"lawsuit is pending"

[playboy]

Texans...even dumber than I thought they were.

[|iR|Focalor]

that would be the in-game setting for enabling/disabling v-sync.

in practice, vsync will cap your fps to whatever the refresh rate of your monitor is, and this can cause the game to look very smooth, but react strangely depending on the number of frames per second you're using and how it is meshing with the server's cycles.

in r1q2, with vsync on (gl_swapinterval 1) your maxfps will also be your packets per second rate to/from the server.

Well from what RailWolf said, you'd probably want to use gl_swapinterval 1 if you're using an old CRT beast of a monitor, and gl_swapinterval 0 if you're using a flatscreen LCD.

[Slayer :D]

Thanks Focalor and Dervish! I didn't know about this setting and I was using it wrong (gl_swapinterval "1" on LCD). Fixed and will see if that helps my game.

[UUD-40]

Hmm, I just looked and my gl_swapinterval is set to "rape". Whats that do? is it a problem?

[[BTF] Reflex]

swapinterval might also affect your ability to do the dm8 style box jumps

[jägermonsta]

that shit gives me 1k+ fps, it;s great

[Slayer :D]

1000+ FPS ?!!??!! I typically get between 30 and 40 FPS on ref_gl. Also, when I get shot or the HB gets used, my FPS tends to drop to 6 to 10 FPS. If somebody chainguns me, my view stops for a whole .5 seconds! (That's why I almost never play TDM--too many CG-users.) On ref_r1gl, I get between 3 and 10 FPS all the time, never even tried it on the servers . I run on 920x760 windowed display with r1q2.

gl_modulate = 5
gl_flashblend = 0
gl_polyblend = 0
gl_swapinterval = 0 (was 1, but fixed, thanks guys!)
cl_async = 1
cl_maxfps = 120
cl_predict = 1
r_maxfps = 120

Am I doing something wrong?

[Whirlingdervish]

I might be wrong, but it sounds like you just don't have a decent graphics card. You may be using the onboard graphics if that's all it can do in opengl.

a geforce 7 series video card or better should get you in the neighborhood of 60 steady fps with swapinterval 1 and maybe twice that but not as steady with it set to 0.

You might try adding "gl_picmip" to your config and trying some low values for it (1-3)
You can do it in console, but you have to do a vid_restart after changing it to see the effect.

It will make the textures look much more simple in opengl, but it might net you a few more fps.



with my old CRT I can run an 85hz refresh rate, so I put swapinterval to 1 and set the maxfps rate to about 85.
(using a 9500gt geforce card, so it never even has to try)

It's a little jinky on certain jumps and I wish I could get a solid 90, but it feels and looks smooth with no screen tearing so I've stuck with it for a bit.

[Slayer :D]

Looked up "Mobile Intel 945 graphics board" (my graphics board).

My graphics card is an Intel 945 chip embedded on my laptop's motherboard. It has no video-RAM, but instead shares my ample (2 gigs) system RAM. I think I have something like 433 MHz for my system bus. The Intel 945 is only capable of copying pixels from system RAM to the display and shading pixels. My processor is much more capable at 1.7 GHz. 5400 RPM disk drive.
EDIT: My Intel 945 board is driving a 1280 by 800 widescreen display at a maximum refresh rate of 60 Hz.

Does anybody know of a way to get this system to get 90+ FPS?

[Whirlingdervish]

yup intel onboard.

You can probably get a video card for less than a hundred bucks that will blow your mind.
It depends on the type of mobo you have and the available slots, but it should be possible.

if you have an AGP slot something like this would be a cheap way to go:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130465


Pretty much all mobos will have a regular PCI slot, and you can get vid cards for them, like this one:
(they don't tend to be as good tho)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130451


if your motherboard is newer and has a pci-express 2.0 slot, you're in luck because there are tons of nice options these days. this one is similar to the one I have:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130378

[The Happy Friar]

q2 should run 60+fps on any modern system with or w/o ogl acceleration.  My wife's Intel 945 laptop runs it great in ogl.  Anything @ 600mhz or faster (no need for ogl accelerated gpu) should run it @ 60+fps.

get the updated drivers from intel's site, those sped lots of things up on my wife's comp.

[Slayer :D]

Thanks for the help Dervish, but I don't have any of those slots. I'm using a laptop. You just can't add stuff (except memory) to a laptop....

[Whirlingdervish]

omg a laptop!??!

that makes things a bit more difficult.

 

[playboy]

lol! i <3 dervish

[R1CH]

set gl_dynamic 0

This will fix most integrated graphics cards, the dynamic lighting requires texture streaming and since you don't have dedicated video memory, it's extremely slow on most onboard cards.