fishbowl - Ah, I thought he was talking about the Preview button.
Yes, the mini-window mode is a DX8/DX9 function. The Aquarium is still a DX6 application. The version I did for Microsoft was in DX8, so it had this feature, but was lacking many others. |
Cliff - that's a good idea regarding explanation text in the About screen.
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pvernam - The point when the crash takes place seems like it is when the program is either trying to read or write to the Registry. It's possible that entries from an old installation might be interfering. Have you tried deleting the Aquarium's Entire Registry Key, then running the program? If you didn't want to lose your Key Code, you could delete all the entries except that one.
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This is really Edgar's area, so I'll let him try to troubleshoot it.
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pvernam, - Have you changed your 'Fonts' to cure your "OK" button overlap problem? - It's worth checking out that that isn't causing any of your other problems. (If only to eliminate the possibility!)
Why Microsoft gives us the option to use other size fonts when sooner or later, anything other than 'Small fonts' will cause problems, seems totally illogical to me! - There may well be a work-around with modern web page programing, but whilst there are still many examples of this problem in existence, I consider it better to avoid using any other size of fonts in 'Display Properties/Settings/Advanced/General', than Small fonts! |
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A DxDiag sent to my Email address would definitely help. Also post your version of the video driver in the forum. I would like to know if anyone with the same version has the same problem. edit: I don't think the large fonts is the cause of it. The larger button should be fixable. I will need to look at that too. |
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Wow, crosspost.
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Edit! For the record, I still have v1.1, 1.1wide. and MAT, - all working satisfactorily on the same computer, - but I have removed all older versions of MA2. |
Cliff - just out of curiosity, why are you keeping the old 1.1 versions?
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Need you ask Jim? ...... out of sentiment for the old Queen of course! - that, and the fact that 1.1wide was the best version ever, - but mainly, just because I'm a hoarder! :)
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What is it about 1.1wide that makes it the best version ever? In other words, what could we do to 2.01 to make it just as good, or better?
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To begin with, I use the word 'was' in italics! ;);)
Though 1.1wide is still better in some ways, IMO, because it runs at a higher FPS rate, as I have reported before on other threads, also no one has yet said why MA2 is the only one that defaults to vSync 'On'. ..... But MA2 MD, (with the new fish! :) ) now has the potential to be the greatest! :TU: |
I'm sure that Edgar will continue to look into why 2.01 runs slower on your machine (it appears to run slightly faster on most).
"On" is the proper setting for VSync to default to. The user should be required to make a conscious effort to turn it off, if they are willing to put up with some visual glitches for the extra fps. |
I think on is the best default setting for the reason Jim mentioned. As far as the old version, knowing Cliff I would say its nostalgia and the first one he had and has used the longest. But, he will come around. :)
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I have just done another fps check! - Still similar to the last time:- 1.1wide = 32/33 2.01(wide) = 24/25 (All other things being equal - and same everything.) |
Which fish do you have in the tank, Cliff? I'd like to do some tests with exactly the same setup you are using.
In fact, could you list what the whole setup is? I know you have stated it before, but it would be handy for me to have it all here in one post. (OS, processor, resolution, 16/32-bit, CalcNormals On/off, and anything else you can think of.) |
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I would normally have some of the 'New' fish selected in 2.01, but when making accurate comparisons with 1.1wide, the 8 chosen fish are:- 1 Powder Blue Tang 2 French Angelfish 2 Longfin Bannerfish/Wimplefish 1 Forceps Butterflyfish 1 Percula Clownfish 1 LionFish Use WideScreen = On Anamorphic factor = 0.815 Default System Resolution (1024x768x16) Limit frame rate = 50 Bubbles = On Sound = On CalcNormals = On V-Sync = Off The video card settings:- Image setting = Quality Antialiasing = Off Anisotropic = 8x Direct3D Mipmap = Best image quality Direct3D Vertical sync (coolbits) = Auto-select AMD K6-II 500MHz / Windows 2000 Pro / GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (nVidia 52.16) / DirectX 9.0b / Sony flat screen CRT The above settings have just produced 23/24 fps (in Wide mode) and 26/27 (Fullscreen mode) in MA2 MD (2.01) (With the same fish and equivalent settings in 1.1wide ...... 31/33 fps) |
Thanks, Cliff -
I'll try to find a copy of 1.1 wide to test. Does your monitor "click" when starting either of these versions? |
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