Quake 2 runs SLOW in openGL mode

Post by **Furtive** » Sat May 21, 2005 6:47 am

hi
My Quake 2 for some reason runs extremly slow and choppy in OpenGL.
however, when i use quake 2 evolution, it runs flawlessly and i'm pretty sure that's openGL too. no??
ive reinstalled but it doesn't fix.
ive got the latest patch too.
any suggestions?

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat May 21, 2005 8:48 am

You are probably using the wrong renderer under video options - it should be default opengl instead of 3dxf blabla or powervr opengl or whatever else is in there. q2e chooses the right render automatically for you.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:22 pm

quake2.exe (actually ref_gl.dll) has issues with newer ATi drivers and maybe NVIDIA as well. You could downgrade your drivers but that'll have a negative impact on the performance of more modern day engines (like Q2E or EGL).

Post by **Furtive** » Sun May 22, 2005 7:45 pm

thanks for the help. i'll just keep using evolution.

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:07 am

Do you have ATI? Now that you mention it, there was a thread on q2 (at raws forum) where raw had a similar problem with slowdowns. There was a console command to fix it I think. This was with vanilla q2. I don't remember it though. It might of been mjrpes that also knew it or suggested it. Paging mjrpes, paging mjrpes.

Post by **mjrpes** » Mon May 23, 2005 6:39 am

I don't think it was me, because I've never really played q2. I did have a choppiness problem with q3 after installing a new vid card (going from ATI

nvidia), and I got that problem solved by reinstalling windows.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:03 pm

i had that problem too last time i booted q2. couldnt get an fps higher than 30 or summat
quite annoying

Post by **^misantropia^** » Mon May 23, 2005 8:06 pm

cl_maxfps 90?

Post by **Furtive** » Tue May 24, 2005 2:55 am

dzjepp wrote:Do you have ATI? Now that you mention it, there was a thread on q2 (at raws forum) where raw had a similar problem with slowdowns. There was a console command to fix it I think. This was with vanilla q2. I don't remember it though. It might of been mjrpes that also knew it or suggested it. Paging mjrpes, paging mjrpes.

yea i have an ATI card.
if anyone can remember that command i'd appreciate it.

Post by **Furtive** » Tue May 24, 2005 2:58 am

^misantropia^ wrote:cl_maxfps 90?

hmm i've checked that. actually i keep it on 120. i don't know what it caps at in Q2, but i keep it there just cause.

i have my FPS drawn and it ranges from 20-40.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Tue May 24, 2005 12:30 pm

If you're using the original quake2.exe to play online you should be aware of a catch: the engine sends a snapshot to the server for every frame rendered. So it isn't too hard to flood your uplink. Most newer engines have fixed this, though.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue May 24, 2005 5:38 pm

raw should know how he fixed it.

Well, not the problem is getting him to show up in this thread.

Post by **Furtive** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:32 pm

..raw..raw raw raw raw raw raw raw raw

:icon33:

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri May 27, 2005 5:51 am

You like it raw? :s

Post by **raw** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:37 am

I think it's set gl_ext_pointparameters "0". The default should be 1.

Post by **Furtive** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:23 am

nice..it works. mine was set on "1" i made "0" to fix it. runs smoother than ever.

thanks raw.

Post by **Furtive** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:24 am

dzjepp wrote:You like it raw? :s

i do now.

Post by **raw** » Sat May 28, 2005 3:11 pm

I'm the man!

Post by **raw** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:59 pm

What's funny is I don't need to turn that off now that I have an Nvidia card again.

Post by **Duhard** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:04 pm

raw wrote:What's funny is I don't need to turn that off now that I have an Nvidia card again.

Don't make me turn you off faggot