voodoo 5500 & fuzzy fonts in ET

(bogs) #1

Does anyone know how to fix fuzzy fonts when using a voodoo 5500? When using hardware opengl, all the fonts are fuzzy and unreadable. Using software opengl (r_allowExtensions 0) works fine but the default PB config from splash damage is enforcing r_allowExtensions to 1 so there are a lot of servers I can’t play on.

(damocles) #2

try altering your texture quality settings or colour depth - sometimes this is the problem depending upon how the fonts are made.

(bogs) #3

This fixed it :

seta r_glDriver “gl/openglv5.dll”

(Weaver24) #4

Get a new video card.

Voodoos went out of buisness A LONG time ago.

(bogs) #5

I did, ATI 9700. Kicks the ass out of any geforce which is all hype and marketing just like punkbuster.

But I still go back to the 5500 when I want to see the finest FSAA, still to date rivaled by none.

(colic) #6

Errrr whats punkbuster gotta do with graphics cards? Its hardly marketed either.

Also I would check out the Benchmark results for Doom3 and then tell me the ATI 9700 kicks the ass of nvidia fx cards (Not the early FX cards as they were poo)

(bogs) #7

r_allowextensions is enforced by punkbuster which messes up ET on voodoo cards unless you apply the fix I discovered above. Why is it enforced? because some other card that shall remain nameless has a bug that lets you see through walls, so it needs to be enforced regardless of this setting breaking other video cards.

As far as marketing goes, you are thinking of PR. Yeah, they have no PR because their marketing has convinced gamers that punkbuster is saving the community. The gamers who support PB are their PR department. The tough sounding name of the product is part of their marketing. The way it kicks people instead of forcing them to watch a black screen is part of the marketing. In fact it is saving the communities it intends to protect, but it is saving the community from people who whine about about cheating, not actually stopping cheating. (since that would be totally impossible).

Also I would check out the Benchmark results for Doom3 and then tell me the ATI 9700 kicks the ass of nvidia fx cards (Not the early FX cards as they were poo)

Ya, newer is usually better. Except in the case of the NV30.