based boards such as ASUS P2B, AOpen AX6BC, Abit BH6, MSI MS6119 …

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Re: Motherboard for Coppermine Pentium III 600MHz

Posted on 2021-01-05, 23:47

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by leonardo

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Hi guys,please Which you would recommend motherboard under this processor, until 1999. Coppermine Pentium III 600MHz or 650MHz, Socket 1,FSB 100MHz SDRAM 128 MB,PC 100 Voodoo 3 3000 AGP Thanks :-) I'll recommend the Intel 440BX AGPSet based boards such as ASUS P2B, AOpen AX6BC, Abit BH6, MSI MS6119 …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-02, 18:55

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by leonardo

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I didn't start this as a retro hobby. Had kids and noticed my stuff had gotten old at some point. 😁

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Re: Odd drive behaviour in P90 machine

Posted on 2020-05-21, 16:49

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by leonardo

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Hi Fellas, bit of an odd one: I have a pentium 90 machine using this exact motherboard . I got a CF+IDE adapter, but when plugged in seems to force the CD drive to be non responsive. No drive light, no opening. Things I have tried: Switching cables - no difference, CD drive non-functional Playing …

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Re: New Member - VIA KT400A/600 vs nForce2 for Windows 98SE

Posted on 2020-05-21, 14:06

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by leonardo

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Wat. Late Win98 builds are entirety happy on P4/AthlonXP. WinXP came out in late 2001. Of you don't care about ISA cards P4 are easily the best value Win98 builds you can get. If you want to max out a v5 a fast AthlonXP build on kt333 is ideal Well, someone has to make the opposite case. I'm not …

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Re: New Member - VIA KT400A/600 vs nForce2 for Windows 98SE

Posted on 2020-05-20, 21:50

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by leonardo

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Long time lurker here and officially a new member. I've been collecting retro hardware for many years and I frequent this site for general information. I've been PC gaming since 1993 and building systems since 1999, so I have a bit of experience under my belt. I'm looking to build a new Windows …

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Re: Using -new- printer with -old- PC running Windows 98?

Posted on 2020-04-21, 19:28

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by leonardo

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Actually, it seems you might be able to use GhostScript to create a virtual PostScript printer on your Win7 machine that you could then talk to from Win98 but I'm having difficulty finding a clear guide. THIS. You can use also a small Linux-box, maybe even a Raspberry Pi or something as an …

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Re: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert Remasters are being made.

Posted on 2020-03-08, 14:22

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I'm a big fan of the original C&C, much more than Red Alert. If I could have the original game altered, I'd be happy with adding fog-of-war so that one couldn't endlessly spy on the other players after discovering regions of the map without unit presence there and TCP/IP LAN play (IPX is a little …

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