Parhelia and OpenGL 1.4 Support

[moreau]

So... from my searches here and at the Matrox.com forums, I've gathered that the current Parhelia drivers do not support OpenGL 1.4 extensions.

It's not a huge deal, per se, except if you want to play Knights of the Old Republic (which I do).

Any word on if or when the drivers will be updated?

CEM

[Kruzin]

KotOR does not require OGL 1.4
There are bugs in the game, but others have been able to play the game on Parhelia by tweaking some settings:

http://forum.matrox.com/mga/viewtopic.php?t=6481

[moreau]

Thanks Kruzin.

Perhaps I misread the system check utility that came with the game. It indicates that for OpenGL i've got a red 1.3. I assumed this meant that I had OpenGL 1.3 and that was inadequate. I'll look at the utility again this afternoon when I get home.

I was aware that people have had workarounds, but I assume this is related to the system checks that my system doesn't pass. I was just hoping for an appropriate fix, so that I could play without so much fuss.

Anywho... as I said, this isn't urgent, nor am I too worked up about it. I'll get into the workarounds when I get a spare moment and see what performance is like.

CEM

[Delany]

moreau,

I've played through KOTOR a number of times using a Parhelia.

If you follow the workarounds (Disabling the movies as they are the major issue) and disable the grass, the performance is more than adequate.

Plus, it's a pretty cool game


Phill...

[moreau]

The movies don't add anything?

[Delany]

From what i can gather, they are a fairly integral part of the storyline.
You should be able to follow it without too much trouble without them though.
I think the link to the Official Matrox Forums posting mentions that the BIF files can be played on a player of some sort you can get from the RAD GAMES TOOLS website, this should allow you to watch the movies out of game.

[moreau]

Sounds like a bit of messing around to play a popular game.

So I'll restate my question, are there any plans to make the drivers compatible with KotOR?

[Faramir1966]

Yes.....tech support is looking into it.
But as alway they cant tell you if the problem will be fixed with the next driver update.