Re: [TuxKart-users] Errors loading textures

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Peter Hatch wrote:

> The other problem I had is that using a Voodoo 3 under Windows I had to
> set MESA_GLX_FX to something to get it to work, though that doesn't do
> anything under Windows.  I'd try fixing it myself, except I have no idea
> how to check if someone is using a Voodoo under Windows.

Hmmm - I guess that is kind anachronistic.

I do two things with that variable:

   1) On the title screen, I load a lower resolution
      texture for the Voodoo - and back when I wrote
      the code, that was a reasonable way to check for a
      Voodoo without the hassle of checking glGetString(GL_RENDERER).

   2) I use that same environment variable to render a
      cursor (rather than using the one from the Windowing
      system)...and also to force the cursor into the
      center of the screen.  Both of these things are needed
      for Voodoo-1 and -2, and also for Voodoo-3 in full-screen
      mode.  In this case, it's not enough to know that it's
      a Voodoo card - you also need to know how it's been
      set up by the user.  I guess the present check works under
      Linux/Mesa - but I have no idea how to tell what's going on
      under Windoze.

I'll be *SO* glad when Voodoo-1/2's are out of circulation and
the old full-screen-only drivers for Voodoo-3/4/5 are
dead and buried.

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