[New Release] OGLAClient 100608 (Second Tuesday edition)

[DaveS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 I can't get OGLAClient 100608 to work properly. It shows up but the framrate is terrible and it just dosn't show up as in the screen- shots. The same thing happens to me with spaceway, witch worked perfectly untill i got windows 7. Please make a version for Windows 7.

Works nicely here on Win 7. Probably something you did wrong or your graphics card isn't of a high standard.

[Xyon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 I can't get OGLAClient 100608 to work properly. It shows up but the framrate is terrible and it just dosn't show up as in the screen- shots. The same thing happens to me with spaceway, witch worked perfectly untill i got windows 7. Please make a version for Windows 7.

It would be more helpful if you explained what settings you are using for OGLA client and what scenario you are running, as well as details of your hardware, particularly graphics card model and manufacturer.

[donatelo200]

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Originally Posted by DaveS

 Works nicely here on Win 7. Probably something you did wrong or your graphics card isn't of a high standard.

My graphics card is Direct X i don't think thats it. I did however when i got Win 7 it was added over windows vista.

[Artlav]

OGLAClient 100608-bis:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/orb...s.zip/download

Ok, new release.
Hopefully, this should fix some bugs reported.
I'm particularly interested in the big freeze/crash showstoppers - does this fix them for you if you had one?

Release notes:
-Default "Deallocate memory and display launchpad" shutdown option, which is utterly unsupported by OGLA since it's creation 3 years ago. You should use other two for the moment.

Changes:
*Fixed full-screen mode
*Fixed message hang if OGLA scenario runned in orbiter.exe
*Fixed vessel and building visibility from VC
*Apparently fixed various freezes and crashes people reported (thank you Xyon for testing)
*Some tweaks to text and 2D appearance

Izack: Please try this for all-black bug, and post full ogla.log (deleteng all in it before the attempt).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coolhand

 no infact the shadow bug, which seems to be a projection angle issue appears with any shadow size, its just less vislble with 512 shadows... i think this issue has been around for some time so i'm sure its way down the list

however i thnk if you're looking to develop any particular shadow method, the maps seem to have the most potential so far for a clean, accurate realistic shadow... shadow maps also lose that hard edge that other methods can give so are liked by 3d artists as they look more natural, and are light on the cpu as opposed to raytracing for example. *

Yes, mapped shadows are the way to go, the current implementation is kind of incomplete. I get the bug you shown, not much i can do about it without some rework.

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 I can't get OGLAClient 100608 to work properly. It shows up but the framrate is terrible and it just dosn't show up as in the screen- shots. The same thing happens to me with spaceway, witch worked perfectly untill i got windows 7. Please make a version for Windows 7.

Are you sure you have proper drivers for your video card?
Do other games work fine?
Does regular Orbiter runs fine?
Any improvement with this version?

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Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 My graphics card is Direct X i don't think thats it. I did however when i got Win 7 it was added over windows vista.

Ok, obviously you know nothing about video cards, so let's do a simple test.

Please run the 2 exe's from here:
http://orbides.1gb.ru/orbf/glgrcln.zip
And post glgr.txt and what gpu_detection.exe printed out.

[donatelo200]

It dosn't check out ok and it sais i have NVDIA GeForce 7300 LE <Microsoft Corporation-WDDM> Also no improvements with this version. All games work fine exept Celestia and your Spaceway. Reguler orbiter works. Spaceway and Celestia worked untill I upgraded to windows 7. I had Vista befor it. Here are results.

"GPU does not support OpenGL 1.2 (Problem)
GPU does not support OpenGL 1.4 (No MFDs and panels)
GPU does not support OpenGL 2.0 (No advanced graphics)
glgruva=1, usevbo=0, vboav=0, glgr_stensh_aupd=0, gl_comp_sup=0, gl_shm4=0
Warning: Texture compression unsupported.
glGetCompressedTexImageARB=$00000000
glGetCompressedTexImage=$00000000
Extensions:
GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_paletted_texture"

[Artlav]

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 It checks out ok but it sais i have NVDIA GeForce 7300 LE <Microsoft Corporation-WDDM> Also no improvements with this version. All games work fine exept Celestia and your Spaceway. Reguler orbiter works.

So, would you post glgr.txt content or not?

[donatelo200]

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Originally Posted by Artlav

 So, would you post glgr.txt content or not?

I did after fixing that messege several times.

[DaveS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 Here are results.

GPU does not support OpenGL 1.2 (Problem)
GPU does not support OpenGL 1.4 (No MFDs and panels)
GPU does not support OpenGL 2.0 (No advanced graphics)
glgruva=1, usevbo=0, vboav=0, glgr_stensh_aupd=0, gl_comp_sup=0, gl_shm4=0
Warning: Texture compression unsupported.
glGetCompressedTexImageARB=$00000000
glGetCompressedTexImage=$00000000
Extensions:
GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_paletted_texture

Well, there you go. Your graphics card doesn't support OGL 1.2 which is the graphics language used in OGLA.

[donatelo200]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveS

 Your graphics card doesn't support OGL 1.2 which is the graphics language used in OGLA.

Ok this sucks. I was planning on mixing OGLA with my latest project the HD 28185 system. I guess i'll just trash that idea untill i get a new graphics card.

[Artlav]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveS

 Well, there you go. Your graphics card doesn't support OGL 1.2 which is the graphics language used in OGLA.

Not so fast...

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 I did after fixing that messege several times.

Ok, do you have 197.13 drivers per chance? (Start->Run->type dxdiag->enter->Display tab)
One of the Nvidia driver versions was buggy, resulting in broken OpenGL apps.
Try reinstalling newer, and if fails, older drivers.

[donatelo200]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artlav

 Ok, do you have 197.13 drivers per chance? (Start->Run->type dxdiag->enter->Display tab)

Not a clue and no idea how to check.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artlav

 One of the Nvidia driver versions was buggy, resulting in broken OpenGL apps.
Try reinstalling newer, and if fails, older drivers.

I'll have to wait for my parents to get home before majorly messing with my computer, but will do.

[Xyon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 Not a clue and no idea how to check.

The post above showed you how to at least check which version you're running.

Go to start menu.
Choose "run" option and in the box which opens type in "dxdiag" (without the " marks).
Hit enter or press OK
DXdiag should open up.
Choose the tab along the top which says "Display".
Driver version should be listed there.

[DaveS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xyon

 The post above showed you how to at least check which version you're running.

Go to start menu.
Choose "run" option and in the box which opens type in "dxdiag" (without the " marks).
Hit enter or press OK
DXdiag should open up.
Choose the tab along the top which says "Display".
Driver version should be listed there.

Actually to get the official NVIDIA driver version, you have go into the NVIDIA Control Panel and the from the Help menu select System information.

I had to downgrade to version 196.21 for OGLA to work.

[donatelo200]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveS

 Actually to get the official NVIDIA driver version, you have go into the NVIDIA Control Panel and the from the Help menu select System information.

I had to downgrade to version 196.21 for OGLA to work.

It won't let me in the control panel. Somthin's messed up. I guess i'll just update my graphics card later.

[DaveS]

Quote:

Originally Posted by donatelo200

 It won't let me in the control panel. Somthin's messed up.

Well, just download the 196.21 drivers from the NVIDIA download page and install them. Should fix any corrupted drivers.

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Link to download page for the 196.21 drivers: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7_...1_whql_uk.html