Is this my graphics card that is doing this?

by TetrisMaster512 on 07/12/2008 06:40, 18 messages, last message: 07/14/2008 02:49, 1267 views, last view: 05/01/2024 05:53

I got a PowerMac G4 and in Cube and AssaultCube the editing grid is messed up, it's practically impossible to map, as the grid is one pixel thick and you can't see what you've selected. In my iMac G3, I had no problems, so I'm assuming this is the GPU's handling of the rendering? How do I fix this?

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#1: I had that problem

by noerrorsfound(deletescookies) on 07/12/2008 06:50

I used to have this problem on an old ATI video card, so yeah, it is probably the video card.

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#2: Re: I had that problem

by TetrisMaster512 on 07/12/2008 06:55, refers to #1

Is there a workaround to this? This is an Nvidia GeForce2 MX. Getting a new card is not an option for me.

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#3: Re: I had that problem

by a~baby~rabbit on 07/12/2008 06:56, refers to #2

could you show a screenshot so it's clear what you mean

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by scanf on 07/12/2008 09:31

#5: ..

by SwëetMiserÿ on 07/12/2008 09:41

Erm no, i've got windows vista et I have this problem too (with a ATI)

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#6: ..

by scanf on 07/12/2008 09:53

Having Vista is nothing the brag about. :P

Sarcasm is a lovely thing :)

Cube is no longer supported by the dev's so your wasting your time posting bugs on it. AssaultCube is a mod to cube and suffers the same problems as cube.

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#7: Re: ..

by noerrorsfound(deletescookies) on 07/12/2008 10:26, refers to #6

Oh, I didn't notice he said Cube. I had this problem on Sauerbraten.

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by xXxTMODxXx on 07/12/2008 14:10, refers to #7

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by xXxTMODxXx on 07/12/2008 14:12

#10: Re: ..

by tentus_ on 07/12/2008 18:35, refers to #6

Be careful of starting OS flame wars. Tone of voice does not carry across the web- if it has a different meaning in a monotone with no facial expression, then don't say it.

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#11: No this is OS X

by TetrisMaster512 on 07/12/2008 19:40

No, let's not start OS wars...

Either way the editing mode works perfectly on my iMac G3. And on my G4 sauer works too. I'll see if nvidia has updated drivers, and install them.

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by {Qs}Homicidal on 07/12/2008 20:13

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by JadeMatrix on 07/13/2008 01:10

AFAIK, the default (and only option) width for the selector line in edit mode is 1px, a simple line. It gets 'thicker' the further it is away, and 'thinner' closer. There _would_ be a bug if it was, say, 2-3px, as I've experienced before. If that happens, it usually sorts itself out after I restart Sauer.

Are you running @ the same screenres you were on your other comp?

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#14: Re: ..

by TetrisMaster512 on 07/13/2008 02:32, refers to #13

1. I'm not using Sauer, how many times must I say this?
2. The lines in editing mode worked perfectly on my G3. At the same resolution...
3. The lines looks worse the farther away you are, until they go away entirely.
4. Think of the lines like the dots that somtimes show on the ceiling, that's what they look like.
5. They look ugly on both the official binary and on my compiled binary. So I do have access to source code.

2*9 = x*3^x

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#15: Re: ..

by SheeEttin on 07/13/2008 04:41, refers to #14

Most people assume Sauerbraten nowadays... Cube isn't really supported at all.

I'm not familiar with the way Macs work, so I can't give you detailed/tailored help, but could it be a driver problem, i.e. are your drivers up-to-date? If so, does using an older version fix it? Also, do you have any antialiasing/anisotropic filtering forced on via the driver?

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#16: Re: ..

by a~baby~rabbit on 07/13/2008 07:18, refers to #14

You still haven't posted a screenshot... but I'll have a stab in the dark and say disable any line anti-aliasing (GL_LINE_SMOOTH?), older apple opengl hardware did wildly different things.. You'll have to edit the source code of course.

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#17: re:

by tetrismaster512@anothercompy on 07/13/2008 09:56

Okay, do I just comment those lines out? I'm currently not at my mac so I can't get a screenshot. Preferably if there is a control panel that give my control over my video card that would be nice.

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#18: Re: ..

by TetrisMaster512 on 07/14/2008 02:49, refers to #16

Thank you!

That certainly worked (sorta). I can at least edit now.

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