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Support => Technical Help: IN GAME bugs (after loading world) => Topic started by: d0ctOrTr0x3e on June 17, 2007, 05:58:19 am

Title: How to change renderers? Specifically to d3d.
Post by: d0ctOrTr0x3e on June 17, 2007, 05:58:19 am
sup all.

well these are my computer specs and they meet the requirments.

OS Microsoft XP
612MB RAM *disabled most manufacturer crap and other stuff uneeded with msconfig to save all of our time*
3.2Ghz, MMX, 3dnow
DX9
SP2
64 mb card, full acceleration, supports opengl, d3d-- updated drivers.

so anyway the game runs moderatley well except the occasional drop in fps.
tested with some of the lower settings, higher. i feel openGL just isn't the renderer for me either way.  :ban:

i hear that others were able to switch to software rendering. so is there anyway I can switch at all? i can't find this option anywhere. is it the configs? need of assistance to change, if possible and directions on doing so.

-Doc




Title: Re: How to change renderers? Specifically to d3d.
Post by: Xordan on June 17, 2007, 06:03:59 am
openGL isn't a renderer, it's just an API. But regardless of that, our engine doesn't support DirectX natively, so openGL is the only thing we have available. As for software rendering, I think the run option is --video=software, but don't expect to get much better performance, and you will get worse quality. Software rendering is much slower than hardware (both GL and D3D are hardware).
Title: Re: How to change renderers? Specifically to d3d.
Post by: d0ctOrTr0x3e on June 17, 2007, 06:09:01 am
thanks a bunch man.
answered alot of my concerns. hell, all of them.
Title: Re: How to change renderers? Specifically to d3d.
Post by: d0ctOrTr0x3e on June 17, 2007, 06:10:29 pm
honestly i'm stumped on how to change to software rendering.
can you be a bit more clear?
Title: Re: How to change renderers? Specifically to d3d.
Post by: ThomPhoenix on June 17, 2007, 08:46:11 pm
Right-click on your shortcut to Planeshift.
Click Properties.
Look at the target.
It's probably something like "C:\Program Files\PlaneShift Crystal Blue\psclient.exe"
Now change it to "C:\Program Files\PlaneShift Crystal Blue\psclient.exe" --video=software
Click OK.
You're done.