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Furtive
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PostPosted: 05-20-2005 10:47 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


hi
My Quake 2 for some reason runs extremly slow and choppy in OpenGL.
however, when i use quake 2 evolution, it runs flawlessly and i'm pretty sure that's openGL too. no??
ive reinstalled but it doesn't fix.
ive got the latest patch too.
any suggestions?
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PostPosted: 05-21-2005 12:48 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


You are probably using the wrong renderer under video options - it should be default opengl instead of 3dxf blabla or powervr opengl or whatever else is in there. q2e chooses the right render automatically for you. :)
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PostPosted: 05-21-2005 05:22 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


quake2.exe (actually ref_gl.dll) has issues with newer ATi drivers and maybe NVIDIA as well. You could downgrade your drivers but that'll have a negative impact on the performance of more modern day engines (like Q2E or EGL).
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PostPosted: 05-22-2005 11:45 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


thanks for the help. i'll just keep using evolution.
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PostPosted: 05-22-2005 10:07 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Do you have ATI? Now that you mention it, there was a thread on q2 (at raws forum) where raw had a similar problem with slowdowns. There was a console command to fix it I think. This was with vanilla q2. I don't remember it though. It might of been mjrpes that also knew it or suggested it. Paging mjrpes, paging mjrpes. :shrug:
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PostPosted: 05-22-2005 10:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I don't think it was me, because I've never really played q2. I did have a choppiness problem with q3 after installing a new vid card (going from ATI -> nvidia), and I got that problem solved by reinstalling windows.



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PostPosted: 05-23-2005 12:03 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i had that problem too last time i booted q2. couldnt get an fps higher than 30 or summat
quite annoying



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PostPosted: 05-23-2005 12:06 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


cl_maxfps 90?
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dzjepp wrote:
Do you have ATI? Now that you mention it, there was a thread on q2 (at raws forum) where raw had a similar problem with slowdowns. There was a console command to fix it I think. This was with vanilla q2. I don't remember it though. It might of been mjrpes that also knew it or suggested it. Paging mjrpes, paging mjrpes. :shrug:


yea i have an ATI card.
if anyone can remember that command i'd appreciate it.
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PostPosted: 05-23-2005 06:58 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


^misantropia^ wrote:
cl_maxfps 90?

hmm i've checked that. actually i keep it on 120. i don't know what it caps at in Q2, but i keep it there just cause. :confused:
i have my FPS drawn and it ranges from 20-40.
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PostPosted: 05-24-2005 04:30 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


If you're using the original quake2.exe to play online you should be aware of a catch: the engine sends a snapshot to the server for every frame rendered. So it isn't too hard to flood your uplink. Most newer engines have fixed this, though.
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PostPosted: 05-24-2005 09:38 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


raw should know how he fixed it. ;) Well, not the problem is getting him to show up in this thread. :paranoid:
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PostPosted: 05-26-2005 02:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


..raw..raw raw raw raw raw raw raw raw

:icon33: :p
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PostPosted: 05-26-2005 09:51 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


You like it raw? :s
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PostPosted: 05-27-2005 08:37 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I think it's set gl_ext_pointparameters "0". The default should be 1.
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PostPosted: 05-27-2005 09:23 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


nice..it works. mine was set on "1" i made "0" to fix it. runs smoother than ever.

thanks raw.
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PostPosted: 05-27-2005 09:24 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


dzjepp wrote:
You like it raw? :s


i do now.
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PostPosted: 05-28-2005 07:11 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm the man! :p
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PostPosted: 12-18-2005 06:59 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


What's funny is I don't need to turn that off now that I have an Nvidia card again.
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PostPosted: 12-18-2005 09:04 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


raw wrote:
What's funny is I don't need to turn that off now that I have an Nvidia card again.


Don't make me turn you off faggot :olo:
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