posted 01-12- 01:34 PM               

I have the following flight sims installed on my PC:

- MSCFS
- FSSDOE
- Janes WWII Fighters
- EAW

I saw different screenshots from EAW which were from much better qualitiy than what I am getting. Is it possible that EAW is having any problems because of the other sims?

I think it should not be a problem of my PC because it's relatively new (PII 450) and I don't have any problems with my other sims?

As I am really a stupid PC user and therefore don't know much about all these settings and things like that. I wanted to know if I can get better results in my flight sims by changing any settings or things like that. I heard that there are some things you can do to make your PC better without buying new hard and or software.

My system is as following:

PII 450, 128 MB RAM, Rage LT Pro AGP 2x, Voodoo2 (12 MB).

Sorry for these stupid questions...

Thanks.

posted 01-12- 10:22 PM               

TS

posted 01-13- 02:25 AM               

Also concerning the better screen shots I am assuming the Rage LT Pro AGP 2x card with TNT chipset is a better one than the Voodoo2. If both cards are enabled under Win 98 EAW always defaults to the 3DFX / Glide (voodoo 2) card and wont use the better card and you wont get the higher graphics. You have to go into the control panel and disable the card under system icon (I think, I'm work at the moment on NT and can't check)
Then you can get the higher resolutions

Just a nugget of Info I thought ya might like to know thatme and microprose support worked out over a few emails

posted 01-13- 02:55 PM               

I really admire you not getting tired to answer such questions from a newbie like me -thanks.

Killer K, does that mean that I have to remove the AGP card in the System option? I have done that but afterwards everything was colorless. Perhaps I need to disable it somwhere else? Any help is welcome.

Sounds perhaps stupid, but I do not know how much resolution I can get with my monitor. Tried to find it in the documentation that came with the PC but nothing in there.

What happen when I am increasing the resolution in the eaw.ini file to more than my monitor is supporting? How can I find out what resolution is best (I even don't know exactly what possibility I have...).

And did I understand you right - when having Windows 98 SE, I just can change the resolution to higher than 640 mode when disabling the AGP card?

Questions over questions, I know...

Thanks to all of you.

posted 01-13- 11:06 PM               

I ran EAW and SDOE together for some time. Your graphics issue is likely in your ini file settings.

And, your graphics card memory and capability would likely be your primary limiting factor, not your monitor.
Try using the following settings in the eaw ini file.

640 X 480 (maybe what you are using now?)
800 x 600
1024 x 768

These are 'standard' low, med, hi resolution modes.

Sorry, I've removed my EAW off my computer(Am I far enough away from COMBATSIM.COM to say that??? ) so I can't remember exactly what I changed. As I recall there are height= and width= lines in the .ini file?

By the way, please, tell us how you graphics don't look like the screen shots you refer to. That will help us help you.

posted 01-14- 02:05 AM               

Below is a link where you will find all the files and updates for EAW under the files options. http://www.users.ezwv.com/~buddha/EAW.htm

Congratulations to air buddha for such a great site and hope you dont mind me using your link here.

Download and install EAW Patch 1.2 and EAW Control Panel 1.6
(Meatwaters sound pak is a must as well

Using the control panel you should find the option to change the resolution try 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768. Your monitor should be able to handle this. If it is a new 17" and above monitor you can try higher resolutions.

As for disableing the video cards it is the Voodoo2 card you will need to disable for EAW to use the AGP card which I am assuming has more memory. You dont need to remove the cards from system, there is a tab / click box for the configuration. I cant remember the exact wording Because I am at Work again and we are a Total NT shop here with no WIN98 to check on. Its something like disable this hardware device. Maybe some one else can help on the exact location of the setting.

I hope this sorts you out as I am going to be away for the next week and wont be able to check my PC at home which has no connection to the internet at the moment.
Going Snowboarding in the French Alps ;-)
(how do I put those colour smileys in my mail??)

Where else would you get such a friendly and helpfull community than the Fighter Squadron one

Have a good one

Julian

posted 01-14- 03:25 PM               

Many thanks for all your support.

1) Tried to disable the AGP card under the "System" icon but cannot find where I have to do that. Any idea?

2) After right-klicking on the desktop, I have done the following: under properties (I have the German verison of Windows 98 SE - I think it says properties in the English version..) I can change the resolution of the montior. I already was on 800 x 600. If I change it to 1024 x 768, everything becomes very small - all the windows etc. So I let it on 800 x 600. But then I have an option saying 3DfxVoodoo2. There it says the following:

Both (Direct3D & Glide)
Resolution: 640 x 840
Refresh rate: 75h

And "link Gamma slider" is enabled.

I tried to set the resolution to 800 x 600 but everytime, it reseted it to 640 x 840. Although on the box of my Voodoo2 card it says: 800 x 600-64K resolution with H/W Z-buffer and 1024 x 768-64K w/o H/W Z-buffer.

So I really not understand why I cannot choose it.

When I click on advanced (still under option 3DfxVoodoo2) nothing is marked there. Should I change that?

Ronin, you asked what is looking different to the screenshots. When I am looking to the wing of my aircraft i.e., everything is not as sharp outlined as on the screenshots - it's looking hazy.

It's really hard to see how EAW could be looking while flying with this bad graphics.

If anyone can help me, great and thanks in advance.

Killer K - wish you much much fun for your snowboard session - just be careful.

Wish you all a nice week end.

Greetings from Switzerland.

posted 01-17- 05:21 AM               

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Cheers
Kat out

posted 01-17- 06:21 AM               

Many thanks for your answers - will try it this evening.

Does that mean that I have to disable the Voodoo2 card while playing EAW in the D3D mode?

Do you have any idea why I cannot set my Voodoo2 card to higher resolution than 640 x 480? I feel a little bit pissed because it says that you should be able to go at least to 800 x 600 on the box of the card. And my monitor should also be able to support this resolution. Anything else I have to change perhaps?

Again, many thanks guys for all your support.

posted 01-17- 08:35 PM               

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Cheers
Kat out

posted 01-18- 04:20 PM               

Thanks for all your help.

It's sounds stupid but the problem is solved just half. I changed now the resolution to 800 x 600 in the eaw.ini file. The wing of the plane I fly is looking OK (sharpe lines, etc.) but as soon as I am pressing the "*" key to lock a target, it changes and looks hazy as before.

And what I still not belife is that I cannot change the resolution of my Voodoo2 card to 800 x 600. Will send an e-mail to 3Dfx - perhpas will get an answer from them.

Many thanks for all your help guys.

Oh, if someone who is playing EAW is reading this, I have another question. Is it possible to mark all other planes (enemies and friendly) with the plane type and distance as it's possible in FSSDOE, WWII Fighters and MSCFS. I think it would help much - otherwise you just now from one plane at the same time if it's an enemy or not.