[Coco] Re: I need MESS help

[Roger Taylor]

At 09:46 AM 11/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>If you are getting "video artifacts" that you don't like, try turning off
>"stretch using hardware" in the DirectDraw panel.

I think that would slow the system down even more.  I love any features 
that use hardware to accelerate audio, video, or memory transfers.  The 
Direct.. modes are very hard to beat, not only in M.E.S.S., but in anything 
that uses such a direct and fast method of rendering video.  This is why I 
find it hard to use OpenGL, because it's much slower.

My LCD monitor works with DirectX somehow, as well.  And my video card 
connected to this monitor is definately DirectX-capable.  All of this 
combined gives me the capability to do things such as having 8 DVD-quality 
movies running at the same time on the screen, or moving large windows 
around smoothly and instantly.  My 2nd monitor on my left is a Gateway tube 
connected to my less-capable video card, so things moved over to that 
screen run sluggish.  You can sometimes see things being drawn, etc.





>Roger Taylor wrote:
> >
> ><snip>
> > For now, anyway.  The problem I had when trying out the Direct3D mode was
> > that the CoCo's video appeared to be textured, or composed of tiny
> > circles.  I don't think the Direct3D mode is meant to help 2-D systems.
> >
> ><snip>
>
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