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#1 |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Fish and backdrop do a trace effect..
pic and dxdiag attached. |
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#2 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Rock Hill, SC
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I'm not familiar with the SiS 651 chipset. I see that it has 32MB of memory.
Based on your past posts, I am guessing that this is a new issue in MA3 7m and that you did not have this problem at all in versions up to 7i?
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#3 |
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I've only just come about this problem because I formatted my laptop and decided to try MA3 on it.
I have tried 7j and 7m but has same problem. I do have alot of backups so I will see later if the older betas work. Doesn't help when my laptop is running primitive graphics drivers. ![]() |
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#4 |
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For anyone that needs to test older versions in situations like this I have all the old Beta's stored here.
Michael
Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & Gallery DVD Collection |
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#5 |
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Definitely need to upgrade to the latest drivers possible. I've seen ones for 2006.
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#6 |
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southern Oregon
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That card may be a little light to run MA3.
Jim Sachs
Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium |
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#7 |
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1. How am I supposed to go back to older betas when they say "Beta has expired"?
2. These are the latest drivers. 3. I think Jim could be right. ![]() I'll keep trying latest betas on my laptop to see if any changes help. |
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#8 |
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Set the date back on your system. Just make sure you set it forward again after testing.
Michael
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#10 |
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Yep, probably so. Looks like MA3 is past the capabilities of that one.
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Michael
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#11 |
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I still have MA2.6 working
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#12 |
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That's exactly why we will continue to sell and support MA2.6.
Jim Sachs
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#13 |
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My laptop is now 960MB (ish) and not 480MB. and I got my graphics from 32MB to 64MB.
only real problem is still the graphics. it doesn't like OpenGL too much. it only really likes the basics. |
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#14 |
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Marine Aquarium 3 is a DirectX application, not OpenGL.
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Which DirectX is it based around?
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#16 |
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Nahant, MA
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I believe Jim has said (several times) that MA3 requires DirectX 9. The first entry in the MA3 - READ THIS FIRST! thread (bullet 5) says "DX8/9", and I'm pretty sure I've read elsewhere in this forum that DX9 was required.
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#17 |
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Yes, DirectX 9c.
Jim Sachs
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