BattleZone gets Directx 9 renderer "Work In Progress"

This is a total overhaul mod/patch that applies over BattleZone 1.4
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BattleZone gets Directx 9 renderer "Work In Progress"

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http://www.bzuniverse.com/forum/index.p ... ,48.0.html

As of 12/21/2009 the testing is going well and i see only a short list of bugs left.
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All I can say, is my hat is off to ALL you guys that are actually REALLY attempting to improve this incredible classic.
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Blunt Force Trauma wrote:All I can say, is my hat is off to ALL you guys that are actually REALLY attempting to improve this incredible classic.
^^ This.
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Working D3D9 renderer has been out for a little while now. Looks great. Check it out.
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I tried out the new exe and the latest one is working great on my machine (Vista64). I'm getting around 150 to 250 FPS in SP missions, the models are attached to the terrain properly and textures are staying put :)

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My only regret is that I didn't start this years ago. :)
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The latest build looks pretty good. The resolution is fabulous but there's a practical limit to keep from squinting too much...

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True. Unfortunately, I don't have a good way to scale the HUD.
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How about scaling chat text?
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Yea, the chat is the worse part. I can see my health and ammo well enough but the chat is tiny and disappears pretty quickly. If that were scaled, the rest could be left alone.

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I'll see what I can do.
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