Q3A: This is Not a Test!

[paulcs]

Voodoo Extreme has posted several links to servers with the new Q3A demo. I suspect this is irrelevant to those who intend to buy the full game tomorrow, but if you can't wait...
http://www.voodooextreme.com

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[Maniac]

Thanks for the heads up! 30 sec's to go, D/L at 340k/sec off Avault

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[rickn]

yup, and the turboGL is slower than the ICD in this new demo, which means turboGL will be slower in the actual game than the reg ICD. sad state of affairs

[Rob M.]

Tried the full under win2k, it works the same as the v1.09 testdemo for me. It's dark, the background goes grey scaled when the level is loading, and it's slower (than 1.09), but IT WORKS!!

[paulcs]

I haven't been able to get it to work properly with Windows 98.

When I run demo001, the screen that appears while the map is loading alternates from black and white to color and back to black and white. The icons appear and remain in color.

If I change the resolution and run the demo without leaving the game, the game becomes completely unstable.

This was using the ICD. I'm going to try TurboGL now.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[paulcs]

Installing TurboGL solved all my problems: no black and white interludes while the demo is loading, and I can now switch resolutions without leaving the game.

Some quick and dirty benchmarks:

G400 Max @ spec/PD 5.41 w/TurboGL
PIII 600 MHz @ spec
384 Mb RAM
Turtle Beach Montego Xtreme
Quake3 Arena Demo 1.11

All settings at default except where noted.

800x600 32-bit color depth/32-bit textures
Demo001: 53.5, 54.0, 54.0

800x600 16-bit color depth/16-bit textures
Demo001: 59.9, 60.1, 60.1

I was getting between 37 and 40 fps at all color depths with the ICD along with the bad mojo.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net