Any one have a thought as to why if I increase my "texture mem size" > 8192MB I begin to get a freezing of the game video. See my rig posting in this forum. The greater the size, the more choppy the game.

I don't know why increasing the 'Texture mem size' makes the game video freeze, as far as I know the dgVoodoo settings only apply to the game once you actually enter a mission - in the 3DFX-accelerated 3D world. The LB2 intro video, though, if that's what you're talking about, is known to be choppy 3/4 the way through on today's computers. This is likely just a Bink video driver incompatibility.

Besides, if you've got 8Gb of video memory, why are you even playing a game from 1997!? You should be running real Longbow simulations for the Army!

You don't need to have more video memory than needed selected in dgVoodoo in LB2 anyhow, as it's probably better to limit what the game has so as to try and slow it down a bit! Don't worry about the video, just set dgVoodoo so the game runs smooth.

I assume by VIDEO you mean gameplay in the 3D world..

I have mine set at 16384 in DGVoodoo and it is generally smooth. Lately, I have noticed occasional stutters but very occasional and not particularly distracting. If you are indeed talking about the VIDEO INTRO, well, I have that turned off so I wouldn't notice. I will, however try dialing this parameter down to see if my occasional stutters disappear.


@Flyboy: Dude... that is 16384 K not M... anyone who doesn't have 16 MB of physical RAM these days is, er. far more retro than even I am!

............oh this was the Flyboy trademark Sarcasm at work, right? yeah I guess the original post did say 8192 MB.

You got it. Like my keen eye for detail? I noticed he said MB and not KB, so I thought I'd exploit that.

Well spotted for me well spotting!

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on an AMD Athlon X2 64 with an ATI Radeon HD 4500.

Here are my dgVoodoo settings:



and here are some ingame screenshots:

http://longbow2.imgur.com/janes_longbow_2

Nice!

@GASKIN,

Thanks for your posting and DgVoodoo settings pic.
Glad to see the old girl still being run and in the Win7 and 64-bit world.
Tried your hand at multiplayer off that rig yet?

AV8R