To all you folks out there who want to run Decal and at the same time are really bothered by the skybox bug, I have created a workaround. What this is is a patched version of Decal's inject.dll that forces AC to use software vertex processing in DirectX. While this 'solves' the skybox bug, it also will decrease framerates by a bit. It should also be noted that this workaround only works if you run AC with Decal. If you do not, check the big skybox bug thread for a non-Decal method of forcing software vertex processing (it was posted awhile back).

***** If you are not getting the skybox bug, DO NOT INSTALL THIS. All you will get is lower framerates. *****

The zip can be found on my site's plugins page.

To install, just extract the zip file to your Decal directory. "Decal Inject Gateway Service" will show up as version 2.9.6.1 instead of 2.9.6.0.

 

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you'd best run and hide, otherwise wubbie will be stalking you till hell freezes over if you've fixed his cloud issue without a major hit to framerate/lag.

 

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Yeah, I know, I probably ruined Wubbie's main reason for staying in AC...shame.

 

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Excellent news! Good work

VI - I lubs you... now hold still while I get the rifle aimed
If you haven't already can I post this in the thread over on Turbine Boards?
How much is the drop in framerate?
Comparable to the drop from 3DAnalyze?
Thank you very very much for taking the time and effort to craft this, you have made many people happy.

agnari - its not my cloud issue, I don't have a bugged card
And Turbine will still screw up enough to keep me happily beating on Frelorn for a long time.

 

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Wubbie - I tested this in all sorts of places, the most I ever saw as a difference was about 15, and did not notice any additional lag. Since I'm on dialup, I notice anything causing more lag immediately, so this was a nice plus (for me anyway!!). It works beautifully

 

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was just joking with VI about it as the fix would turn you into a moon struck stalker.


not your bug? you sure pasted Turbine over it for a long time. Remember back when I use to slam you for your bias, You know turbine's bug, turbine not fixing it ect. I protested your not slamming the vid card/software driver side equally. Once you slammed both I stopped my ranting.


now the funny part it turns out it wasn't turbine but the card/driver side at fault (a total miracle of luck on my part).


anyway glad a fix is now available.

 

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Thanks for this VI. Tested it out last night and so far so good.

 

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Your connection speed is irrelevant here, it's graphic lag not network lag that you'll get. Personally, I found it literally halves my framerate, and made the impact of having a decal window open too slow to tolerate, so I uninstalled it; I'd rather put up with the flicker than a fps of 4-5. I expect not every system would be affected that badly though, but for mine it's just not worth it.

Thorfinn_Sigurdssen - I'm sorry its not working very well for you, with luck there might finally be a real solution from Turbine/Nvidia on the horizon. But the good side is we have another option for the players.

Every solution we have so far has its own drawbacks.
- Buy a new card from Series 6/7 or an ATI
- Adjust camera view/text lines every time you login
- 3dAnalyze but no Decal/Vista.
- VI's new inject.dll - lowered framerate.

Everytime we move forward we get a little better, give us time at this rate some might just end up rewriting the engine


wubbie

 

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