DriectX settings and elma "lagging"/"hacking&

DCEM · Post by **DCEM** » 31 Oct 2002, 09:26

ok.
I once installed win2k to get the 1st alovolt patch to work. Imideatly i noticed that elma started hacking when i turned and it hacked a bit when I drove too.
Then I installed dx81NT.exe patch, and nothing happned.
When i was at a LAN, i had to install win2k all over again. This made the hacking even worse, and that's har to get used to.
I have played like this for a while, and it sux!! All of u that have a elma that hacks, knows that it really sux, and it breaks u'r concentration!
THEN I MADE A BREAKTHROUGH!!

This is the guide :

1.go to the windows run menu (win.key + R)
2.type in DXDIAG, wich brings up the directX settings.
3.go to the last tab, MORE HELP.
4.press the OVERRIDE... button, and a box will appear.

NOTE : The override value is most probably DEFAULT.

5.Change that to OVERRIDE VALUE, and put 120 as the value!
6.now open elma.

You will see that the screen has moved up and left, and this sux.
but, just adjust your monitor, and it's nice again.
This does not affect the way u'r windows looks =)
I dont belive that it does anything else to elma, than make it run smooth, so i would not say that it's cheating.
You'll of course belive that u drive better, but that's just a placebo effect=)

If you try this, and it works or bugs out, GIMME FEEDBACK!

\DCtheDXmasta

Post by **Abula** » 31 Oct 2002, 10:34

Oh, it worked. Now I can play online! Great, great, thanks \DC.

I have XP and seems like I can play now Elma as smooth as in Win98.

MopoGirl · Post by **MopoGirl** » 31 Oct 2002, 14:45

play online? what do you mean? like, play multiplayer online???

Karlis · Post by **Karlis** » 31 Oct 2002, 15:06

omg ronim0x, you did it again, you keep amazing me with your.......well.....

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 31 Oct 2002, 16:37

RoniMox wrote:play online? what do you mean? like, play multiplayer online???

Sometimes it's very easy to see you are a girl...

-----HOWEVER------

He means battle, there you are connected to IRC all the time playing elma, (That means you are connected to internet).

btw. /DC good trick you do there, I think I will try it on my to....

- Kopaka [cEp]

MopoGirl · Post by **MopoGirl** » 31 Oct 2002, 17:02

my n00bness has nothing to do with me being a girl!

i do know know what a battle is though, i've participated in some myself. he just saud "play online", and i didn't know he means a battle.

Post by **Abula** » 31 Oct 2002, 17:51

Well I didn't mean battle but playing same time when internet is on. Somehow Elma is lagging when I'm connected. So in Wcup I disconnect, play Elma, do best time, connect, tell to FM my time, disconnet etc. It's annoying. Now I don't have to do it anymore. In battles the tiny lagging isn't that essential.

dz · Post by dz » 31 Oct 2002, 19:44

i have xp and it only lags when i press space. the screen's moving process is laggy. i tried the setting as 120 and saw no changes..

i wonder how the new directx8.2 affects... anyone tried? im not sure if its offical yet though, bumped on some version on some site

Antz · Post by **Antz** » 31 Oct 2002, 19:48

funny. i have xp with no lag [in elma] that i notice. tried the 120 thingie and saw no difference. my xp is -pro, but dunno if it matters..

dz · Post by dz » 31 Oct 2002, 19:53

maybe that's cuz you never tried it with 98..... or did ya?

it's 100% smooth with win9x's, if you just got good enough hardware

MopoGirl · Post by **MopoGirl** » 31 Oct 2002, 19:58

Abula: get ADSL you moron!

Post by **Abula** » 31 Oct 2002, 20:01

RoniMox wrote:Abula: get ADSL you moron! :lol:

Too expensive.

I have XP Pro too. It lags only if I'm connected to internet or listening MP3s. I don't have that good computer so maybe it's that, Celeron 433MHz.

Antz · Post by **Antz** » 31 Oct 2002, 20:34

dz wrote:or did ya?

did. no noticable difference..

abula wrote:too expensive.

still live with parents. they pay =). phone bill got too big so they decided to change to adsl which costs only 50â‚¬/month.

my comp is 1,4GHz yada yada yada.. ( http://moposite.com/mopolauta/viewtopic.php?t=472 )
so maybe it's that.

dz · Post by dz » 31 Oct 2002, 20:51

well i got 1.7 ghz and turnings lag same way than with ~500mhz, and every other hardware settings ive seen

ciph · Post by **ciph** » 1 Nov 2002, 00:01

RoniMox wrote:play online? what do you mean? like, play multiplayer online???

gagagaha

karlis you are right! so much fhuneny!!1 loolol11

RoniMox wrote:Abula: get ADSL you moron!

gagahaha, Roni you are funny this thread

))

I've not noticed any lagging in XP........hmmz

MopoGirl · Post by **MopoGirl** » 1 Nov 2002, 11:50

hm well what's so funny about abula, powerful webmaster (whoops my tongue is going brown), getting adsl?

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 1 Nov 2002, 13:27

there has been much talk about multiplayer elma online, i don't see why u mock roni about this. oh right, we're pretentious computer nerds.

ciph · Post by **ciph** » 1 Nov 2002, 19:34

speak for yourself.

epp · Post by **epp** » 1 Nov 2002, 19:45

dont be ashamed of yourself... its normal to be a nerd. And today, nerds with inet companies earn the big money.

dz · Post by dz » 1 Nov 2002, 19:55

eppeJ wrote:dont be ashamed of yourself... its normal to be a nerd. And today, nerds with inet companies earn the big money.

hÃ¥hÃ¥
lets be nerds ciph, it's worth it!"