G400 and Pete's plugins minor problem

fra13 · July 18th, 2001

Hi guys,

I have a minor problem with Pete's plugins:
in some games during loading the screen is black, instead of displaying graphics.
In SpiderMan the screen with "Press Start" is black too.

I tried both DX7 and DX6 plugins with the same result.
With the soft plugin I can see the missing graphics.

The rest of the game seems to be OK.

I have a Matrox G400 and Athlon K7 600 MHz.

Can someone help me?

Fra

**Pete Bernert** · July 20th, 2001

I don't think that your gfx card is to blame (this time

)... some
splash screens/menus are hard to detect with hw/accel. plugins,
and garbage and/or black screens will be displayed instead.

They only thing you can try with my plugins is to play with the
"offscreen drawing" (and maybe the "full vram primitives") options...

**Shadow Lady** · July 22nd, 2001

yeah, the offscreen drawing is the solution to that, just changes the settings of this and it will work, good luck

Lazy_Guy · July 24th, 2001

I also Have a G400 and i have the same problem.
Just set offscreen drawing to 3 and problem solved

Adair · July 24th, 2001

I have the OSD set to 3(enhanced) and I can't see the start screen or the comicbook screens in Spiderman. Its not a problem though. I just press start when I hear music.
Its strange though, I can see those screens in the new NextGL plugin that Nickk is working on.

fra13 · July 24th, 2001

Same as Adair.

I tried all OD settings (now I set it to 3) and I still can't see splash screens and comic/game covers.
If I use Soft plugin I can see them.

So I press start when I hear music too to play and when I want to see covers I'll use the Soft plugin, though I will miss the splash screens, that I really like.

I also have some problems with audio.
Which plugin (and settings) is the best for this game?

I'd like to check the Nikk NextGL plugin.
Can you post the link do download it?

Thanks

Fra

Adair · July 24th, 2001

I'm attaching Nickk's GPU 1.1 for you. Its not good to play with though. Its still in early stages of testing. Incomplete polys and no textures yet. That's why I was saying its strange that it displays the Spiderman start screen.

For Spiderman I use Iori's SPU 1.46. Its not perfect, but almost. If it doesn't sound good for you try Pete's SPU 1.10, but its not as good for me.
I didn't bother to change any settings from the defaults on either.

July 18th, 2001	#1 (permalink)
fra13 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 2	G400 and Pete's plugins minor problem Hi guys, I have a minor problem with Pete's plugins: in some games during loading the screen is black, instead of displaying graphics. In SpiderMan the screen with "Press Start" is black too. I tried both DX7 and DX6 plugins with the same result. With the soft plugin I can see the missing graphics. The rest of the game seems to be OK. I have a Matrox G400 and Athlon K7 600 MHz. Can someone help me? Fra

July 22nd, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 4,727	yeah, the offscreen drawing is the solution to that, just changes the settings of this and it will work, good luck __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.3GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 1GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP2 Collecting dust: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ -- ATI Radeon 9500 Pro -- SB Live 5.1 Digital -- 2.5GB DDR 2-2-2-5 Ram -- Windows 2003 server r2 SP1

July 24th, 2001	#5 (permalink)
Adair Ghost Hacker Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,830	I have the OSD set to 3(enhanced) and I can't see the start screen or the comicbook screens in Spiderman. Its not a problem though. I just press start when I hear music. Its strange though, I can see those screens in the new NextGL plugin that Nickk is working on. __________________ WindowsXP pro \| ASUS A7N8X Nforce2 motherboard \| Athlon XP 1700+(1.46 Ghz) IBM 40GB 7200rpm \| 512Mb DDR PC3000 \| Leadtek geforce4 Ti4400 \| SB live X-gamer 16x DVDrom & 4x4x24x CDrewriter \| Enermax EG465 (430watt power supply)

July 24th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
Adair Ghost Hacker Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,830	I'm attaching Nickk's GPU 1.1 for you. Its not good to play with though. Its still in early stages of testing. Incomplete polys and no textures yet. That's why I was saying its strange that it displays the Spiderman start screen. For Spiderman I use Iori's SPU 1.46. Its not perfect, but almost. If it doesn't sound good for you try Pete's SPU 1.10, but its not as good for me. I didn't bother to change any settings from the defaults on either. __________________ WindowsXP pro \| ASUS A7N8X Nforce2 motherboard \| Athlon XP 1700+(1.46 Ghz) IBM 40GB 7200rpm \| 512Mb DDR PC3000 \| Leadtek geforce4 Ti4400 \| SB live X-gamer 16x DVDrom & 4x4x24x CDrewriter \| Enermax EG465 (430watt power supply)

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July 20th, 2001	#2 (permalink)
Pete Bernert FREAK Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 874	I don't think that your gfx card is to blame (this time )... some splash screens/menus are hard to detect with hw/accel. plugins, and garbage and/or black screens will be displayed instead. They only thing you can try with my plugins is to play with the "offscreen drawing" (and maybe the "full vram primitives") options...

July 24th, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Lazy_Guy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: The Dump Posts: 54	I also Have a G400 and i have the same problem. Just set offscreen drawing to 3 and problem solved

July 24th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
fra13 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 2	Same as Adair. I tried all OD settings (now I set it to 3) and I still can't see splash screens and comic/game covers. If I use Soft plugin I can see them. So I press start when I hear music too to play and when I want to see covers I'll use the Soft plugin, though I will miss the splash screens, that I really like. I also have some problems with audio. Which plugin (and settings) is the best for this game? I'd like to check the Nikk NextGL plugin. Can you post the link do download it? Thanks Fra