| From: | Hans-Joerg Frieden |
| Date: | 21 Apr 2000 at 10:00:42 |
| Subject: | Re: Heretic II Demo Available |
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Wolfgang Krause wrote:
> I dared to download the demo. It looks quite good but a 603 is really low
> end when you want to play 512x384. 640x480 is way to slow to be playable.
> A 604 is almost a must for this game.
When using software rendering, you have to go for the lowest
resolutions. The 603 is in no way capable of dealing with this. In
fact, the K6-II/400 is also too slow to use software rendering in
640x480, with a much faster CPU and a much faster bus...
Hardware rendering is almost a requirement for low-end 603's.
> But here's a more serious point. In the first room (more I haven't tried as
> it's a little bit late) I made the figure hang in the air after I climbed up
> and went to the book and afterwards to the edge. There was no contact with
> the ground. I used the software renderer (at least I had configured the game
> like this). With hardware rendering this doesn't happen.
> See the private mail for a screen shot.
This thing isn't Amiga-Specific, in fact is is generally caused by low
frame rates. When the frame rate drops (and this also goes for the PC
version), the "internal" updates are longer, so that not all obstacles
are correctly identified. This will not let you walk through walls,
since you would end up in a solid brush, but things like the problem
you described are typical for that.
The obvious solution is to use hardware rendering :)
Regards, Hans-Joerg.