31. May 2022, 22:24:28

#0

vorobQuote

So I've got retro laptop for retro games, and I play System Shock 2 2.3 without newdark or anything else, complete vanilla. The laptop have geforce 5600fx, os is XP (but I've tried 98 too). The problem is that I saw pixelated light \ shadow while was sitting in the corner. Now i see these pixels everywhere. I can't unsee it I rushed to test Thief II and didn't saw this. At least it is not so obvious.

My main question - is it normal? What's the story behind it?

If it's important, i didn't install game on this machine, i've copied it from another computer.

Also i've tried game on another retro laptop, with ati x1900, and saw pixels there too.

In cam.cfg i noticed these two lines:

game_hardware 1
d3d_driver_index 0

What's their purpose here? When I changed them the banding / pixelate issue got even worse.
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31. May 2022, 22:40:37

#1

voodoo47Quote

they are not to be touched, iirc. oldDark mileage may vary on a non-3Dfx card, a bit of blockiness wouldn't be the worst thing that can happen.

that machine really should be running ND, imho.

01. June 2022, 00:39:03

#2

ZylonBaneQuote

You're running a display driver that doesn't do 16-bit dithering.

01. June 2022, 04:58:34

#3

vorobQuote

I do have dithering That’s the purpose of these retro laptops for me. Thief II looks perfect. More then this, I see dithering pattern in these pixels in ss2 🤣

01. June 2022, 07:36:29

#4

vorobQuote

I’ve been comparing old dark with new dark and I think it maybe location related. But I don’t have save for hydroponic level on new dark  and don’t wanna play right now. I’ve tried googlong but didn’t find level skip command or map load function. How can I get to hydroponics fast?

Nevermind, saves from olddark work in newdark.