Surprisingly there is no simple way in Windows to check the 3D graphics capability of a PC. The best way we have found is to Start / Run / DXDIAG and view the Display information reported. If the Device name contains nVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon and the memory is 32MB or greater then the 3D graphics aspect should be satisfied. We have received feedback that the Intel 915 (with 128MB of shared memory) also performs satisfactory. See similar questions...

Under 'Device' (on left hand side of box), check 'Approx. Total Memory' - this should be more than '16.0 MB'. If so, your graphics capability is fine. If not, you need to upgrade your graphics card to run this program efficiently. See similar questions...

It is a feature if the FS04 software that enables the two speakers on the FS04 to sound as if they are placed much farther apart than they actually are. See similar questions...

The comp.graphics.algorithms FAQ contains a lot of 3D graphics information that isn't specific to OpenGL. excellent general computer graphics text is Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, by James Foley, et al. ISBN 0-201-12110-7. It has been mentioned that this book is out of print and that a third edition is planned for release in January 2001. However, some online book retailers still seem to have it for sale. Try amazon.com. See similar questions...

We use an overhead view because it's better for seeing who is in your adventuring party. Smaller graphics mean that you can see farther and more people, and Clan Lord tends to have lots of people playing together. (Why else be online?) And tiny graphics look better hand-drawn than 3D. See similar questions...

In creating this game, we decided that instead of focusing on creating pretty graphics, we would instead focus on creating a game which was fun to play. Also, since we do coding for this game in our spare time, we decided to try and limit the complexity of the task we were undertaking. A third reason is that none of the current development team is familiar with either of the two dominant graphics APIs: DirectX and OpenGL. See similar questions...

Surprisingly there is no simple way in Windows to check the 3D graphics capability of a PC. The best way we have found is to Start / Run / DXDIAG and view the Display information reported. If the Device name contains nVidia GeForce or ATI Radeon and the memory is 32MB or greater then the 3D graphics aspect should be satisfied. We have received feedback that the Intel 915 (with 128MB of shared memory) also performs satisfactory. See similar questions...

The standard book on the subject is Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice by Foley, Van Dam et al. It is a valuable resource for anyone wanting to understand the mathematical foundations of geometry, rasterization and lighting techniques. The FAQ for the comp.graphics.algorithms Usenet group also contains useful material. It depends. Direct3D has a fully featured software vertex-processing pipeline (including support for custom vertex shaders). See similar questions...

Not anymore. I started out doing that in the mid 1980's and did so for many years. At that time there really wasn't any software capable of doing what needed to be done so I always found myself writing the software and tools to support the production role. After many years I decided that I liked development a lot more than the production side and focussed on that exclusively. See similar questions...

I am an independant artist for hire, modeling for animation, stills, video games etc. But I have to warn you, 3D art this complex can be very expensive and typically only large commerical firms can afford it. Were I to perform all the requests that I recieved for free, I would never have any time to myself B). As much as I like creating, I'm limited by time and cost. See similar questions...

A high-performance graphics card will certainly help. The underlying system spends a lot of time blitting 32-bit RGB bitmaps to the screen. But no 3D capabilities of the card will be used. See similar questions...

Your computer needs to be able to run any game you plan on playing at the Lan Party. Check the games minimum requirements. See similar questions...

D Graphics Compression group began in Tokyo in summer of 1995 under the name SNHC (Synthetic/Natural Hybrid Coding). Compared to the Audio, Systems and Visual activities, the SNHC is a more recent addition to the MPEG‑4 work plan. The SNHC Call for Proposals (CFP) was issued in March 1996. CFP Amendments followed in July 1996, with initial evaluation of proposals in September 1996. See similar questions...

Yes, they will! GeForce2, ATI RADEON or superior graphics cards are ideal. For full texture resolution, they will need either texture compression or 32 MB RAM. But, with less high-resolution textures, the game also runs fast enough on older TNT/TNT2 graphics cards with 16 MB RAM. See similar questions...

If you have more than one 3d accelerator card and would like to change which card the game uses, edit the config.dat file in your install directory (using a text editing program such as notepad). Remove the semi-colon from the line ';ChooseDevice=true'. When you next run the game, you will be given the option to choose which accelerator card is used. See similar questions...

Yes. Wizardry 8 has been designed as a 3D-accelerated game from the ground up. We've taken special care to make the 3D effects part of the game, not just showy gimmicks. We want you to think, "Wow, those etched glass windows look fantastic," not, "Oh look, another translucency." See similar questions...

No. You need a 3D Card, but it does not have to the latest and greatest. A 3D graphics card that is DirectX 9 compatible is all that's required. If you do have a super high powered 3D card, you will enjoy an enhanced battlefield experience. See similar questions...

for those who have grown tired of the newbie questions, why do you continue to answer them?? Just to go on the other side of the fence, some are not as "internet search savvy" as others and come here for help. As dedicated homebrewers with experience, are we not obligated by our love for the nectar of the Gods to nuture and tolerate the up and coming?? To allow the youngsters to grow in the craft and possibly sway them to our own brewing phylosophies. See similar questions...

Java3D is capable of taking advantage of graphics hardware in your system. The speed you see will depend on the quality of the graphics hardware on your machine. You can also run Java3D on machines without special graphics hardware, but it will require software graphics libraries. Be aware that it won't run nearly as quickly in software alone as it will with dedicated graphics hardware. See similar questions...

Yes. Simply click the Load function to go to the file requester. PAP will automatically recognize a sequence of numbered frames as a clip. We support all the most popular formats, such as TGA, PNG, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP and more. PAP understands most numbering schemes. The files could be named like this: name0001.ext, name0002.ext... or simply 1.ext, 2.ext... The imported frames will be placed in the blue layer and therefore colored monochrome blue. See similar questions...