RF becames too slow when opening the demo

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leolios
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RF becames too slow when opening the demo

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I donwloaded RF and the 0.75 update and installed it. When I opened it, a black screen flashed and RF shutdowned inmediately. I changed the Reality Factory.ini to make resolution to 1024x768, window the program, render by software and use OpenGL. I also changed the d3d24.ini by moving the value of bpp to 16 and the zbuffer to 2.
When I started RF, the Genesis 3D logo showed out and was too slow, also the RF logo and the demo too. I´ve got a Pentium 3 800 hz Cpu,
with 192 RAM, a 32 RAM video card and I don´t understand why it is too slow.
leolios
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Post by leolios »

sorry the processor is 800 mhz
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Post by Jay »

I do not think it's a good idea to set the zbufferd to 2, because that would mean it uses only 2bits for the zbuffer....

here is my d3d24.ini:

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[d3d24]
Bpp = 16
ZBufferD = 16
BBufferCount = 1
CompressTextures = 0
FSAntiAliasing = 0
ExtraTextures = 0
NoVsync = 1
Async = 0
DoNotWait = 1
I also use the dircetx driver because it has better features.
Also, welcome to the forums and to REalityFactory! :D
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Yes, use the directx driver. The opengl has not been kept up. You'll see better results. Let us know how it goes and Welcome to Reality Factory!!
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Post by Spyrewolf »

Pentium 3 800 hz Cpu,
with 192 RAM, a 32 RAM video card
and I don´t understand why it is too slow
not to put you off or anything but this is probally the bare minimum need for RF, i would usually recommend at least

1.0 - 1.5 processor
256MB Ram
64MB vidcard

anything less than that should run RF but it will be a bit of a struggle, it still is do-able though when i first joined on i had a 400mhz machine with 128MB ram and 8bit vid card :D ......
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Oh my. In my haste I think I read that as 3.8 and naturally thought ghz. I'd say Spyrewolf is right. That is right on the edge. Things will be quite slow.
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