well hehe as a 3dfx card tester and fan programming isn't my thing but hey I'll give it a shot that's what we're here for :)
within a few days I'll test it on the Voodoo5 5000 AGP and Voodoo5 6000 AGP Prototypes as Well ;D that is gonna be great fun :)
FSAA x8 on the 6000 and FSAA x4 on the smallest Voodoo5 in the world :) well I'll keep you updated on that.
hmm is there a way to make Screenshots? because If I use the Printscreen key I get a corrupted picture when I paste the captured screen in MS Paint, unless there is another way like in Unreal Tournament, where you press F9 and open the captures with Windows Imaging hehe.
well I tested the nomovies without a number and no effect and with 0 I get the intro movie after that I get in the main menu then I start a new game can also choose start a new single player game well I ashume that is the same thingy :)
well the intro of the level plays after that I get trown back to windows.
with the nomovies 1 setting I get no movies but also same problem i get trown back to windows.
anyways I'll see what that Descent BB can do, sorry it's all to o new for me hehe normally I like play'n around in Descent 1 , 2 and 3 in old style hehe D3's good look'n with FSAA x4 though @ 1024 x 768 x 16 in Glide, only also the same prob with the screenshots. Hehe the games are from the same bloke that made them hehe.
Well I just became a member of Descent BB hehe might as well post there also when the time comes :)
here is that page for the commands and switches :
D2X Hud Commands: ping:<name> ping player <name>
move:<name> move player <name> to other team
!names toggle name returning
handicap:<start shields> set player's start shields when respawning to <start shields>
nobombs ban smart mines from game
kick:{<player#>|<name>} kick player <player#> or <name>
D2X Command Line Switches: -autodemo Start in demo mode
-auto_hogfile <hog file> Specify hog file for direct level launch
-automap <X>x<Y> Set automap resolution to <X> by <Y> (obsolete)
-automap_gameres Set automap to use the same resolution as in game (obsolete)
-auto_mission <mission file> Specify mission for direct level launch
-bigpig suppress in-memory bitmap compression
-bspgen create binary model file
-cdrom <drive name> read Descent 2 Redbook audio from CDROM drive <drive name>
-checktime reset game time every ten minutes
-debug Enable very verbose output
-fastmenus <n> Increase drawing speed of new menus (1) or not (0)
-grabmouse Keeps the mouse from wandering out of the window
-hires_textures <dir> Use high resolution textures <dir>
-hogdir <dir> set data folder to <dir>
-ini <file> option file (alternate to command line), defaults to d2x.ini
-internal_tracker {0|1} Use (1) or ignore (0) the built-in UDP/IP tracker
-invulnerability Make yourself invulnerable
-ipxnetwork <num> Use IPX network number
-jasen change in-game editor control behaviour (editor disabled)
-joyslow use alternative joystick interface (DOS only; obsolete)
-kali use Kali for networking (unused)
-lowresmovies Play low resolution movies if available (for slow machines)
-macdata Read (and, for editor, write) mac data files (swap colors)
-maxfps <n> Set maximum framerate (1-100)
-menustyle <n> Use old-style (0) or transparent (1) menus
-nocdrom Don't use redbook audio
-nofade Disable fades
-norankings Disable multiplayer ranking system
-notitles Do not show titlescreens on startup
-nomixer Don't crank music volume
-nomovies [<num>] Don't play movies (0: play all movies, 1: only robot movies, 2:no movies)
-noredundancy Do not send messages when picking up redundant items in multi
-noredbook Disable redbook audio
-norun Bail out after initialization
-noscreens Skip briefing screens
-num_trackers <num> Number of tracker addresses in subsequent tracker list
-pps <num> Specifies the number of packets per second
-sdl_mixer <n> Enable (1)/disable (0) sound rendering via SDL_mixer (enabling it will enable midi playback on non Windows OS-s)
-shortpackets Set shortpackets to default as on
-showmeminfo print memory info to stderr
-socket <s> set IPX socket <s>
-sound22k Use 22 KHz sound sample rate
-sound11k Use 11 KHz sound sample rate
-subtitles Turn on movie subtitles (English-only)
-text <file> Specify alternate .tex file
-tracker<num> <addr> IP address and port of tracker number <num> in a tracker list
-udp Use UDP/IP for networking
-userdir <dir> set game executable folder to <dir>
-xcontrol <intno> <address> Add external control with interrupt <intno> and control descriptor at address <address> (obsolete)
-xname <name> external controller name (obsolete)
-xver <version> external controller version (obsolete)
-tmap <t> select texture mapping method ('c'|'fp'|'i386'|'pent'|'ppro')
default: 'c'. 'fp' relies heavily on floating point performance. 'i386', 'pent', 'ppro' not available in D2X-XL.
-<X>x<Y> Set screen resolution to <X> by <Y>
D2X System Options: -fullscreen Use fullscreen mode if available
-gl_alttexmerge Let OpenGL render multi-layered textures
-gl_stdtexmerge Create layered textures by software (not recommended)
-gl_voodoo force fullscreen mode only
-gl_16bittextures attempt to use 16bit textures
-gl_reticle <r> use OGL reticle: 0=never (recommended, best visuals) 1=above 320x* 2=always
-gl_intensity4_ok Allow use of memory efficient text rendering
-gl_luminance4_alpha4_ok Allow use of flexible memory efficient text rendering
-gl_rgba2_ok set text bitmap format for transparent rendering to GL_RGBA2
-gl_readpixels_ok tell D2X whether the graphics driver supports reading from the frame buffers
-render2texture <n> Allow (1) or prohibit (0) use of the rendering to texture OpenGL extension (speeds up camera views)
-render_quality <n> Set render quality from pixelated (0) to fully filtered and mipmapped (3)
-use_shaders <n> Allow (1) or prohibit (0) shader program usage
D2X Legacy Options: -legacyfuelcens Turn off repair centers
-legacyhomers Turn off frame-rate independant homing missile turn rate
-legacyinput Turn off enhanced input handling
-legacymouse Turn off frame-rate independant mouse sensitivity
-legacyrender Turn off colored segment rendering
-legacyzbuf Turn off OpenGL depth buffer
-legacyswitches Turn off fault-tolerant switch handling
-legacywalls Turn off fault-tolerant wall handling
-legacymode Turn off all of the above non-legacy behaviour
Recommended parameter settings: -fullscreen
-grabmouse
-sound22k
-render_quality 3
-gl_alttexmerge
-playermessages
-noredundancy
-nomovies
-gl_reticle 0
-shortpackets
-pps 10
-render2texture 1
-menustyle 1
;remove the semicolon in the following line and add your default
;player name here to make D2X-XL load it at program start
;-player <default>
