Make Half Life Look Nice An Go Fast!11

MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">help meee</div> ok, for starters, i have a very limited knowledge of my computers internal workings.

I recently gots me a new processor and graphics card and want to make Half life run well (fast and with nice graphics) but have no idea how to go about doing this.

anyway, i have an AMD 2400 and a Geforce 5200.
the best i can manage so far on my half life is Direct3d, but i get weird texture glitches and i cant escape to the menu without the game crashing upon re-entry.
are there any programmes i can get that will allow me to use the openGL mode, or the Direct3d properly?

I seem to remember way back on my old PC (which had a Voodoo2) I got some kinda 'driver?' or program that allowed me to start playing in openGL, but im really not sure...

apart from that, any general tips on increasing resolution/ frame rate would be appreciated as I intend to get NS on this system as soon as it gets here (god dam postal strikes[im a poor 56k man again])..

any and all help greatly appreciated.
thanks!
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Downloading the latest graphics card drivers would be a good start. Not sure of the site, probably something like www.nvidea.com (i'm an ATI person myself <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> ).

    As for getting it running in OpenGL, what actually happens if you try to run opengl?
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  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    i get a message with something to the effect of "this mode is not supported by your graphics card"

    thing is, i seem to recall the same message on my old voodoo before i got those mini drivers or whatever they are..
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  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    www.nvidia.com for the newest detonators. What you see with Half-Life is what you get. Hence why my search for really high-poly models and high-res textures continues....
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  • AgentOrangeAgentOrange Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9244Members
    Once you have the latest drivers too you want to turn off Vsync and Antialiasing. I was getting 60fps in HL and when I turned those off it jumped to 100.


    Detailed instructions <a href='http://www.twistedmods.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=59' target='_blank'>here</a>.


    It's for an older driver but you still do all the same things.
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  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    Orange is right. my FPS went off the chart when I did this. thats your best bet
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  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    ta guys
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Once you have the latest drivers too you want to turn off Vsync and Antialiasing. I was getting 60fps in HL and when I turned those off it jumped to 100.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    WRONG. I highly recommend nearly EVERYONE to keep v-sync on. V-sync limits your FPS to your monitor refresh rate. If you turn it off, you're not actually seeing a higher amount of frames as your monitor is still limited. In fact, it will cause some ugly visual anomalies. It's only good for seeing how high a FPS you can get. (benchmarking) If you want to increase it above 60fps, first increase your monitor refresh rate. If you have Windows NT/2000/XP and the Nvidia Detonator drivers, you'll need to download a program to fix a problem that locks your refresh rate to 60hz.

    Here's one download location for that fix: <a href='http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/godownload.php?http://520010296761-0001.bei.t-online.de/prog/nvfixsfx.exe' target='_blank'>http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts/go...og/nvfixsfx.exe</a>
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    edited November 2003
    If you have 60fps you probably won't notice if it goes above that anyway, so like PseudoKnight said, I wouldn't turn v-sync off unless your fps is pretty low (under 40 constant), since you won't get pretty pretty graphics.

    Personally I find that Direct3D doesn't work with my card, but then I don't need it when i've got lovely opengl <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    *edit* Oh yeah, and what fps ARE you getting anyway? Use "cl_showfps 1" (without the quotes) in the console to find out. Note that it will be much higher in the readyroom and much lower in a marine base.*edit*
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    Turning off, or exceeding your VSync only makes it look worse. Unless you're a geek who brags to their friends 'OMG I R GOT TEH 100 FPSPSPFPPSFPSFP!!!!!!1!!'

    Anyway, disabling the vsync limiter will cause tearing. You'll see almost no performance increase, and when you whip your view around, half the screen will appear to 'stick' briefly.
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    Also remember to download DirectX 9, as well as Gator, Bonsai Buddy, and everything listed under the google search "spyware". Er.. the last three were a joke btw....
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