IRC log for #bzflag on 20111130

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06:44.02apemanhow come bz_setMaxWaitTime was removed? Any alternative?
07:02.32allejoYes. bz_setMaxWaitTime was replaced with the "MaxWaitTime" variable
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20:52.18_YI_I have a question....
20:53.17_YI_Has Anyone had a problem with bzflag 2.4(on Windows XP) that when i minimize it or select another program it crashes??
20:55.55JeffM_YI_, probably your video driver
20:56.17_YI_so do you think reloading it would fix it?
20:56.28JeffMreloading what?
20:56.39_YI_the driver
20:56.46JeffMthe same driver, probalby not
20:56.54JeffMis there an updated one?
20:57.34_YI_dunno..ill check
20:57.41JeffMwhat card do you have?
20:58.42_YI_I got a ATI something or other
20:58.53JeffMyou will need to find out exactly what it is
20:59.10_YI_yeah im trying
20:59.26JeffMis it a deskop or laptop?
21:00.38_YI_laptop
21:00.48JeffMyou may be limited then
21:00.54JeffMwhat model/make?
21:01.06_YI_IBM Thinkpad T43
21:01.12_YI_kinda old
21:01.33JeffMwell XP is an old OS, driver support is limited for it these days
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21:03.23_YI_i found the ATI model
21:06.56_YI_i Am downloading it now...it will take bout 20 minutes
21:07.49JeffMthat's ether a huge driver or slow internet
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21:23.15blast007_YI_: when do you minimize it?  is it while you are connecting to a server?
21:24.33blast007because that does cause it to crash, and it won't be a driver issue
21:25.03blast007if you're already joined to the server and had been playing and then minize, that would be different
21:27.30_YI_no blast
21:27.44_YI_It is any time the bzflag client is running
21:27.49blast007k
21:28.02blast007then yeah, see if the driver helps
21:35.09_YI_well online it said it was the right driver but when i was setting it up...it said it wasnt
21:35.23blast007welcome to laptop graphics chipsets :P
21:35.34_YI_haha yeah....
21:35.49blast007did you check what version is available from IBM directly for your speciifc system?
21:37.23_YI_what is weird though is on another user on the computer....it doesn't always crash when i minimize it...only about 25% of the time
21:37.44_YI_check directly?? like of the internet??
21:38.44blast007check, like, on their site
21:38.53blast007probably through Lenovo's support site
21:39.24blast007http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS013699
21:39.49blast007compare the version there with what you have installed
21:40.42_YI_ok
21:40.46blast007many times the graphics drivers for a laptop are customized, so you can't just use a driver from ATI/nVidia/Intel directly - at least not without manually installing the driver, and possibly losing some functionality
21:41.27blast007they may, for instance, tweak the driver to handle switching from the internal display to the external display when you press Fn+F6
21:42.42_YI_ok....so i have 6.14 installed...the new one you found (Thanks) is 8.14
21:42.55_YI_*8.59
21:50.29JeffMlenovo's can be wierd, some of them have 2 graphics system, integrated and descrete and you can swap between them
21:51.03_YI_Well my computer is IBM they switched the thinkpads to lenovo i think after the next model
21:51.33JeffMalso XP is super old, we don't do any testing to ensure that bz works on XP
21:51.44JeffMwe are using the last compiler that expressly supports it
21:52.05_YI_wow....now i feel like im a caveman. :P
21:52.15JeffMXP is nearly 10 years old
21:52.23JeffMeven MS has desuported it for most things
21:52.53_YI_Well if you ever want bzflag tested on XP just ask me.
21:52.57JeffMthe next version of what we make here at work won't even support XP
21:53.06JeffMwe won't spend any time fixing XP specific bugs
21:53.07_YI_uh oh
21:53.35JeffMjust like we don't spend any time worrying about IRIX support anymore
21:53.38_YI_When is bzflag 3 comming out...or is t unknown
21:53.45JeffMit is never known
21:54.03JeffMat present I doubt that there will be another major release
21:54.14_YI_not enough players?
21:54.23JeffMplayers don't write code
21:54.28JeffMso they have nothing to do with it
21:54.38JeffMnot enough interest by developers it seems
21:55.02_YI_hmm....Well i would like to help but i dont know any code languages
21:57.49_YI_Are all of the people on the right really online?? cause i havent seen them playing for years
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22:00.47_YI_I have to restart my computer so ill be gone for a bit.
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22:08.11_YI_Well! it works perfectly! Thanks so much JeffM and Blast007....You made my day :P
22:24.21blast007cool :)  simple fixes are the best
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22:34.56_YI_actually
22:35.30_YI_there is a problem...
22:36.15_YI_When i play(i even went to the lowest graphics possible) it jerks around like it could even project very low graphics
22:39.47_YI_gah...computers are annoying
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22:55.30JeffMtry setting it to high
22:55.34JeffMmodern cards hate low
22:58.13_YI_Nah that makes it really bad....you think it could be the video format on bzflag?
22:58.21JeffMno
22:58.31JeffMset it to high and turn off blending and smoothing
22:58.37JeffMATI cards can be wierd
22:58.51JeffMour "high" isn't that high
22:58.56JeffMit was high in 1995
23:00.31_YI_hmm...that doesnt work either...
23:01.04_YI_Sounds like i need to just reload a newer version of windows
23:06.56_YI_i tested all of the graphic qualities...and i found a combination that was good
23:13.25_YI_I found out what was wrong
23:13.35_YI_the Energy saver cannot be off
23:13.41_YI_Weird but whatever
23:49.43JeffMthe energy saver is a frame rate limiter
23:49.54JeffMso when it's on it'll limit you to 30 fps
23:53.12blast007if it gets "jerky" when the energy saver is turned off, you might just be overheating :P
23:53.30blast007also ensure that you're running on AC power, not the battery

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