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Voodoo2 and GPL, calibration issues?

5 posts by 3 people · 12 Mar 2001 15:20 UTC - 14 Mar 2001 02:21 UTC

Steve Garrotto 12 Mar 2001 15:20 UTC#196563
I have just installed GPL on a new-to-me computer with a Voodoo2, I am using the Unofficial 3Dfx GPL patch-O-matic and if I try to calibrate my Act Labs Force RS it will lockup almost every time. If I change to software mode it will calibrate just fine. Anyone else seen this? I will have to check the drivers I am using, but they are very new. SLG PS, it did this without the Unofficial 3Dfx GPL patch-O-matic also. (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:20:21 GMT, [email hidden] (Steve Garrotto) wrote: >I have just installed GPL on a new-to-me computer with a Voodoo2, I am >using the Unofficial 3Dfx GPL patch-O-matic and if I try to calibrate >my Act Labs Force RS it will lockup almost every time. If I change to >software mode it will calibrate just fine. Anyone else seen this? I >will have to check the drivers I am using, but they are very new. What version of GPL and DirectX do you have. Also, try these settings in your Autoexec.Bat if you want optimal Voodoo2 performance with GPL. I spent a solid month coming up with these: SET FX_GLIDE_NO_SPLASH=1 SET SSTV2_VIDEO_FILTER_DISABLE=1 SET SSTV2_FASTMEM=1 SET SSTV2_FASTPCIRD=1 SET SSTV2_VIDEO_24BPP=0 SET FX_GLIDE_SWAPINTERVAL=0 SET SSTV2_SWAP_EN_WAIT_ON_VSYNC=0 SET FX_GLIDE_SHAMELESS_PLUG=0 SET SSTV2_TRIPLE_BUFFER=0 SET SSTV2_MEMFIFO=1 SET SSTV2_FORCE_TRILINEAR=0 Regards, Brett C. Cammack brettDOTcammack@worldnetDOTattDOTnet (remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)
It is GPL patched to the 1.2 version and directx8 not 8a. SLG [email hidden] (Brett C. Cammack) wrote:
Quoted text (28 lines)>On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:20:21 GMT, [email hidden] (Steve >Garrotto) wrote: >>I have just installed GPL on a new-to-me computer with a Voodoo2, I am >>using the Unofficial 3Dfx GPL patch-O-matic and if I try to calibrate >>my Act Labs Force RS it will lockup almost every time. If I change to >>software mode it will calibrate just fine. Anyone else seen this? I >>will have to check the drivers I am using, but they are very new. > >What version of GPL and DirectX do you have. Also, try these settings >in your Autoexec.Bat if you want optimal Voodoo2 performance with GPL. >I spent a solid month coming up with these: > >SET FX_GLIDE_NO_SPLASH=1 >SET SSTV2_VIDEO_FILTER_DISABLE=1 >SET SSTV2_FASTMEM=1 >SET SSTV2_FASTPCIRD=1 >SET SSTV2_VIDEO_24BPP=0 >SET FX_GLIDE_SWAPINTERVAL=0 >SET SSTV2_SWAP_EN_WAIT_ON_VSYNC=0 >SET FX_GLIDE_SHAMELESS_PLUG=0 >SET SSTV2_TRIPLE_BUFFER=0 >SET SSTV2_MEMFIFO=1 >SET SSTV2_FORCE_TRILINEAR=0 > >Regards, >Brett C. Cammack >brettDOTcammack@worldnetDOTattDOTnet >(remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)
(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:18:05 -0000, "Semi" <[email hidden]> wrote: >how exactly do i put these lines in the auto exec bat? Verbatim... <g> Bring up Windows Explorer. It should already be on the root directory of the C: drive. Select the Autoexec.Bat file and right-mouse click to bring up the popup menu. Select "Edit" and this will launch NotePad with the Autoexec.Bat loaded. Select all of those lines from my original message that begin with "SET" and copy them to the clipboard with a Ctrl-C. Now switch focus from your newsreader and that message to NotePad editting your AutoExec.Bat. Go to the first blank line at the end of the file and paste those SET statements in using Ctrl-V. Select "File" and "Save" from the menu and then exit. After that, restart your computer. Note: These *only* work with the Voodoo2. The Voodoo3, etc look for completely different environment variables. Regards, Brett C. Cammack brettDOTcammack@worldnetDOTattDOTnet (remove the DOTs from my return address to reply privately)

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