Alpha testing new graphics engine

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:31 pm

Technical Wonder wrote:QUOTE (Technical Wonder @ Apr 28 2008, 03:22 AM) Probably better to just launch it alone the first time, if it remembers the settings, then close out and launch again w/ ASGS, ne? /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

As for if it works... ASGS simply says "ASGSClient has an invalid signature" and then updates itself AND allegiance (reverts it to the non-dx9 version), It was doing this before too.

Is the source code for this branch up on the repository? I'm not sure if it is intentional, but some of the HUD items are semi-transparent (or more transparent than they were)

I guess you used the ntfs trick to reroute a folder on your system drive to your installation hdd. If you do that, you need to change the asgs shortcut as well. Otherwise it will update allegiance.exe again and again.

Grimmwolf_GB · Post by **Grimmwolf_GB** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:32 pm

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ Apr 28 2008, 01:35 AM) Windows XP, Not sure how to check what graphics card it uses, but what I found says: Intel® 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GC Graphics Controller

SpacePenguin wrote:QUOTE (SpacePenguin @ Apr 28 2008, 02:02 AM) OS:Windows XP SP3
Display drivers: Intel 945? 950? I'm using the drivers from

the_dare wrote:QUOTE (the_dare @ Apr 28 2008, 04:18 PM) OS: XP Pro
Graphics card: Inter® 82852/82855 GM/GME graphics controller

Looks like it does not run on intel cards. Are they all dx 9 compatible?

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:37 pm

Grimmwolf_GB wrote:QUOTE (Grimmwolf_GB @ Apr 28 2008, 09:31 AM) I guess you used the ntfs trick to reroute a folder on your system drive to your installation hdd. If you do that, you need to change the asgs shortcut as well. Otherwise it will update allegiance.exe again and again.

Ahh, excellent, thank you sir, that did the trick.

I will test this out later on my laptop which has a the intel 950 thingy. They are directX 9 compatible, so it must be something else they dont like.

Adam4 · Post by **Adam4** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:54 pm

My Intel card doesnt work either. Dog has the exact chipset, but I'm not on that computer atm, or I'd post it.

Exo · Post by **Exo** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:23 pm

Works

GF8600GT

9.0c

Win 2k

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:42 pm

My guess, based purely on nothing, is that the Intel integrated graphics chips do not support the type of 3d device being created. Not being able to see the source code yet, I can't say with any degree of certainty. It may a matter of switching the device from hardware vertex processing to software vertex processing. An option to change the device to reference mode in that little panel that launches might be nice for testing purposes.

the_dare · Post by **the_dare** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:17 pm

^looks good! dog if u have the time could you try that?

parcival · Post by **parcival** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:04 pm

Grimmwolf_GB wrote:QUOTE (Grimmwolf_GB @ Apr 28 2008, 05:31 PM) I guess you used the ntfs trick to reroute a folder on your system drive to your installation hdd. If you do that, you need to change the asgs shortcut as well. Otherwise it will update allegiance.exe again and again.

`yt Grimm!
That was so annoying!

parcival · Post by **parcival** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:14 pm

I get a weird bug with Hull and Shield gauges.
This is a screenshot as it should be (normal Alleg):

And this is a screenshot with the alpha Alleg:

Hull and Shield are truncated from low (alpha/wrong) instead from high (normal/correct).

I also got mid-game this too:

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Allegiance exited with code: x5c9b035fed62d487

naco · Post by **naco** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:48 pm

Works

Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 256MB
ForceWare 169.25
Vista SP1