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EACam
Warrior
154 Posts |
 Posted - May 16 2004 : 1:43:48 PM
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Um...Jack Hoxley has this tips and tricks article for DX8 and in the Gamma correction part he uses the Interpolate function which I don't have!
Can anyone give this function to me (it's called Interpolate, duh)? |
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EACam
Warrior
154 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2004 : 1:44:50 PM
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Oh...and what's the difference between Gamma Calibration and Gamma Correction?
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2004 : 5:48:31 PM
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I don't know, have you emailed Jack yourself? He is pretty quick with replies
PS - use the Jack.Hoxley@DirectX4VB.com email, the other is invalid |
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masterbooda
Swordmaster
277 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 12:57:15 AM
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Gamma Calibration and Gamma Correction...... from what I remember did the same thing, but had different usage.... Also something to be careful of, is that some of the newer cards, don't support any Gamma Correction....
DaBooda out... |
DaBooda Team is back: http://dabooda.789mb.com/ |
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EACam
Warrior
154 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 10:21:42 AM
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| Yeah...mine doesn't support calibration, but DOES support correction in fullscreen mode (at least, that's what my enums say). |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 11:10:12 AM
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| In normal conditions from what I know you can't change the gamma while in windowed mode, because the gamma is always changed for the WHOLE screen and in windowed mode you don't have control of it; while in Fullscreen mode (as the name says) you do have. |
Whatever. Who knows... |
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 11:34:18 AM
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I wouldn't always trust the enum programs. When I used the tutorial one from Directx4vb, it said my voodoo3 could not support any lights, though I tried up to eight without error...
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 12:48:47 PM
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| DX says my GeForce 2 doesn't support anti-aliasing... and in fact I can't set it up with either DX or OGL but in the video driver window I can set up to 4x anti-aliasing and it works fine then. |
Whatever. Who knows... |
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EACam
Warrior
154 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 1:48:47 PM
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| I had the same problem with lights (MaxActiveLights = 0 ??? wha?)...but it worked on my friends comp(-1, unlimited)... I dunno. |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 2:03:55 PM
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| Hey I think no video adapter today supports unlimited hardware lights. You must have used the reference rasterizer? |
Whatever. Who knows... |
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 5:42:13 PM
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| No, my new card (Radeon 9200) says the same thing. I think it can support unlimited (or an incredibaly high number), just at a cost to processing speed. Which is a slight problem on my computer (500 MHz!) |
Edited by - Sr. Guapo on May 17 2004 5:42:51 PM |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 5:44:37 PM
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If it costs speed on the CPU then the lights are spftware-based  It may reduce the FPS dratically. (I mean, using too much lights) |
Whatever. Who knows... |
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EACam
Warrior
154 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 7:36:04 PM
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| Well...anything will essentially cost speed on anything...so whether it does it on the CPU or not, it'll effect the FPS. |
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Sr. Guapo
Swordmaster
USA
272 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 8:52:20 PM
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Believe me, even if you have the best graphics card in the world, a 500 MHz processor will hurt... It sucks. I want to save up for a laptop, but the one I want costs $6000!
PS - No, I will not compromise, 2 GB RAM is not too much... hehehe... |
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masterbooda
Swordmaster
277 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2004 : 10:33:18 PM
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Don't feel bad Sr. Quapo, I'm running a geforce xfx 5200 128 mb onboard, in a 400mhz system, and it does kill the speed... the card may do all the math needed for graphics, but the system processer has to still be in play...
For example I have this demo I wrote in vb, I ran it on my brotherinlaw's computer which is a 1.6, same video card as mine... I was up to about 800fps.... On mine, 300fps.... It makes a big difference... unfortunately the card can be only as good as the system its in... sigh I miss my old computer...
DaBooda out... |
DaBooda Team is back: http://dabooda.789mb.com/ |
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VBBR
Moderator
Brazil
617 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2004 : 10:45:39 AM
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I use a GeForce2 MX in an Athlon XP 1800 MHz... I guess the proccessor does the job here...
(altough I'm looking foward to a GeForce FX 5200...)
(hey just noticed I said "GeForce MX"... I meant "GeForce FX"... hehe sorry) |
Whatever. Who knows... |
Edited by - VBBR on May 18 2004 1:00:51 PM |
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Interpolate function
