[geeks] Stupid mouse tricks (fwd)

Gary Nichols gary at linuxforce.org
Mon Apr 29 11:42:26 CDT 2002


Actually, according to the Delta Force: Land Warrior box, it has support 
for hardware acceleration.   I really should play this game sometime.
The DF games are submersive, and the replay value is good.  
I guess the voxel engine they use is good... FOR ME TO POOP ON!

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> > > Jeez - 320x200?  What proc?  AFAIK Delta Force doesn't use accellerated
> > > video, at least it didn't when I installed it on my machine.  Delta
> > > Force is one of those games that's very fun to play, even though the
> > > graphics aren't extremely realistic.  The gameplay is very immersive.
> > > Fully enjoyable.
> > 
> > P233mmx w/ a voodoo3.  I thought it did use accelerated video.  If not, that
> > would explain the suckiness.
> > 
> 
> Ah, yep.  I was running it on a P3-800 and it was "acceptable" at
> 800x600.  But, it uses no hardware acceleration AFAIK.  Delta Force 1,
> 2, and 3 all use the same engine (i.e. no HW accelleration) - so suck is
> as suck does I suppose.  DF4 is supposed to use some kind of hardware
> (OpenGL I think) so performance might be better.
> 
> That sucks though.  The game is great - I love it.
> 

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