Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:30:01 05/10/02
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On May 10, 2002 at 10:18:23, Roy Eassa wrote: >On May 10, 2002 at 01:08:05, Tina Long wrote: > >>On May 09, 2002 at 14:03:11, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On May 09, 2002 at 07:57:51, Tina Long wrote: >>> >>>>Sorry to sound picky, but a full size 3D board would do me fine, Only if I can >>>>use the 2D Figurine pieces (which I can't with CM8k). >>>>Just changing to 640x480 may have to do me, & that's no great hassle. >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>>Tina >>> >>>As I mentioned in the report, there are many "flat" 3D sets (including the >>>Figurine pieces) that can be used full screen. I have taken the liberty of >>>sending you a screen shot. >>> >>>jm >> >>John sent me 2 screenshots showing fullscreen (approx 930pixels square) 2D Sets. >>They look excellent. >>I withdraw all my concerns about the size of the boards & pieces, & look forward >>to the release of CM9k. >> >>Thanks John, >>Tina Long > >Are they smoothly resizable? Totally. On-the-fly. There are many different levels of complexity regarding our boards and piece sets, obviously. Some have very low poly counts, such as simple "faceted" sets for users who have low-end cards. Even at full-screen 1280x1024, on an old NVidia RIVA TNT 2 card (which is pre GeForce and probably close to five years old) these sets are getting about 30 FPS (with one engine running -- 40 with no engines). And the most complex boards/sets are getting about 15 FPS (with one engine running -- 20 without). That is also with no reflections on the board, as that card does not support stencil buffering (I'll bet THAT term has never showed up on this board before!) On our top-of-the-line Radeon 8500 cards, however, get about 50 FPS on the most complext boards (with one engine running and board reflections). And, of course, using the "flat" sets (designed for users who like 2D setups) are usually even faster, because the models for the pieces are generally less complex. At 800x600 full-screen, the less complex boards/pieces get well over 100 FPS with no engines running. It really is beautiful. Honestly, I wish that E3 wasn't coming up and we could put some screenshots on the website. <sigh> Soon.... jm
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