can be done in a directx wrapper / hook, not too diffucult chap, although it can also be done via the dds / config method

You last visited: 14th May 2008 at 13:23, its been that long since i last onto forums :-/ all i ever see is reposts of things posted 2-3 years ago, lfs hasnt changed.

The 4x the performance I mention is contrasting two games like the crysis engine and the unreal engine. Its not exact figures and I am aware they are totally different engines etc but what I am saying is, performance wise opengl will always top out king. The texture mapping I also mentioned is just to say that textures in opengl when rendered IMO look better than that of a directx texture. doom3 / quake4 for example... great coding team behind them, and I love the way the lighting and bump mapping throughout the game sets the scene perfectly and still has a decent frame rate. Ive been running linux for the last 7 years, occasionally popping back to windows to check how bad things are going, after trying the crysis game out I laughed and went straight back. Im anti microsoft and am fully aware of the microsoft conspiracy so im bound to say opengl > dx thats my personal opinion, im not brainwashed into thinking I need a new graphics card every month in order to play "DIRECTX 10 IN ALL ITS LEETNESS!" although I will still continue to code with the directx api as its industry standard. I cant really change that but if I can open other people minds up to the better alternatives out there I might possibly be able to make a difference...
Peace

Im not up to date with the ps3 linux scene atm.... but I know you can install linux onto a ps3, if you can install wine ontop of that its possible to play lfs via your ps3.

As a hobbyist game developer with a large knowledge of the directx sdk. I will regret to inform the people out there who think dx9 = bling are dead wrong. Actually reading posts saying OMGZ LFS SUCKZORZ WE NEED DIRECTX 10 AND VISTA FOR UBER GAMING is very very annoying. I still code my games with dx8.1 because of how easy it is to code with, graphics still look nice, and the frame rate is over double that of me rendering the exact same scene in dx9. Now lfs in opengl NOW that is something which would blow your heads off.. better lighting, 4x the fps and hdr integration is easy too. You get better texture mapping and it can run on nearly every operating system. But this "upgrading" to dx9 would take time which could be time spent on creating new tracks and cars which according to nearly half the posts is what everybody seems to want. When I find some free time ill make a hook to add a few more lighting effects to lfs, just thought id post my 2 cents from somebody who has knowledge in this field and to tell those spoiled brats to stfu and wait... The devs have their money and those who wish to convert to nfs can do so, I will stay with lfs and enjoy my time when im not at work and drive for the fun of playing one of the best sims out....

Peace.

LFS runs fine on single player and when I host my own servers others can play on it fine. I connect to another server at textures load, at the point where it says "waiting for guest info" lfs crashes .... Tried running in different compatability modes etc Ive been running linux for the past 7 years and when trying out xp pro x64.... I get this...

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Amazing bit of programming IMO

The wonder of directx 8, tbh i found making games in directx8 hella easier than directx9 with all its defining and declaring... how i will laugh when directx10 games are in full swing... when ill be on my linux box enjoying opengl and my 500 fps

A big THANK YOU for the cedega fix!!!! Been wanting to play for ages, actully had to use winblows just to play lfs.... time to test out this bad boy

Spent a fair bit of time on this one, Im a big fan of mozilla and the open source world so i decided to advertise
Every single componant was taken into a seperate layer so I can effectivly make some awesome skins within minutes

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/2192/35aq1.jpg

id like to see some truck racing something like below would own especially on the oval!