On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 11:06:30PM -0500, Daniel 'Doc' Sewell wrote: > Hello again... > > Is it possible to get decent looking 3D graphics on an Ultra 10 with a > Creator3D? I'm running at 1280x1024 & 16 bit color (15 bit?). When I try to > run anything with 3D, it looks awful. It looks like it's trying to display > things in 256 colors, or something. When I try and run llxdoom, it does the > same thing, even though it doesn't require 3D graphics.
The Creator3D card's native depth is 24-bit, though it is something of a hybrid in that you can have 8-bit windows and 24-bit windows on the same display. (The RAMDAC does tricky stuff, and the selection is made per-pixel based on the window ID planes.) So I'd recommend trying setting the depth to something else. It may be that asking the server to display in 15/16 bit mode makes it fall back to 8 bit as a default. That would give the behavior you've seen. The device itself is certainly capable of good quality 3D, though I haven't had the opportunity to use one under Linux. (Only under Solaris, from the boot PROM, and in simulation.) Jon Leonard
