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From:Sam Thomas
Date:4 Apr 2001 at 22:00:20
Subject:Re: G-REX / Earth 2140

Hello Nick

On 05-Apr-01, you wrote:

> It does work, and 100 times better/faster than the cybervision64/3D

great aint it :-) runs sweeeat on my mediator/voodoo

must be even better when running the PPC code on the grex! :-)

> but the intro does not work because it uses the 3D chip which I need
> the driver for (I think). When playing the intro all that happens is I
> hear the sound and my monitor get no signal.

:-/ I dont get anythoing from the intro at all. The files are on the cd
however and you can just view them as usual using Moovid or some other tool
(they are in the CD's 'cuts' directory)

The Mediator doesnt display any of the intro.. someone asked why on the
Mediator list and Henrik Munther (conversion coder) replied with this:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 1. I have never managed to view the intro sequence. The shell window
> opened on startup reports that it can't open the required screenmode.
> Anyone have any sugestions what screenmode I need for this? I created
> a 320x240x8 screenmode in P96 to no avail...

Problem is that somehow Elbox thinks little endian modes are so great
that BestModeID() return such a mode, unlike any other CGX/P96 driver,
which ofcourse prefers a mode using the native byteformat of our CPUs.
The intro/cutscenes are played using a special version of MooVid which
uses this BestModeID() call to get the screenmode, and then it can't
use the given little endian mode. This is moovid, so I can't do much
about it here.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>> So, how does the G-Rex perform then? :-)
>
> I've only had it up and runing for a few hours so not totally
> sure about every thing, though it seems to be really fast updating
> windows and displaying JPEGs. But there is a bug in the
> cybergraphics software, Unless you mess about with the 'CGXmode' the
> highest screemode you can goto is 16Bit 800x600.

Like everything, Bugs everywhere to start with, but things do improve.
Voodoo working flawlessly in all resolutions now here

> Regards
>
> Nick Knight

Cheerio
Sam Thomas - email Henrik Muther and ask him if you dont make any progress.

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