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Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: rauchen on May 03, 2006, 12:42:44 AM
Rumor has it that you can tell Friend from Foe on the radar.

All I ever see are black dots. Is this the radar on the Clipboard map that comes up when I press Esc? Or is there some other radar view I'm missing?

I have all the default settings for icon colors etc.

Any help out there?


-rauchen
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on May 03, 2006, 12:53:56 AM
You have an ATI video card?  Drivers.  Alllllll drivers.
Title: Arrrg - How do I get latest drivers?
Post by: rauchen on May 03, 2006, 01:07:40 AM
I Have an ATI Radeon 9600 pro.  The ATI website has something called Hydravision, Catalyst, and the MultiMedia Center.

I don't want to make movies or write games - I just want to get the latest Win XP Driver.  Arrrrgggggh.
Title: Catalyst IS the driver
Post by: rauchen on May 03, 2006, 01:35:18 AM
Well, as it turns out Catalyst is the Driver for the card. I downloaded it, restarted the 'puter a few times & now I get radar in COLOR. Booyah!

There's also a red & green bar under most of the fields- what's that all about?

Thanks!

-rauchen (in color!)
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: nirvana on May 03, 2006, 01:51:01 AM
Red bar is a show of how many cons are in a sector.  Green bar is the number of friendlies in a sector.
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: FiLtH on May 03, 2006, 06:05:18 AM
You know I often wonder what Im missing in the game due to things like that. Having a lower end pc Im wondering if the damage effects are alot better for some people.
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: Eagler on May 03, 2006, 06:27:36 AM
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Originally posted by FiLtH
You know I often wonder what Im missing in the game due to things like that. Having a lower end pc Im wondering if the damage effects are alot better for some people.


I upgraded my vcard from a ati9800 pro to a gs 7800 co & bumped my system ram from 1GB to 2GB.
turning up the res, textures and details unveiled an entirely different AH to me - the graphics & effects are awesome now
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: wipass on May 03, 2006, 06:45:57 AM
hey filth,

we don't get damage on top end machines   :lol
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: bozon on May 03, 2006, 07:52:43 AM
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Originally posted by FiLtH
You know I often wonder what Im missing in the game due to things like that. Having a lower end pc Im wondering if the damage effects are alot better for some people.

I have a new PC for a week now after 4 years with a P-III 1GHz.
Who would have imagined that the trees are there even before you hit them.

Wonderfull what they can do these days.

Bozon
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: FiLtH on May 03, 2006, 07:56:53 AM
LOL..see thats what Im talking about!
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: Schatzi on May 03, 2006, 08:44:25 AM
Yeah, i remember the first week i played on my new desktop (instead of non-game working Laptop)..... awww, there are actually FIELD GUNS in those grey blurrs and one can SEE if they are already destroyed before smacking right into them???

I kept augering because i was so awed at the scenery.... embarrassing :).
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: Roscoroo on May 03, 2006, 10:51:41 AM
the 4.12 omega drivers work best for the 9600pro    my fps is thru the roof with them and never dip below 30 even in the worst furball emaginable.
Title: OMega? Do you mean Catalyst?
Post by: rauchen on May 03, 2006, 05:14:47 PM
Roscoroo,,

I couldn't find any RADEON drivers named Omega- but I did find a 4.12 version of Catalyst.  Is that what you meant?  

Are you running XP?

-rauchen
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on May 03, 2006, 05:53:03 PM
http://www.omegadrivers.net

Go to the Archive section, about 1/3 of the way down the page.  It will say ATI in red, then Radeon Omega Drivers 2.5.97a (Catalyst 4.12).  At the far right is a link to download.  Try it here, if it works.  If not, follow above directions.

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=14
Title: Re: OMega? Do you mean Catalyst?
Post by: Roscoroo on May 03, 2006, 09:08:50 PM
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Originally posted by rauchen
Roscoroo,,

I couldn't find any RADEON drivers named Omega- but I did find a 4.12 version of Catalyst.  Is that what you meant?  

Are you running XP?

-rauchen


I'm running a dual boot  win98se sp 1.5 (tweeked out )

and  W2K pro  (still learning its tweeks) but ive been playing on w2k w/ ntfs format  .. my fps picked up from 85 fps (win 98) to 135 fps (w2k )  4.12 omega's set at stock 9600 pro clocking  400 vgp 300 ram speed  on my card .

look for the 4.12 omega    standard  (Dont use the beta 4.12's)


http://www.omegadrivers.net/archive.php (http://www.omegadrivers.net/archive.php)
Title: Re: Re: OMega? Do you mean Catalyst?
Post by: DamnedRen on May 04, 2006, 12:32:32 AM
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
I'm running a dual boot  win98se sp 1.5 (tweeked out )

and  W2K pro  (still learning its tweeks) but ive been playing on w2k w/ ntfs format  .. my fps picked up from 85 fps (win 98) to 135 fps (w2k )  4.12 omega's set at stock 9600 pro clocking  400 vgp 300 ram speed  on my card .

look for the 4.12 omega    standard  (Dont use the beta 4.12's)


http://www.omegadrivers.net/archive.php (http://www.omegadrivers.net/archive.php)


Don't quote me on this I had heard if you turn of the vert sync you end up with outrageuos FR's but you can   "lose" half of some frames. They are not dropped packets, you just lose them. With Vert sync on you may only go as fast as the monitors refresh rate (mine happens to be set to 85 but will go to 100Hz) but you never lose parts (up to half the pict frame). I had vert sync off and was getting 200 a few days ago but there was some tearing and something wasn't right, which may have been my losing partial frames.
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on May 04, 2006, 01:47:06 AM
Actually, you can never physically see frame rates faster than your monitor's refresh rate anyway.  Regardless of whether or not Vsync is on.  Vsync just forces the video card to keep reported fps within the boundaries of your refresh rate.  It also prevents the tearing and artifacts and such that you noticed.  What happens is the video card gets so far ahead of what is actually being shown on the screen that it has to pause to allow what is actually being rendered on the screen to catch up.  If the CPU happens to be under a heavy load also, you'll get little freezes and warps and screen tears because things get out of whack.

People like turning it off because it makes them feel good to see big numbers on their frame rates.  They think they have gained some sort of performance increase.
Title: Radar Blips - In Color?
Post by: Roscoroo on May 04, 2006, 09:51:02 AM
true ... with vsync off i go way thru the roof 200+fps and the buffs warp all over the place .  ( i swaped monitors thats why i get alot higher hz /fps then befor "Silicon grafics " )