What dose ZBUFFER Mean?

xlnc · 05-11-2002, 01:38 PM

hi can ant1 help me , i'm using this fish tank and everytime i click on it to view it it says "No ZBuffer" Cab u help please
My Spec:
athlon 1.2 gig, GeForceII MX400, Motherboard Asus a7a266
i have a icon on my desk top

xlnc

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Swede · 05-11-2002, 06:09 PM

Don't know the cause of your problem, but this is at least what a ZBuffer is.

"What is a ZBuffer?

A zbuffer is like a 256-color image in which each pixel corresponds to another pixel in the background image. Therefore, a zbuffer must have the exact same dimensions as the background image. But, unlike the background image, the zbuffer remains invisible to the user; it is there only to determine how to draw objects in front or behind trees, walls, parked spaceships, rocks, great gravy, or whatever else happens to be depicted in the backround image."

found at http://agast.dyndns.org/agast/zhelp.html

Jim once replied:

Install DX8 AND THEN the nVidia drivers. If DX8.1 is installed last, it will overwrite the nVidia drivers and the textures in the Aquarium may all turn white. Microsoft is looking into this.

feldon34 · 05-11-2002, 06:19 PM

Please upgrade to DirectX 8.1 and install the correct drivers for your video card.

https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/help.html

05-11-2002, 01:38 PM	#1
xlnc Registered Join Date: May 2002 Location: uk Posts: 1	What dose ZBUFFER Mean? hi can ant1 help me , i'm using this fish tank and everytime i click on it to view it it says "No ZBuffer" Cab u help please My Spec: athlon 1.2 gig, GeForceII MX400, Motherboard Asus a7a266 i have a icon on my desk top xlnc email me :yourxlnc@dineindian.co.uk url: www.dineindian.co.uk Last edited by xlnc; 05-11-2002 at 01:50 PM.

05-11-2002, 06:09 PM	#2
Swede Registered Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Karlskrona, Sweden Posts: 172	Don't know the cause of your problem, but this is at least what a ZBuffer is. "What is a ZBuffer? A zbuffer is like a 256-color image in which each pixel corresponds to another pixel in the background image. Therefore, a zbuffer must have the exact same dimensions as the background image. But, unlike the background image, the zbuffer remains invisible to the user; it is there only to determine how to draw objects in front or behind trees, walls, parked spaceships, rocks, great gravy, or whatever else happens to be depicted in the backround image." found at http://agast.dyndns.org/agast/zhelp.html Jim once replied: Install DX8 AND THEN the nVidia drivers. If DX8.1 is installed last, it will overwrite the nVidia drivers and the textures in the Aquarium may all turn white. Microsoft is looking into this. 4x / F C Am G F C Am G // Chorus: 3x /F C Am G F C Am G// Last edited by Swede; 05-11-2002 at 06:18 PM.

05-11-2002, 06:19 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Please upgrade to DirectX 8.1 and install the correct drivers for your video card. https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/help.html "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman