FPS HELP and stuff

[ralph]

In single player my new vid card can achieve great fps 1000+ but when I join speaknow (or anywhere online) I cant go above around 500 maxfps. I use proquake 3.99 and Im probably the best quaker alive. I dont really need the extra 500 fps but it would be neat. When I enter a server with pq_maxfps 500 all is good. As soon as I try to go up even to 600 my ping climbs and i eventually time out with some buffer message. Any ideas? Is it network related and I have no choice but to tune down my fps to 500 permanently? Any help would be smiled upon. Thanks


oh yeah, Ive always played proquake 3.50 and my vid card makes this unplayable blue/white/green distortion kinda like old tv trying to pick up the porn channel. Any ideas?

[=peg=]

too high fps will cause lag.. nothing you can do about it other then cap your fps..

for pq350 add -no8bit to commandline
(along with -bpp 32 but that should be in there anyways for 16 bpp is ugly )

if that doesn't fix it try -nomtex as well

if that still doesn't help try gl_ztrick 1/0 in console

enabling/disabling vsync might help as well as setting screen refreshrate to 75hz (in case of TFT screen)

[ralph]

Thanks peg for the info. Tried out some stuff and my pro 3.50 is still distorted. I even got a new vid card ati 4870. Im used to 3.50 from years ago and 3.99 doesn't really feel the same ya know? Also, i have quake installed on my xp partition what if i put it on my vista 64 ? I donno i just miss gl pro 3.50. I wonder if my cfg is screwing it up. I would like to try someone elses id1 setup that uses 3.50 exclusively. I donno, any help would be appreciated.

Patton

aim = rfon05

[Disco]

i use vista 64 and used to run quake on it with no issues. I was using QRACK though not GL Pro. You should try Qrack, soo much better looking.

Also your PQ_Maxfps can not be set to high or you will lag out. It is nothing to do with your vid card, it is your connection.

good luck

[ralph]

Ya see I get that about the FPS now, however I would really love for my proquake 3.50 to work it gets distorted. Would my pq_maxfps be causing that? It is good for the first millisecond then it turns like you are trying to pick up a tv channel on air but don't have a good signal. Or when your nintendo wouldn't play the games and you would have to take the game out and blow it out ya know. I donno what happened. Im trying to reinstall quake all over again tonight, but I would still like someone's setup that is using it now.


Patton

[ralph]

reinstalled quake last night and just tried to run glquake plain ole glquake and it did the same stuff. distortion green/blue/red fuzz. Found a proquake launcher program...with it set on software setting it works! but in 320x200 vid mode and its ugly. When i try to customize it thru the launcher I have same issues. Proquake 3.99 works like a champ. Guess I shouldn't complain or be difficult, but I am still going to investigate it and see whats up. I am a tech so its fun and all. I turned on vsync and tried off as well turned the vid card down and all the fireworks as low as can go. I remember it working with my onboard gfx when i first came back 4-5 months ago. Then I started trying different engines out and in the process I upgraded my mobo/cpu/ram/gfx card. I kept using 3.99 but never got used to it. last week decided to go back to 3.50 and i get the distortion problem with this new setup. It has to be a hardware compatible issue eh? E2180 OC'd cpu and 4870 vid card autotuned. My new mobo doesn't have onboard. Any suggestions? Still waiting to hear from those who still use 3.50 about there setup!

[rev]

I have to use glpro 3.99 now also after buying a new vid card. glpro 3.50 with the new card made quake solid white with some shadowing. I honestly don't feel/see a difference in the two. But if you fix it I hope you post how you did. gfx cards and their settings and controls are so foreign to me.

p.s. i'd like a chance to dethrone the "probable best quaker alive" (<---just thought that was a cool smiley, no underlying meaning)

[Radec]

Looks Crap but Plays Good

The software that runs Quake is so old that i cant play it on highest screen resolution without lagg on single player on my 2003 computer. One thing you could try to help with the lagg is lower the resolution. I know it looks awful at the lower resolutions but you can live with it. I play it on the 3rd highest screen resolution and its as smooth as a crystal.

Hope this helps (i'm going to say resolution another 5 times and then go do something else)

[Gh05t]

may I test out this proclamation of your quake skills? ....

[Radec]

Starting on...

may I test out this proclamation of your quake skills? ....

You talking about me?

[Polarite]

I have to use glpro 3.99 now also after buying a new vid card. glpro 3.50 with the new card made quake solid white with some shadowing. I honestly don't feel/see a difference in the two. But if you fix it I hope you post how you did. gfx cards and their settings and controls are so foreign to me.

p.s. i'd like a chance to dethrone the "probable best quaker alive" (<---just thought that was a cool smiley, no underlying meaning)

add -no8bit to commandline and all solid white will be gone !

[Polarite]

Ya see I get that about the FPS now, however I would really love for my proquake 3.50 to work it gets distorted. Would my pq_maxfps be causing that? It is good for the first millisecond then it turns like you are trying to pick up a tv channel on air but don't have a good signal. Or when your nintendo wouldn't play the games and you would have to take the game out and blow it out ya know. I donno what happened. Im trying to reinstall quake all over again tonight, but I would still like someone's setup that is using it now.


Patton

What fov are u using ?
Try fov 90 first maybe u are trying fov 120 ? , because thats fucked up on 3.50 version..
When i played on 3.50 i used fov 120.00001
Dunno if its this tho otherwise try in game console gl_ztrick 0

[Gh05t]

no.. but yes; sure i'd like to go at it.
talkin bout ralphie.. but after rev

[ralph]

I resolved the 3.50 issue!!

When it first opens up and starts the demo it is all gargled and distorted still right...

Well I can hit the windows key, then click on proquake 3.50 on the taskbar to reopen it and it works like a charm! Wish I could have claimed to have wrote some code or programmed it and made the fix sound cool and shit. I hate not having mouse4 tho, so if my new config doesn't work out I may HAVE to use 3.99. Thanks everyone for help!

Case Closed.

(I'm probably the best quaker alive)