morrowind/ vertex shaders bypass needed.

[dr_jones]

just gone from desktop with gf4 ti4440 to a laptop with gf4 440 go.... i now therfore have a machine without full direct x 8 + hardware support ergo morrowind doesn't look as good as it used to.. My question... can i ''trick'' morrowind into turning on advanced direct x8 fetaures using software instead of the...missing... hardware..


maybe the morrowind.ini file might help but i have scanned it quite thouroughly..

[jaeger]

Emulating a hardware feature in software is exceedingly slow when it can be done. I know of no way to do what you are asking but I pretty sure you wouldnt like the results.

[dr_jones]

it might slow things down a little(lot) but its not a problem..
ive got enough power to do a half decent job of it... p4 1800, 256meg ram(soon to be 768)ddr2100 fastish harddrive for a laptop 5400 rpm ibm...60gig...


so you know of one way..... continue if you pleasse..

[Radical Dreamer]

Sorry to say it dude, but yer SOL...

[dr_jones]

what is SOL??????

[Radical Dreamer]

Sh!T outta luck

[shiby434]

go to microsoft.com/directx and unisall your old one and reinstall this newer one

[dr_jones]

ive found the soloution bought a radeon mobility 9000 ))

hardware support here we come.....

Lets hope i dont f@@k up my laptop installing it..ha

[dr_jones]

...oh and install the newer one.. what???????

i am refering to the last reply in this thread.... the one about going to microsoft.com/??????

[jaeger]

For the love of god man, don't do anything with your laptop mobo if you aren't going a card route. Onboard video chips cannot be swapped out. You could be on the fast track to having a voided warranty and a paperweight.

[GokuSS2]

I am guessing you have a Dell Inspiron 8100 because those are the only laptops I know of that it is possible to swap Video Cards.

http://www.geocities.com/goku_cloud/Inspiron.htm

[jaeger]

Originally posted by GokuSS2
I am guessing you have a Dell Inspiron 8100 because those are the only laptops I know of that it is possible to swap Video Cards.

http://www.geocities.com/goku_cloud/Inspiron.htm

I'm hoping and suspecting you're right here, but I've seen much stupid crap done with a soldering iron and ignorance.

[dr_jones]

ive got an inspiron 8200 which as far as a can discern can take either a geforce 4mx440 or a radeon 9000.(mx460 to follow) i think too that the radeon 7500 and the geforce 2go will fit..i dont know aboujt the quadro 4 go or what ever its called excatly
the inspiron 8100 's motherboard can also be fitted with a new graphics card. they're tiny little things.

I've just swapped the gf4 in my own laptop for a radeon mobility 9000). which has now solved the problem with morrowind

[dr_jones]

... oh and i can use a soldering iron.. :

[dr_jones]

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