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Video Card Issues (cont.)
Card/Chipset-Specific Issues, by Manufacturer
Below are a list of known issues and driver recommendations that
have been tested successfully with Homeworld: Cataclysm.
3dfx
· Voodoo Rush - this chipset is not currently supported for hardware
acceleration mode, but recent 3dfx driver releases may provide support
· Voodoo Graphics - no known problems with 3dfx drivers. Drivers
from Diamond Multimedia for the Diamond Monster card have caused
some problems with Homeworld: Cataclysm. Using reference drivers
from 3dfx has been seen to resolve these issues.
· Voodoo 2 - no known problems (recommend driver: 3dfx reference
driver 3.03.00, 6-24-99)
· Banshee - no known problems
· Voodoo 3 - Using the latest drivers, under Windows NT v4.0 with
service pack 5 and Windows 2000, menus may be corrupted using 3DfxGL
at a resolution of 1024x768 or greater. no other known problems
with 3dfx driver 1.0, April '99. A rainbow effect on the background
is encountered with driver 1.02.11 7-22-99, we recommend using driver
1.0.
Note: 3dfx fullscreen-only devices (Voodoo Graphics, Voodoo 2)
must use the 3dfx OpenGL renderer for hardware acceleration due
to a limitation in Microsoft's OpenGL hardware support mechanism
that doesn't allow for fullscreen-only devices to be supported via
Default OpenGL. Other 3dfx chipsets (Banshee, Voodoo 3) can use
Default OpenGL, or Direct3D if problems occur with GL. The 3dfx
OpenGL renderer will only be available if you have a fullscreen-only
Voodoo card in your system. If you have a Voodoo Graphics or Voodoo
2 card, it is highly recommended that you run GLSetup for driver
setup; there are known problems with Diamond's Monster II drivers
that GLSetup corrects.
Intel
· i740 - some users may experience missing textures on ships. Get
the latest drivers from Intel's website to resolve this problem
or try GLSetup.
nVidia
· Riva 128, 128ZX - text may appear blocky or blurry, but gameplay
is unaffected, no other known problems, recommended driver v 3.37.
· Riva TNT, TNT2 - no known D3D problems. OpenGL not available
in Win98/Win95. Recommended driver Detonator ver 2.08 nVidia reference
driver or for Creative Labs boards Creative Labs driver ver 1.09,
3-24-99.
3DLabs
· Permedia 2 - does not support OpenGL. Users should run with Direct3D.
· Permedia 3 - texturing is not currently supported by drivers in
Windows 95
ATI
· 3D Rage 2 - OpenGL is unaccelerated. Direct3D has limited display
mode support, but no known problems
· Rage Pro - no known problems. Select Direct3D for hardware acceleration,
driver version 4.11.2560, 5-28-99, is recommended.
· Rage 128 - no known problems, recommend D3D mode or for OpenGL
use driver included in GLSetup 1.6.
· Rage Turbo - Explosions and other translucent effects may have
black trim. Gameplay is unaffected with no other known problems.
Matrox
· M3D (PowerVR PCX2) - this chipset is not supported
· G200 - Text in build manager may appear blocky for short intervals.
No other known problems, recommend D3D use. We do not recommend
using GLSetup with this card.
· G400 - no known D3D problems. Recommend driver 4.11.01.2110, from
8-31-99. OpenGL choice is available, but we do not recommend using
GLSetup with this card.
Rendition
· Verite 1000 - no known problems
· Verite 2100 - select Direct3D for hardware acceleration. Some
driver versions may occasionally display backgrounds without smoothing,
leading to a very polygonal look. Effect is intermittent, and gameplay
is unaffected
· Verite 2200 - no known problems
S3
· Virge - OpenGL is unaccelerated. Direct3D has limited display
mode support, but no known problems
· Savage 3 - Software support only.
· Savage 4 - no known problems, recommend Diamond driver 2.04, 6-1,99
for Diamond cards or S3 reference driver 8.02.11, 5-18-99.
Diamond
· Fire GL 1000 - Text and textures may appear blocky. Explosions
and other translucent effects may have black trim. Sensors spheres
may look jagged when blob alpha is enabled. Disable blob alpha in
video effects options. Gameplay is unaffected with no other known
problems.
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