Can I use large textures in Q3 with my voodoo5 5500?

[astroview]

I think its called S3TC, doesn't the voodoo 5 have their own verison of this? Can I use it in Q3?

 

[DaveB3D]

Yeah, FXT1. Unless you disabled it, it is automatically enabled.. or at least it should be.

 

[astroview]

Are there levels to it like 4x FSAA?
Where do I disable it?

thanks for the reply!

 

[DaveB3D]

No, just on or off. It is under Legacy Texture Compression in 3dfx Tool >> Advanced Tools >> OpenGL

 

[RoboTECH]

Dave, he's talking about Q3, maybe he's talking about texture comression?

also, does "legacy texture compression" only do the framebuffer, not the textures, in 32-bit, right?

anyhooo.....

here's how you disable texture compression in Q3
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1.17 Q3
/seta r_ext_compress_Textures 0
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1.25 Q3 or Q3:Team Arena
/seta r_ext_compressED_textures 0
**********
enter at the console. the command is not case-sensitive
i'd keep the compressed textures on tho (use a "1" instead of a "0&quot, as it adds immensely to the framerate and on a 5500 presents almost zero quality issues (very minor)

 

[BFG10K]

If your asking about the texture size as in the dimensions, then yes the VSA 100 supports large textures up to 2048 x 2048 (V4 and V5), as opposed to the V3's 128 x 128 small texture size limit.
If you're talking about S3TC then just read what RoboTECH posted.

 

[astroview]

Ok, I get it, I am talking about large textures. How do I turn them on?
Can I change their size?

 

[DaveB3D]

What I'm talking about is texture compression..

textures are controlled by the slider in Q3, and also adjusting the LOD bias slider in the 3dfx tools.

 

[IBMer]

as opposed to the V3's 128 x 128 small texture size limit.

I believe the V3 has a 256x256 limit. Quake 3's slider all the way to the right is for 512x512 textures.

 

[BFG10K]

Sorry my mistake. You are quite correct, it is 256 x 256.