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RB3D-Massive FPS hit & no sound-sorry if this is repost

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First post, by Unregistered

Posted on 2003-01-07, 17:50

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Hi guys
Sorry in advance if there were other topics on this issue, I tried looking through archives bu did not find them. The post somewhat down the page in regards to sound problems seems to have a first part somewhere that I cant find.

My machine: Athalon 1Ghz
28gig HD
256 RAM
TNT2 Ultra 64MB

Im just d/led OpenGlide_v007b4.zip , the supposed fixed up version.
Well it works, but with a lot of side effects.

During flight, my machine's FPS drop dramatically when I look around inside the cockpit or around the sky. Ive tried turning clouds off and whatnot, reducing resolution...nothing. Its very slow going and almost impossible to play.

Furthermore, I played several game and the sound was fine but then all of a sudden it turned off in the game! No sound. Nothing I could do changed that.

Also there are some graphic glitches that make the cursor a multicolored square when in game, which is mildly annoying but not very troublesome.
My main problem is the FPS hit and the sound.

Once again, sorry If im rehashing something already discussed. Thanks in advance for any assistance, very much appreciated!

Reply 1 of 7, by Glidos

Posted on 2003-01-07, 21:57

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You probably have an ATI graphice card and need to set IgnorePaletteChange to 1 in the file OpenGlid.ini

You should turn off sun glare too.

The graphics glitches are bugds in RB3D. I think someone is working on patching the scenery and models to avoid that.

Reply 2 of 7, by Unregistered

Posted on 2003-01-07, 23:44

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Wow, that worked great, thanks a lot!

Anything I can do about the sound though? Im thinkin maybe if I reinstall the game or something...but then it just might repeat again.

Thanks again for the help so far, very much appreciated!

Reply 3 of 7, by Glidos

Posted on 2003-01-08, 00:01

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If you are running under Windows XP then there is some strange thing you have to do to keep the sound going. There's a thread about it somewhere on this site.

Reply 4 of 7, by Nicht Sehr Gut

Posted on 2003-01-08, 00:05

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Snover's guide:
showthread.php?threadid=771

Reply 5 of 7, by Unregistered

Posted on 2003-01-08, 01:58

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THANKS A MILLION GUYS! Everything works great now, thanks again for helping me fix this 😁

Reply 6 of 7, by Snover

Posted on 2003-01-08, 23:26

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Hah, Nicht, totally forgot about that, it would've been useful when that one guy was complaining that similar instructions weren't working, heh

Yes, it’s my fault.

Reply 7 of 7, by Nicht Sehr Gut

Posted on 2003-01-09, 00:26

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Originally posted by Snover totally forgot about that, it would've been useful when that one guy was complaining that similar instructions weren't working

Except his description made no sense, claimed that his audio was being shut off even though his RBPREFS.DAT had been properly "write-protected" and whatever changed it did not actually write a new time-stamp to the file.

About the only thing I could think of that could cause that would be a rip in the space-time continuum...and I kind of doubt that happened.

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