For all those that have never seen it (56k Warning!) :

Uncompressed vs. S3TC Enhanced Textures :

It should, but there are some requirements :

- run UnrealTournament in OpenGL
- have the HighRes Textures installed from the 2nd CD
- enable S3TC in UnrealTournament.ini :

under [OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice]
look for : UseS3TC=True

To increase Texture Detail/Sharpness, look for :
LODBias=-0.000000

I have it set to LODBias=-0.250000 , lower values are better quality. Beginning from about -0.5 (or even lower), some FSAA and Aniso Filtering is needed to smoothen the Textures, since they will become extremely sharp even at a distance.

The Result is quite significant, looks awesome at -0.25 already.

I also recommend using the latest OpenGL Renderer, which can be downloaded here :
http://cwdohnal.home.mindspring.com/utglr/

There are alot of new Options, both of which can significantly inprove Performance, as well as Image Quality (there is a special DXT1-to-DXT3 Option, which will workaround otherwise degraded Texture quality on NVidia cards)

I made them all with the R9700pro...

At that time, UT's MipMap LOD setting was at -0.25 I think, and "Auto-Generate MipMap's" Enabled (sort of removes the MipMap Banding, the effect looks similar to 3dfx MipMap Dithering)

I currently run it around -0.5 to -0.7 LOD Bias, still experimenting... But these Settings really improve Image Quality

What I wonder is why the first picture is looking with some mapping and clamping problems?

The second picture is also showing a very slight texture placing imperfections, which reminds me of the fact that we have newer graphics cards, not designed for Unreal Tournament and other older games.

Although I took out for a test S3TC on a ProSavageDDR (S3 card designed in 2002), the result was not similar with the first picture. There could be differences, but are by far less noticeable than between your first 2 screenshots...

Yo Falcon!

Well I also own a Radeon 9700 Pro and have tried and Tried and TRIED to get the compressed textures working for UT, but to no avail!

Could you PLEASE do a proper guide to getting this working (I've looked for one but they are all REALLY vague!)

Thanks very much!

PEACE! 8)

Umm...sorry to say...

Been there - tried that - does NOTHING!

I've done the same thing BOTH with my Rad9700Pro system AND my mates Voodoo5500 system! ???

BOTH systems look like 'all blurry' software renderer - even though it's the OGL renderer?

Does it matter what O.S. you use? ???

I'm running under WinMe (and so is he...) [hey it rhymes!]

I'm using latest Catalyst and UT-OGL renderer on my system, and the S3TC OGL driver for the Voodoo5500 system.

STILL no luck?

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I don't remember to have ever seen texture placing problems under glide and on a Voodoo in general. Still the first picture looks kind of strange. I saw a Banshee on an OpenGL rendering (tweaked settings for full quality), and I didn't remember to see such blurry and small textures, as in your first screenshot. I am not 100% sure that I am right. Might as well be only what I remember of.

I will take a picture and mark the place which is looking kind of strange. Falconfly will show my pictures...

The pictures are a proof that a texture placing problem really occurs on the Radeon, and this is happening also in NFS3, Quake3.

No matter if you have a screenshot in JPEG or BMP, still it is noticeable.

The pictures are only showing the areas in which texture placing problems occurs in the most noticeable way, not in every place in which they occur...

Interesting Catch, I never noticed those tiny errors before during Gameplay.

I must add, that some of the Texture Quality of the Screenshots might be affected by some of the Advanced Settings of the OpenGL Renderer V2.4...
(I was still experimenting with some of the Options, that might have had an influence on the Images).

Still, overall, I would say the S3TC really looks very good.
Only sad thing being, it seems not alot of Maps actually use the enhanced Textures (I really looked out for more good examples, but to my surprise honestly didn't find alot)