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Taken running RB on a GeForce 4 Ti4600:

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Tom's sunsets are sharp looking, ja?

Just a quick heads-up everyone... the wrapper has just been updated yet again.. the 9-22-02 version cleans up more transparency problems.

Cheers!

On my way!

Glad I kept my copy of Red Barron after my Voodoo card died a couple of years ago.

Been a long time. I think its time to reinstall Red Barron.

Karac

nice shots!

German planes aren't bad either,eh?

Thanks for the heads up!

Applied the new version and played 3 campaign missions.All the glitches(not that there were that many remaining) are now gone and the wrapper seems now equal to if not better than glide.Simply Amazing!

I guess it's time to pull the Voodoo and put it away permanently.

Well, now that you mention it, the aircraft look quite hansome!!!~

What cpu and video card are you running Seminole? What frame rates do you get?

Whats your frame rates like on that G4? I got a 4400..

Also, do these drivers mess with normal D3D and Open GL apps?

Which OS?


[This message has been edited by BigK (edited 09-26-2002).]

Ti4600....1.3 GHz....Windows ME.....anywhere from 25 to 60....according to the in game framerate counter.....but I suspect that is reporting low.Whatever the true framerate, it is more than fast enough for good game play.

I run in 1024@768 @ 32 bits,4xFSAA,2level anisotrophic filtering and the in game graphics maxed out.

You said it - the framerate counter was clocking in at 50-60 FPS.

Then I rebooted and turned on FRAPS - it showed 140-150 FPS

Now keep in mind that this was w/ stock a/c models and terrain - I'm downloading the good stuff now.

So if my framerate goes down even to 60 avg. - who cares - that's still great!!

System specs;
AMD Athlon XP2100+ CPU
512MB PC2100 DDR RAM
Biostar Socket “A” motherboard (M7VIB-A)
Via KT-266A chipset
80GB ATA/100 7200rpm hard drive
16x DVD
24x speed CD-RW drive
Leadtek G4 Ti4600 AGP card w/ 29.20 Det drivers
Wavetable onboard sound card
Windows XP Home Version OS


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I can't seem to get Red Baron to work with the wrapper.

I removed Voodoo2 tools with the deinstall utility, disabled the Voodoo2 in the startup list of System Configuration utilty, physically removed both Voodoo2 cards and then, in Safe Mode, removed all the Voodoo2's from my System properties.

I used a registry cleaner to remove any traces of the Voodoo configuration in my registry.

I still couldn't get the Wrapper to work, the Glide option was greyed out.

I would like to try using some anti-aliaising with Geoforce tweak on Red Baron but my attempts have been temporarily thwarted.

What should I do to get Glidos working?

The 2 files go into your RED BARON directory....That's it!

Then go & select Glide in your prefs.

When the Voodoo 2's were taken out, I did put the two files into my Red Baron Directory and the Glide option was unavailable. I am using the Sept 21 version.

With Voodoo2's back in and the drivers reinstalled, I couldn't access Glide until I removed the two files.

I will have to try it again another day...

I am still somewhat perplexed as to what went wrong. I didn't deinstall Red Baron because I have a couple of really good campaigns going on.

What card were you using while the VooDoos were out?

When I first tried the wrapper I did not even bother to remove my VooDoo Card or the drivers for it.I just switched the system over to my GeForce Card,dropped the two Glidos files into Sierra/RedBaron3D folder,made sure Glide was selected in Preferences and it worked.At that point I reinstalled RB to get rid of the Promised Land terrain files because of the glitches associated with that add on.

By the way,when I need or want to reinstall RB I just pull all the campaign files and save them in a folder such as My Documents.After reinstall I just stick them back in,resume and it has always worked fine.I always make sure the same patches are added back as were applied during the campaigns.

Hope you can get it working.RB looks every bit as good with the wrapper as it did with a glide card.Plus you have the advantages of the more up to date cards and/or no switching back and forth from VooDoo.

I downloaded the files again and these worked just like you all said. The first set must have been buggered somehow. I am using a 64MB GF2 ultra pro for my main video card.

The Wrapper does look just like Glide, although not as sharp and clear as with my 12 MB Voodoo2's in SLI. With the Voodoo2's, the Planes and objects seem to jump out in 3d and I really like that...I won't give it up.

The Wrapper frame rates are about exactly half as the Voodoo2's. Don't misunderstand, 20 to 35 FPS is still perfectly acceptable, especially considering that I could boost performance by switching some patches and turning off the high prop animation. My gun-flash effects were corrupted and I didn't wait for corruption to appear in the terrain tiles. I am using TW terrains at the moment.

The Voodoo2's give me around 80 to 100+ FPS with no patches installed. I usually see from 30 to 60 with the patches. Occasionally it will dip to 17 to 25 when balloons are flaming and there are a lot of smoking planes around. It's the fire animation that is responsible for these very brief instances.

Using the Wrapper, antialiasing looks nice, but I still see jaggies in the interior cockpit artwork. Considering that the interior is rendered for 640X480 resolution and I am running at 1024X768, I guess AA won't really help that much. I certainly don't need AA for the terrain graphics with the Voodoo2's, as they are so smooth and detailed that sometimes I just sit and marvel with enjoyment as I watch the exterior views.

Don't mind my nit-picking... the Glidos Wrapper really works really well. It will bring some people back to this sim and should just get better as computers get faster.

I still say they will be playing this classic sim on the moon long after other sims and games have long gone...

.........And you would be correct. Not even the venerable Micro$oft is willing to create a truely dynamic campaign mode.

Willing, or capable? A bit of both perhaps. Implementing a dynamic campaign such as the one featured in RB or Falcon 4 requires much skill, time, and money.

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