theleo_ua
February 20th, 2011, 03:22
Hi, keeper fans
One of my current goals is to play DK1 with the most pretty graphics, which is possible (i'm using windows XP btw).
I need, for example, opengl-like graphics (direct3d, hq4x or similar)
If you dont know, what is hq4x, please visit this page:
http://www.hiend3d.com/hq4x.html
So - there are next ways to implemend my idea:
1) Direct3d patch
Nice graphics, but nice problems:)
If I trying to run it without shortcut properties - it crashed.
If I trying to run it with shortcut properties "windows 95 compatibility" - it does not crashed, but the game lagged too much.
2) Dosbox with hq3x or 2xsai render
I tried it - the result was a little bit better graphics (in comparison to original), but worse than direct3d patch (and it is not very pleasant to play in dosbox - I prefer ro play from windows directly:) )
3) HQ4x windows driver
Imagine, that there is some software (for example - video driver), which can apply hq4x to ALL your screen (so if you run vanilla DK1 in this case - it will be smoothed with hq4x algorithm).
Does anyone already implemented this? Is it hard to implement this?
4) Remakes
I downloaded keeperFX (I thought it has integrated hq4x algorithm for graphics improvement), but is has the same graphics as original
So - the questions are next:
How I can solve my problems and play DK1 with hq4x-like direct3d\opengl graphics? Which remakes\open source projects are support this and which of them are playable now?
Thanks
One of my current goals is to play DK1 with the most pretty graphics, which is possible (i'm using windows XP btw).
I need, for example, opengl-like graphics (direct3d, hq4x or similar)
If you dont know, what is hq4x, please visit this page:
http://www.hiend3d.com/hq4x.html
So - there are next ways to implemend my idea:
1) Direct3d patch
Nice graphics, but nice problems:)
If I trying to run it without shortcut properties - it crashed.
If I trying to run it with shortcut properties "windows 95 compatibility" - it does not crashed, but the game lagged too much.
2) Dosbox with hq3x or 2xsai render
I tried it - the result was a little bit better graphics (in comparison to original), but worse than direct3d patch (and it is not very pleasant to play in dosbox - I prefer ro play from windows directly:) )
3) HQ4x windows driver
Imagine, that there is some software (for example - video driver), which can apply hq4x to ALL your screen (so if you run vanilla DK1 in this case - it will be smoothed with hq4x algorithm).
Does anyone already implemented this? Is it hard to implement this?
4) Remakes
I downloaded keeperFX (I thought it has integrated hq4x algorithm for graphics improvement), but is has the same graphics as original
So - the questions are next:
How I can solve my problems and play DK1 with hq4x-like direct3d\opengl graphics? Which remakes\open source projects are support this and which of them are playable now?
Thanks