Gefore 8800 GT compatability

[cable1975]

I used to own the Geforce 6800 GT series video card and no problems with shaders working in Jedi Academy. In fact Jedi Academy looked amazing for as dated as the engine is. Now with my 8800 GT card I am having issues with shaders not working properly on several models. It seems to have something to do with reflective shaders and glowing shaders on characters I have in my base folder. I am guessing it has something to do with the new architecture in the video card is not supporting the old OpenGL format. If anyone knows a fix or how to rewrite the shader files then let me know. I am considering going back and updating all of my old work so that it works with new system setups.

[Tricorder]

Try disableing Dynamic Glow in Video Options. GeForce 8 series can't handle it well, so some problems are bound to pop up.

[MaceCrusherMadunusus]

Yes, that is the temporary fix for the issue. However, you need to get the most recent drivers for your 8800 as well as a small patch for Windows

GeForce Release 178 (Drivers)

Sorry, I don't know where the windows patch thingy is... Ill see if I can find that later for ya.

8000 series are the only ones with this issue in JKA. In 9000 series and 200 series it has been fixed. (I have GTX 280 so I know for sure)

[SiLink]

I have the 8800 GTS and dynamic glow isn't an issue for me, I suggest doing what Mace said.

[cable1975]

Thanks for the info. I didn't think I was alone on this issue. It was a real pain when I reinstalled JA and restored my base folder to it's prior state to find out I had a bunch of missing textures due to shaders not rendering properly. Everything was firing perfectly with my 6800 GT and I could not imagine the 8800 messing this up but oh well.

[cable1975]

I just wanted to say thanks for the help with this issue. I still can't say that my 8800 JKA experience will be error free but I found out which file was giving me most of my trouble. My force_recon

Force Recon (Original Concept), Jedi Knight 3 Downloads, Jedi Knight 3 Others

was the culprit. It worked on the old 6800 GT but it must have something to do with the way I used shaders on that particular skin that is causing problems with the 8800 GT to render properly. Now everything is working of mine but the one file. Maybe someone else could test that file out and see if it works properly with other setups.

Anyway, thanks again.

[Tricorder]

I can test that file for you, if you wish. Do you have MSN? If not, PM me for my Xfire.