1.08i versus eFalcon - which one to choose?

[Snake Man]

The early days of Falcon 4.0 I used to have Voodoo 2 12mb cards in SLI mode, it run great. Then I got myself a Matrox G400 and off went the glide, today its the Gforce 2 GTS card that drives the 3d effects in my screen.

I'm wondering does the eFalcon work with voodoo guys or not? I remember Brewskie saying that he cant run it and I got the impression it just plain and simple wont work (no picture in the screen heh).

This message area is not for which one is better, 108i or eFalcon - I think everyone in f4 scene realizes now that v1.09 manual has been released which exe is the best and the future of Falcon 4.0

I'd like to get as many "votes" as possible and many reasons as possible of WHY people cant use eFalcon exe. Why? well because the large 128 segment theaters, those dont work with 108i at all - you need eFalcon. The upcoming Desert Storm theater will be 128 segments (sorry no "small" default sized will be released) and also I'd like to upgrade Vietnam into the larger 128 map.

PMC TFW
Snake Man

[Widowmaker]

Well I am currently still running 1.08i2

for compatibility reasons..multi platform
one is voodoo..

I will however upgrade to 1.09 as soon as I get my new pc (third) in about 2 months from now

really erazor is they only way to go
for theaters....(and on a lot of other ways)
the fartiles problems is solved with it so is the 128 map ....
by no means implying that the 1.08i2 exe is dead (neither is VooDoo as there are still so many users)


and I think the better our addons will be the more will eventually change to erazor
and will build their pc setup around this exe

My Iceland theater will probably exceed the fartiles limit in 1.08i2 too..
yet I will try to stay compatible on both exe's....if possible

I know I will...

Widowmaker

[This message has been edited by Widowmaker (edited April 08, 2001).]

[T Bone]

Hands down: eFalcon. Its the future of Falcon

[ccc]

efalcon. i want live ships

[brewskie]

Well, efalcon is the future and all that.
Problem is, there are many voodoo users. It is widely known that glide and F4 work good together, highest frame rates ect...
The 1.08 rpg patches are very stable, 50% or more F4 users go with rpg patches.
These theaters are PMC's and its entirely up to PMC to choose which platform to support. IMO, keep the last version of the nam theater available for voodoo users and move on to the efalcon, 128 theaters.

[sparks1]

Well, guys, I am going to throw my hat in the ring for glide....I've just recently upgraded to a boodoo banshee card...I don't get to upgrade too often...and with a P166 I need all the help I can get. I've read all about the e-razor, though....and if I could afford a newer 'puter and a geforce video card, I would definitely make the switch to e-razor. But for right now, the rpg's are the way to go for me, and probably for all the voodoo card owners as well. Unless they own a PIII something or other!!

[T_Rex]

I've got a Voodoo, but I'm hoping that I can get eRazor to work, even if its non-glide. I look at it kinda the way I looked at my purchase of F4 in the first place: my machine probably isn't the best for it right now, but even if I have to turn the graphics sliders down for campaign, it'll be worth it to keep playing this great game.

eFalcon will be the way to go, methinks.

T

[Widowmaker]

The manual says you should get it to work...so get it to work..

I will try it soon on my voodoo3 2000

Widmak

[sparks1]

E-Falcon DOES work on my P-166 with Banshee...it's simply that I get a solid 35 to 38 fps with glide, and only 23 to 25 with e-falcon. Will I switch to e-falcon when I get a faster cpu? Probably. It's simply a question of what I get (performance wise) with what I've got ( hardware wise).

[T_Rex]

Well, so far eF works on my Celery 433, Voodoo 3, 128 mb ram. FPS actually went up in the two TEs that I use to test new stuff. I still need to tweak some things but it is absolutely no worse graphically than 1.08i2, which means that it is overall better!

Now I need to relearn some parts of fighting in F4!

T

[87th_striker]

eFalcon and Voodoo5 agp is pretty good.


However..... there is an issue with visible tile joints, making sky or terrain look like chessboards sometime. Running with 32bit and 2x fsaa makes the issue smaller. I heard about several others with same observations. (Latest drivers from [url=http://www.reactorcritical.com)]www.reactorcritical.com)[/url]

[brewskie]

Hmm, tis the ?
Geforce3 is coming out so prices should be coming down on the Geforce2 pro and Ultra. Thats when i think I'll upgrade, its all in the timing.

[Parislord]

I'm running 1.09 w/ a P2-350 128 (133Mhz) megs RAM and Voodoo 3-3000 and so far, it looks and runs great in D3D... Now and again ('bout every 3-5 mins.) I get a little frame hiccup that lasts less than a second.