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#1 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Background textures pixelated
I installed Marine Aquarium 2.5 today on my 3.2 GHz Windows XP PC. I have 2 GB of RAM and a Nvidia Geforce 6800 GT video card. I get a ridiculous frame rate when I run MA (200-300 fps), but I have a problem. The fish look fine, but the textures for the rest of the tank are seriously pixelated. (Screen shot: http://sgubbins.home.att.net/ma_badbg.jpg) I tried using Ctrl + T to disable texture compression, but there was no visible effect. Help? I've always wanted this screen saver, and it always looked so cool on other computers.
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#2 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 10,939
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Welcome to the forums!
Unfortunately on some systems, the background pixelates like this. The background is exactly 1024 x 768. You may be able to enable anti-aliasing or anisotropic filtering for the screen saver to smooth out the background some. If you need help with configuring MA2 to look better, there are many people here who have tinkered with settings and can help you. P.S. Marine Aquarium 3 will not have this problem as the background is built up of many 3D objects instead of a single photographic backdrop.
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#3 |
Developer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Morgan - Maybe you could point him to some of the discussions about FSAA settings. I don't have time to look them up at the moment.
Jim Sachs
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#4 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
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Here's an identical topic about it:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...ead.php?t=4236 but it did not really cover all possible solutions.
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#5 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Thanks for the quick replies, you two.
![]() ![]() I just tried maxing out my anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, and the background does look a bit smoother. Actually, "blurry" would be the more appropriate description, but at least it's no longer so jagged. The only issue with that is the fact that I had to make those settings global since the Nvidia control panel will only let me apply application-specific settings to .exe files, and Marine Aquarium is a .scr file. I'm not sure if I'll like those settings in all my games, and I'm not really keen on the idea of constantly switching them around. LOL. Marine Aquarium 3 sounds great, I can't wait to see it. ![]() |
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#6 |
Smilie Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lebanon, PA
Posts: 4,725
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And I would like to
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Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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#7 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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silverdreams - Sorry about the mixup. So many genders to keep track of, who has the time?
![]() Some cards are happiest displaying pictures at their native resolution, so (if you haven't already tried it) you might set the Aquarium to run at its native 1024x768. (Or 1280x768 if using Widescreen.)
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium Last edited by Jim Sachs; 02-24-2008 at 04:52 PM. |
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#8 |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Lancashire, UK
Posts: 7,854
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Jim, - I know you'll soon tell me if I'm wrong,
![]() ..... Or have I misunderstood you? Incidentally, silverdreams, - I think you will find the wide version looks much better, (even on a 5x4 screen), - and sharper! - That's how I always display MA! (I like the black bars, - it looks more like fish tank proportions! ![]() ..... Also, try pressing the 'N' key, ... then study the tail area of the fish very closely! ![]() ![]() |
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#9 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
Posts: 9,785
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Cliff - yes, that would be the way to use the widescreen mode on a 5x4 monitor. I don't know whether she has a widescreen monitor or not. Her screen capture was the 5x4 version, but that's not really proof of what aspect ratio she's actually using.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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