Gravity Angels hardware mode rendering issue

Posted on 2023-03-10, 03:11

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In the game "Gravity Angels" the rendering order is messed up, the polygons that should be at the back are in the front, tried with version 2.6. , 2.79.3 and latest WIP. I use AMD R9 270X. For what its worth; it renders fine on PCem on Windows 98 with Voodoo 3.

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Re: Inject SMAA ?

Posted on 2022-11-23, 14:25

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I don't want to add ReShade-like functionality into core dgVoodoo (ReShade is way greater anyway :) ), but SMAA antialiasing options could be included after all, into the 'Antialiasing' combo box on the CPL. I am again in a situation where forcing AA in a game causes issues (white outlines around …

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Re: With prices down, are you buying a new GPU, waiting for the next generation, or staying on the sidelines?

Posted on 2022-08-15, 18:39

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I would like to upgrade to a 27" 1440p monitor and buy a GPU for it. Since I only play older games I was thinking of buying something like a used RX 580 or GTX 1070 which should be enough for playing older games on high resolutions.

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Re: The frustrations of the GPU market

Posted on 2022-01-22, 07:55

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The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-01-21, 11:45: Russia decided to ban crypto operations and mining within their borders. It is just a proposal from central bank.

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Re: Intel has BIG plans.

Posted on 2021-11-25, 09:24

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... You are so drunk on Western propaganda, it is sad to read what you just wrote. China is Taiwan's biggest export market, people go to work there, etc. People in West are fed propaganda daily and USA wants you to be scared of CCP because united China and Taiwan would create a country that is more …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-11, 02:00

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If nobody would buy these shit coins, the chinese wouldn't mine them and there wouldn't be a shortage. You are out of date. Chinese government messed them up, so now most minning is happening in USA. https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/10/13/us-claims-top-spot-for-bitcoin-mining-as-miners- …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-10, 19:28

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Same thing with resolutions. The difference between 4k and 2k is not worth the 4x extra computing power required. You need to take into account also the increase in screen size. Monitors used to be 15" and less, but now 24" is minimum and people want 27" and more. TVs are also much larger than they …

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Re: How over powered are modern PCs?

Posted on 2021-11-10, 13:08

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I ended up retiring my old Core2 Quad when simply opening Twitter used to freeze the system for ten seconds. A site designed around the almost utilitarian concept of displaying simple 140 character messages (SMS!) should be fairly lightweight. I have an old computer from 2005 (which I don't use …

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One year anniversary of NVIDIA "cancelling" their old tech demos

Posted on 2021-10-05, 06:09

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It has been a year since Nvidia famously removed all their old tech demos with female characters from their website; Dusk, Dawn, Nalu, Luna, Adrianne, Medusa and A New Dawn. I guess they are not coming back there. Interestingly enough they still have a tech demo where you can slap around a frog, so …

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Re: When horses are faster than the internet

Posted on 2021-09-18, 16:54

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I understand the point. But what make me think about it is getting used to not actually preparing our own food, loosing the ability and more important the logic of the (free) time factor needed for something that might be better to be choosen, prepared at home instead of being prepared, boxed, …

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Re: When horses are faster than the internet

Posted on 2021-09-17, 18:10

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Interesting it's like the old logic of going somewhere walking instead with a car searching for a parking place or waiting a bus. Nowdays some people would choose the digital road for everything even for the most basic stuff like when I hear about people ordering their food on some phone app …

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I remade Captain Claw, but with Quake 2 characters and a dash of Metal Slug

Posted on 2021-09-10, 16:43

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To be more precise it is not the whole game, but a third of the first level. This is a little project that was supposed to be quickly finished in summer 2019 and has been sitting on my drive for 2 years and going nowhere. I cut a lot of what I planned just to have something to show and get it over …

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Re: ATI TruForm

Posted on 2021-09-05, 03:37

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Sandi1987 wrote on 2021-09-05, 03:25: How to enable ATI TruForm in dgVoodoo v2.75.1? You need WIP version 80 or newer: Re: dgVodooo 2.7.x and related WIP versions (2)

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Alone In The Dark (2008)

Posted on 2021-08-27, 02:24

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I am using the latest version of dgVoodoo. For some reason the game starts in a window and does not accept input. If I Alt+Enter to fullscreen and back it accepts input when in window, but not if I go back to fullscreen again. I can move the mouse but it does not accept mouse, keyboard or controller …

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This forum could use a "creative corner"

Posted on 2021-08-21, 13:16

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For anyone who would like to share a hobby project that does not fit in any existing category; making a video game, music, photography, custom PC cases, pottery, drones... anything creative.

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Re: Short day-night cycles and changing weather in games are immersion breaking

Posted on 2021-08-19, 22:14

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RandomStranger wrote on 2021-08-18, 19:15: Rains like that exist in real life. Yes and it is a short annoyance, but I am talking about setting up a certain mood and atmosphere, and 1 minute rain does not accomplish that.

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Short day-night cycles and changing weather in games are immersion breaking

Posted on 2021-08-18, 18:59

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Problem is that the whole cycle is usually too short and constant change is distracting and immersion breaking. Let's say you are going on a quest and your goal is a kilometer away. If you go there on foot and stop on few places on the way it might take 20-30 minutes and by that time a whole day or …

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Re: Real reason why old computer-generated virtual worlds are so fascinating

Posted on 2021-08-11, 12:56

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I could have written the first post myself. It is the same reason why I think old horror games leave a much deeper impact than new ones. The environments are ugly, surreal, empty and DEAD. Same goes for the characters and it is even more enhanced with their limited animations. It is mostly because …

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Re: Medal Count

Posted on 2021-08-09, 05:38

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With 48 gold medals USSR would dominate these games if it didn't fall apart.

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Re: Do you dislike the British?

Posted on 2021-07-25, 15:36

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I dislike the British for driving on the wrong side of the street and using outdated measuring system and spreading those all over the world.

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