Too slow

[IDman]

I cannot play properly this game beacuse goes to 1 FPS which is impossible because before i was running so good this game and now i can`t play. Any fix for this?

[Phoenix]

I can probably help, but I'll need to know a bit more about your situation. Check your q3config.cfg and let me know the values of these:

com_maxfps
r_renderAPI
r_ignoreGLErrors
r_mode
r_displayrefresh
r_swapinterval
r_lastValidRenderer
r_smp
r_customheight
r_customwidth
r_fullscreen
r_ignorehwgamma
r_finish
r_ignoreFastPath
r_depthbits
r_stencilbits
r_stereo
r_colorbits
r_texturebits
r_allowExtensions
r_gldriver


Also, is this happening at the main menu screen only, or once a game is loaded? Is this happening when playing locally (skirmish), or when playing on a server through the browser (Internet Game)?

[IDman]

I solved that by very patiently disabling the GL extentions in main menu.

[Phoenix]

That makes sense. The extensions string for newer drivers can be longer than the string buffer in Q3A's code. I remember running into that problem before when working on Generations. Glad you got it working!

[1v4n94]

Unfortunately, r_allowExtensions is defaulted to 1, and setting it to 0 requires developer mode being ON.

But, from the menu it appears to be disabled no matter what. I don't have the issue, but it's nice to know a solution was found. Thanks Phoenix for the heads up!

[Phoenix]

You should be able to write an autoexec.cfg with the setting in it:

seta r_allowExtensions "0"

Just create a text file in your baseq3 folder, type that statement in it, and save it as autoexec.cfg. That should force it to 0 before loading anything.

[IDman]

Originally posted by Phoenix:

You should be able to write an autoexec.cfg with the setting in it:

seta r_allowExtensions "0"

Just create a text file in your baseq3 folder, type that statement in it, and save it as autoexec.cfg. That should force it to 0 before loading anything.

Thank you.

[1v4n94]

Thanks for the reply, Phoenix!

[Phoenix]

Always glad to help!