Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Anyone know why: Mesa 3.3 defaults to 24bit Zbuffer?

[Brian P. <br...@va...>]

ant...@wm... wrote:
> 
> > I took at look at this but didn't make any progress.  I'm not sure
> > how Q3 is choosing its visual and determining the bits per buffer.
> 
> you can force it to use a 24bit depth with:
> ./quake3 +set r_depthbits 24
> 
> > The game is working OK, right?
> 
> yes, it works fine, but what I wonder is: how does fxMesa respond when
> asked to set a 24bit zbuffer on a card that doesn't support it!?

I think it's only reporting 24bits/z but really using 16.


> (Voodoo2)
> It should not run, therefore somewhere in there something needs fixing..
> 
> > I won't be able to look into this anymore until next week.
> 
> no, worries, i just hope it's not a bug in 3.3

-Brian