Does G200 Support OpenGL?

[Lawrence Lin]

On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 04:25:20 GMT, "KillFox" <Kil...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Sorry about the confusion and forgive me if I'm wrong but some of the =
>posts here seem to imply that I can run Glide-based games (OpenGL) with =
>my G200 and forego a 3Dfx card?? Is this right?

You're a little confused:

1. Glide is not OpenGL. Glide is a propriatary API from 3dfx, OpenGL
originated at SGI.

2. The G400 does not officially support Glide, though you can try some
of the 'wrapper' programs out there (much like Matrox's OpenGL -> D3D
wrapper)

3. Most games support one of two standards, Direct3D or OpenGL. Glide
is fast becoming a non-factor.

If none of your games are Glide only (98 version of EA Sports, I-war,
F-15, many others) then you can ditch the Voodoo for the G400.

[jimmy]

I've installed the 5.13 drivers for my G200, but I still can't use 3dsmax
2.5 with OpenGL.
There's a 'drivers' directory in 3dsmax, with szb5.hdi, corresponding to
"software z buffer", but no file corresponding to "opengl", and when I set
the display driver to opengl in 3ds, it automatically comes back to
"software z buffer". Maybe 3ds needs a .hdi file, like opengl.hdi.
If someone has this file, or more generally knows how to use 3ds max with
opengl or direct3d, I would be glad to be informed
thanks

jimmy

[KillFox]

DID IT! It's great. Thanks. Quake, HL, F-22 TAW, MotoRacer

Thanks for the tip - you saved me a $150 CDN!!!!

Lawrence Lin <llin@erase_this_here_part.u.washington.edu> wrote in message
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[Anton]

jimmy <jau...@freesurf.fr> wrote in message
news:6XJg3.18435$GA4.2...@nnrp3.clara.net...

Wasn't there a command line switch you needed to reconfigure the display
driver for 3DS Max, -h or something. I haven't used Max for a while and 1.2
was the last version I used. Note things have probably changed since then.

I suggest asking in a 3D Studio newsgroup, or read your manual again.

A hdi file sounds like a Heidi driver, you won't be able to find a hardware
heidi driver for the G200. Actually the software heidi driver (z buffer)
would probably work better than a G200 in OpenGL. Worth a try though.

Anton

[3DStudioMAX]

did you go to File,Preferences, ViewPorts, Display Driver?...it must be
there..

jimmy wrote:

> I've installed the 5.13 drivers for my G200, but I still can't use 3dsmax
> 2.5 with OpenGL.
> There's a 'drivers' directory in 3dsmax, with szb5.hdi, corresponding to
> "software z buffer", but no file corresponding to "opengl", and when I set
> the display driver to opengl in 3ds, it automatically comes back to
> "software z buffer". Maybe 3ds needs a .hdi file, like opengl.hdi.
> If someone has this file, or more generally knows how to use 3ds max with
> opengl or direct3d, I would be glad to be informed

> thanks
>
> jimmy

[jimmy]

of course I did, but whatever display driver I choose, it always come back
to heidi's software driver