Lovaduck

I am considering buying a laptop with the latest version of the very basic Intel GMA graphics, they now offer more support for graphics and maybe Lock On could run on it. Has anybody tried Lock0j on a laptop with this graphics processor? Thanks! Lord Lovaduck.

DirectX is installed and functional, version is 9.0c. The point is even if it is, there might be functions required by Lomac that this Intel chipset doesn't support, I just ran DXdiag to find out what was there, and one piece of function is not present, it is AGP texture acceleration. So that might be it. I don't know. Here's output from DXdiag giving some information about the chipset capabilities. The laptop is brand new, so no overheating problems there. And unfortunately there is no way to change graphics cards here, I have to change the whole laptop for another one, a very expensive proposition. The video chipset has 128MB of memory available, there is no way to add more. Now, this is a bug forum, I am surprised all responses are from other users, no apparent developers involvement? Just coasting does not bring money into the house, there needs to be some action on the frontlines to keep this campaign moving forward. :mad: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 9/16/2006, 11:15:47 Machine name: S4074 Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp.050928-1517) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA System Model: Satellite A105 BIOS: BIOS Version 1.90 Processor: Genuine Intel® CPU T2050 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 758MB RAM Page File: 310MB used, 1161MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) DX Setup Parameters: Not found DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: No problems found. DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found. -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a) DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a) DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a) DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel® Calistoga Graphics Controller DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A2&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_03 Display Memory: 128.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Default Monitor Monitor Max Res: Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4436 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 11/28/2005 02:12:08, 36990 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys Mini VDD Date: 11/28/2005 02:20:20, 1353820 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-64E2-11CF-9D63-1ADFA2C2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x27A2 SubSys ID: 0xFF101179 Revision ID: 0x0003 Revision ID: 0x0003 Video Accel: Deinterlace Caps: n/a Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Not Available :( (maybe this is it!) DDraw Test Result: All tests were successful. D3D7 Test Result: All tests were successful. D3D8 Test Result: All tests were successful. D3D9 Test Result: All tests were successful.

There is no way to overclock the graphics chipset on this laptop, maybe there is on some high end laptops. This happens without any task switching involved, as soon as you start the simulation the problem is there. Thanks for your comments!

I tried, no luck. Repeated the task switching several times. I did it both on fullscreen and windowed mode.

I have a Toshiba A105-S4074 with this chipset (which is fairly common), giving an average quality graphics support. Supposedly Open GL is supported. But I have not had good luck getting it to work with Lomac 1.12. I started with Lomac 1.0, horrible results, then upgraded to FC, which resulted in an improvement, and then added the patch to 1.12 (no change there). I don't care if it is a bit slow, I just want to be able to play while on the road. Here are some captures from the Mig-29 Airshow replay. Any comments? Is there anything I can do? Change some settings using the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator for Mobile Driver is possible, although there are not many options available unfortunately.