32bit render no workee

legohead

23rd December 2002 22:13 UTC

32bit render no workee
Have never seemed to be able to set my screen mode to 32bit and can only run in 16bit. Ive checked my graphics card settings and noticed my antialiasing was converting 32 to 16bit which I've disabled.
Still no workee. It happens on avs packs as well so I don't think its my colour range on the presets. hrmmm....

dirkdeftly

23rd December 2002 23:11 UTC

so why are you here? it's not an avs problem

Jaheckelsafar

23rd December 2002 23:13 UTC

If you can't see your desktop in 32 bit mode, it's not an AVS problem. It probably is your vid card.

legohead

28th December 2002 03:04 UTC

umm...?
Not my windows desktop dude. When running avs no 32bpp
Sorry thought that was OBVIOUS!

Jaheckelsafar

28th December 2002 04:45 UTC

Have never seemed to be able to set my screen mode to 32bit and can only run in 16bit.

You didn't mention AVS in there.

Anyway, try using overlay mode. Maybe that'll help.

dirkdeftly

28th December 2002 06:08 UTC

"set my screen mode to 32bpp" implies the monitor, not avs

UnConeD

28th December 2002 12:09 UTC

Here's a 'test preset' for checking if you're in 16-bit:

- Render / Superscope:
per point: x=i*2-1;y=0;red=i*.5+.5;green=i*.25;blue=1-i*.5;
(other fields default)

- Trans / Movement:
custom: y=0

This will show a color gradient with a low variance in colors. In 16-bit you will see clear vertical bands between the colors, in 32-bit it should look smooth.

Anyway this is the first time I've heard of this problem, so we can't really give you a clear cut solution. Trying 'fullscreen overlay mode' (checkbox at the top of fullscreen options) might help.

legohead

7th January 2003 04:45 UTC

progress
Well Ive reinstalled my system (even though my graphics card won't install because of motherboard bios conflict)
And hey presto Ive got 32/24 and 16 bpp options which all work fine.
I have tried only reinstalling winamp several times to see if this was a credible fix however maybe there was an issue beyond winamp/.avs itself.

hmmmm...

Cheers anyway.

Jaheckelsafar

7th January 2003 08:03 UTC

Re: progress

Originally posted by legohead
(even though my graphics card won't install because of motherboard bios conflict)

That right there is screaming at me. Try updating you BIOS (just don't turn the computer off half way through) and disbling any onboard graphics that you might have.

legohead

7th January 2003 22:32 UTC

I can fix the card issue when I get a few weeks!! (never get an asus A7v333 motherboard - it likes to crap out for just about anything!) Just good that Ive got 32bit colour running in avs.

dirkdeftly

7th January 2003 22:46 UTC

you wouldn't, by chance, be using a Compaq, would you? :p

Jaheckelsafar

8th January 2003 04:59 UTC

Got me an Asus A7N8X in my desktop here. :D

legohead

8th January 2003 22:03 UTC

compaq??
No - build my own systems.
Cheaper+faster+more reliability (except where shitty motherboards are involved)

dirkdeftly

8th January 2003 23:01 UTC

Okay...so you're technical enough to build your own systems, yet you're not smart enough to realize what a "performance" slidebar does....

legohead

9th January 2003 22:36 UTC

Ummm... not smart enough??? I don't think thats appropriate.
Ive got no fikn idea what a 'performance' slide bar is. But I don't think thats because Im dumb. Maybe its because I haven't learn't it - along with the majority of the infinite amount of things to learn out there in the universe that everyone (including atero's) could never entirely learn even over a million lifetimes.

But please enlighten me!

dirkdeftly

10th January 2003 00:21 UTC

dude, what the fuck did you think 'performance' means? i mean, you started a whole thread about trying to improve avs performance...besides that, right below the damn slidebar says "higher framerate" and "lower framerate" - but you couldn't figure out what that meant, when you were trying to boost the framerate in the first place??

legohead

10th January 2003 01:57 UTC

ummm... no shit shirlock - what settings do you think I meant - the ones in CorelDraw???. Who the fuck calls it a 'performance slidebar'. The fact that you've decided to refer to it as 'performance slidebar' or anything else doesn't make it statutory.

I think you mean 'the rendering performance slide bar in your fullscreen settings'?? Correct?

Obviously 'I not down wit yo funky lingo' - and straight forward use of english is (as always) a better alternative.

dirkdeftly

10th January 2003 02:16 UTC

Okay, it says "windowed performance" and it's a slidebar - hence PERFORMANCE SLIDEBAR. And a "slidebar" slides back and forth, and it's a bar - hence SLIDEBAR.
I wasn't talking about the one in Fullscreen settings, but it works just as well as an example, especially since you were using it for fullscreen in the first place (unless, for some odd reason, you were running it at 800x600 windowed with screen setting 1600x1200).

ummm... no shit shirlock - what settings do you think I meant - the ones in CorelDraw???.

What in god's name are you talking about? Next time, try making statements that actually relate to the thread....

(BTW it's "sherlock", dumbass)

legohead

10th January 2003 02:35 UTC

'What in god's name are you talking about? Next time, try making statements that actually relate to the thread.... '

Yes I should - such as talking about 'performance slide bars' and 'compaqs' in a thread that is discussing a colour mode issue. :)

legohead

10th January 2003 02:38 UTC

and 'windowed performance' is no good to me in fullscreen mode!

dirkdeftly

10th January 2003 02:50 UTC

I was just about to suggest that myself...along with another episode of "use the god damned edit button"