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Quake 2 runs SLOW in openGL mode
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 6:47 am
by Furtive
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?
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 8:48 am
by dzjepp
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.
Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 1:22 pm
by ^misantropia^
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).
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 7:45 pm
by Furtive
thanks for the help. i'll just keep using evolution.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 6:07 am
by dzjepp
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.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 6:39 am
by mjrpes
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.
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:03 pm
by MKJ
i had that problem too last time i booted q2. couldnt get an fps higher than 30 or summat
quite annoying
Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:06 pm
by ^misantropia^
cl_maxfps 90?
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:55 am
by Furtive
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.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 2:58 am
by Furtive
^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.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:30 pm
by ^misantropia^
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.
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:38 pm
by dzjepp
raw should know how he fixed it.
Well, not the problem is getting him to show up in this thread.
Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 10:32 pm
by Furtive
..raw..raw raw raw raw raw raw raw raw
:icon33:
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 5:51 am
by dzjepp
You like it raw? :s
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 4:37 am
by raw
I think it's set gl_ext_pointparameters "0". The default should be 1.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:23 am
by Furtive
nice..it works. mine was set on "1" i made "0" to fix it. runs smoother than ever.
thanks raw.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:24 am
by Furtive
dzjepp wrote:You like it raw? :s
i do now.
Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 3:11 pm
by raw
I'm the man!
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:59 pm
by raw
What's funny is I don't need to turn that off now that I have an Nvidia card again.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:04 pm
by Duhard
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
