Antialiasing causes keyboard problems in Need for Speed III

[Jeff7]

Makes no sense to me either. But when I enable antialiasing and run NFSIII, the keys seem to stick sometimes, for up to 5 seconds at a time, during which time, the game keeps going, but the keys do nothing.

 

[Jeff7]

Help meeeee.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Try dropping down one screen res (e.g. 1024x768 -> 800x600) and see whether that fixes it. If so, it's probably time to upgrade

 

[Jeff7]

It's at 800x600 already; that's the max that the game will allow. Only in 16 bit color.
I've already run Giants at 1280x1024 in 32 bit color with 4xFSAA enabled. It was only about 6 fps, but the keyboard keys didn't "stick" or freeze the way they do in NFS. NFSIII with the 4xFSAA enabled is still very liquidy smooth though, disregarding the keyboard weirdness.

 

[DaveSimmons]

It's at 800x600 already; that's the max that the game will allow.

so did you try dropping down one screen resolution (to 640 or 752)?

 

[Gnollguy]

What OS, and video card are you running? Is this single player of multiplayer? Do you have a game pad or joystick you can use to see if you have the same problem with that?

 

[Jeff7]

Win98SE
DirectX 8.1
Geforce2 Ti with 28.32 (I think, not at the comp right now - latest official Dets)
Single player mode
Using only the keyboard - joystick isn't plugged in, and the mouse steering is disabled.

Basically, the ONLY setting that is different here is the antialiasing that makes the keyboard controls go funny.