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Offline Replicant

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Skuzzy, HTC, please help... Blue flicker/Forced Antialiasing etc
« on: February 13, 2001, 03:12:00 PM »
Yep, my problems continue but I'm finally getting nearer to the cure.

Okay, my problem started with the installation of the KT7, Asus V7700 GeForce 64Mb GTS, 1 gig Tbird, 256 RAM and 330watt PSU.  At first I used the Asus 5.33 drivers but found them not to be as good as the Detonator drivers.  I then used Detonator drivers 6.67 before going down to 6.50 drivers.  I'm using Dx 7.0a.

Anyway, what my problem is this.  When using the detonator drivers I get the blue flicker strobe screen whilst playing Aces High.  Okay, we know all about that.  When I load the GeForce Tweak Utility or Nvidia NVmax I manage to eliminate the blue flicker BUT this utilities cause my added problems whilst playing Aces High.  I think it might have something to do with the force antialiasing - if you enable it the blue flicker goes but you get the problem I'll describe in a moment.  When disabling it has no effect whatsoever and you have to uninstall the utility and registry entry and then uninstall the drivers and then reinstall the drivers - every time!

Okay, the new problem is whilst in the cockpit in AH.  I always use the F8 pan mode (I am unable to use the F7 or F9 modes much as it effects a balance condition I have).  Whilst in F8 pan you get a kind of scroll/roll effect which appears mostly behind the high speed rotating propeller effect.  I can't actually do a screenshot (it comes out normal) so 'I've made a screenshot up' (edited) to kind of explain what I am seeing when I pan from side to side.  Please note that vertical pans are fine, only horizontal pans whilst in cockpit and mostly behind props
     
The image above shows what it appears like, but it is scrolling very fast and doesn't look as bad as it seems but it is EXTREMELY annoying and very off putting whilst trying to engage any enemy.  After X amount of playing it starts to make you feel ill.  So, my problem is putting up with this or the blue flicker effect which I find worse.

I would really appreciate if anyone can recommend another tweak, or adjustment or anything that can eliminate both problems without it causing too much of a frame rate hit - I can eliminate both by selecting force antialiasing and a 3x3 setting in DX but it knocks FPS down to around 15-20 and blurs graphics so much that it gives you a headache.    

I've followed all the KT7 FAQ helps.....

Hope someone can help..... I've hardly played AH over the last month.

BTW, all those that have had the blue flicker, try using F8 Pan whilst in the cockpit (moving side to side) and see if you get the same effect as I am experiencing?  

Regards

Nexx

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Skuzzy, HTC, please help... Blue flicker/Forced Antialiasing etc
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2001, 03:46:00 PM »
Oh, another thing... I seem to be getting total lockups now - literally have to switch off and back on.  ONLINE only.

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Skuzzy, HTC, please help... Blue flicker/Forced Antialiasing etc
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2001, 05:54:00 PM »
That is vertical texture tearing caused by running the GeForce card without vertical sync enabled.
The detonator drivers do not have a vertical sync enable for D3D and runs without vertical sync.

jihad old me that NVmax allows you to enable vertical sync.  I have not tried it yet.

You can also go into the settings for D3D and turn "Mipmapping" to "High quality image" and it will help this problem.

Or, turn down the resolution so the card can keep up with the data.
Oh,...I have had some problems with some games with the GeForce cards, using the 6.50 nvidia drivers.  Lockups, dumps to desktop are just a couple of the problems I have run into today.

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Skuzzy, HTC, please help... Blue flicker/Forced Antialiasing etc
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2001, 02:31:00 PM »
Nexx!  do what skuzz refers to.  I just installed a hercules prophet, geforce2gts Pro, previously had the geforce2gts creative annihilator, only diff is 32meg to 64 meg.  I didn't have the blue flicker using the creative card, but when I installed the hercules, there it was.  veticle sync is not available using the hercules drivers or the detenator 6 drivers.  I went to Mip Mapping and changed to high image quality.  worked like a charm!  Hope it works!
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