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#148008 - 14/04/2004 04:00 Re: Nvidia 3D cards and "smoke" effects. [Re: tfabris]
schofiel
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
I have just looked at my own GeForce card, and under the adaptor properties for Direct 3D found "Enable fog Table emulation". Not sure if your driver has this, or that it affects your problem, but maybe it will help.
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#148009 - 14/04/2004 11:07 Re: Nvidia 3D cards and "smoke" effects. [Re: schofiel]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
Very good suggestion, Rob!

A quick google revealed this:

As far as Fog Table Emulation, again it depends on how potent your computer is. Here is a good definition of what Fog Table does:
Fog table emulation (Volumetric fog): This setting allows the video card to render fog, smoke and mists in individual polygons, instead of flat textures.
· Image Quality: Fog table emulation will definitely improve your image quality, by making fog, smoke and mists appear in 3D.
· Performance: Fog table emulation can decrease your performance substantially, depending on the amount of fog, smoke and mists being rendered in the same scene at the same time.
Also, this page at Nvidia seems to have some good advice about what all those settings really do. From the looks of it, one of those settings might also fix the problem I talked about in another thread, the one where certain distant polygons seemed to get z-sorted wrong.

I'll mess with it tonight. Thanks!
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#148010 - 14/04/2004 15:59 Re: Nvidia 3D cards and "smoke" effects. [Re: tfabris]
schofiel
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
I did something good! I am valuable to people again, for the first time in many moons!

Fulfilment is MINE
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#148011 - 14/04/2004 16:48 Re: Nvidia 3D cards and "smoke" effects. [Re: schofiel]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
You sir, will never lose value in my eyes, no matter how many moons have passed.
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#148012 - 15/04/2004 00:29 Re: Nvidia 3D cards and "smoke" effects. [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
Bother, said Pooh, as he discovered the settings have disappeared from the latest version of the Nvidia drivers.
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#148013 - 15/04/2004 02:10 Re: Nvidia 3D cards and "smoke" effects. [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
On the other hand, Piglet did manage to dig up this...

Although the thread degenerates and never offers a solution, at least I'm not the only one having this problem...
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