Forced Mipmap For SH-3? Help!

Lanzfeld · 01-27-07, 10:49 PM

I have a 128 MB 6600 GT video card that I play SH-3 on and I was messing with the settings manually. I came across "Force Mipmap" and I can set it to "none", "bilinear", "trilinear". I am not sure what setting to use.

Can anyone give me some advice as I dont want to select the wrong setting and unessisarily slow down my framerate.

What about some of the other settings I just dont understand?

Thanks

DarkPa · 02-02-07, 05:29 PM

Mipmapping is a way for a graphics application to select lower resolution textures based on distance. Most likely used for the ocean surface in SH3, it means that a lower resolution texture map will replace a higher resolution one at a specified distance, meaning less memory usage, faster texture load times and a better framerate.
The "none" "bilinear" and "triliear" refer to the filtering that helps blur the edges where the different resolution textures merge as the ocean is rendered - trilinear is best quality, but may slow down framerate for an older graphics card.

Lanzfeld · 02-02-07, 05:32 PM

A million thansk DarkPa. I like straight forward plain english explanations like that!

Now go to my Qualification thread and let me know what you think!

01-27-07, 10:49 PM	#1
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Forced Mipmap For SH-3? Help! I have a 128 MB 6600 GT video card that I play SH-3 on and I was messing with the settings manually. I came across "Force Mipmap" and I can set it to "none", "bilinear", "trilinear". I am not sure what setting to use. Can anyone give me some advice as I dont want to select the wrong setting and unessisarily slow down my framerate. What about some of the other settings I just dont understand? Thanks

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02-02-07, 05:29 PM	#2
DarkPa Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Mipmapping is a way for a graphics application to select lower resolution textures based on distance. Most likely used for the ocean surface in SH3, it means that a lower resolution texture map will replace a higher resolution one at a specified distance, meaning less memory usage, faster texture load times and a better framerate. The "none" "bilinear" and "triliear" refer to the filtering that helps blur the edges where the different resolution textures merge as the ocean is rendered - trilinear is best quality, but may slow down framerate for an older graphics card.

02-02-07, 05:32 PM	#3
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	A million thansk DarkPa. I like straight forward plain english explanations like that! Now go to my Qualification thread and let me know what you think!