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Annoying Graphics Problem
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:22 am
by Dakira
First of all, i'd like to say Hi to everyone, im the new guy. 
Now here's my question, ive recently installed Fallout 2, after hearing alot about it, and i can play it just fine, havent encountered any bugs.. yet.
But the thing that keeps bugging me is the graphics, they SUCK in comparison to the screenshots i find on multiple websites, for example, when i get to the crash site the shadow of plane is nothing more than a bunch of black pixels, same goes for... everything! Everything is ''pixelly''... textures, characters text EVERYTHING :speech:
Is there a solution for this? ive searched my ass off on google, NMA and more but i just cant find out what is causing this?
pc specs:
Pentium 3,4 Ghz
2048 MB RAM memory
Ati Radeon x700 PRO - 256MB vid memory with the latest catalyst driver
Service pack 1
Fallout 2 v1.2
PS: I will send the person that helps me fix this problem a pink sugar coated baby duck.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:51 am
by Mr. Pastorius
First of all, welcome to the forum
About the graphics... Fallout 2 is quite an old game (released in 1998.) with, for today's standards, very bad graphics. Its resolution is fixed at 640x480 with 256 colours, so if you're playing it on a large display, it'll most probably look "pixelly". I'm not saying that everything's fine with your graphics, but a screenshot would be very helpful in situations like this
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:17 pm
by Dakira
Thanks for the welcome
And yeah i realise that Fallout 2 is old but ive been comparing my graphics with other Fallout 2 screenies and mine look alot worse.
I tried to make a screenshot but im not sure if the Prnt scrn button method worked, i also tried to make a screenshot of my desktop, but that went wrong aswell, ill try again but afraid i wont get far.
I also tried the 256 color - 640x480 modes but that didnt work either
Isnt there somesort of patch or fix for this?
Thanks in advance.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:02 pm
by Andrey
I dont think theres patch to increase graphic quality
To take screenshots, press F12 or F10 not sure.. it should then be created in your Fallout folder.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:30 pm
by Dakira
Ah i see, thanks
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:16 pm
by Dakira
Meh, Screenies come out as 640x480. Guess its the fact that my monitor is set to a 1024x768 ratio. Shame i cant enable a 640x480 ratio
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I guess thats why all other screenshots looked so good while ingame the graphics sucked.
Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 6:17 pm
by Da_venom
the grpahics ain't that bad
but there is just hardly any 3d in it
like most games have now
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:38 am
by kamilos-55
Dakira if you run game, monitor automatically change resolution to 640x480 so screenshots will be in this res. Quality of grafics only depends on largeness of Your monitor. If You use 17" or highest then image will be worse.
You must run game on 15" monitor or search for some program to run game in 800x600, but I don't know if it exists
Pleas put screenshot in post for compare.
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:48 pm
by Andrey
I play on 15'' so the graphics is cool.
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 11:28 pm
by Kipi
I also play with 17" screen, and the difference is quite big when you compare to the screen of my laptop. So, It's quite sure your problem is too big screen for the game...
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:18 am
by kamilos-55
[QUOTE=Andrey]I play on 15'' so the graphics is cool.[/QUOTE]
I play on 14" and graf is verry cool
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 3:22 am
by Andrey
lol, you win
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 4:22 am
by Kipi
[QUOTE=kamilos-55]I play on 14" and graf is verry cool
[/QUOTE]
Amateurs....
My old comp's screen is something like 12"...
Though I haven't played Fallout 2 with it... :laugh:
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 8:35 am
by Mr. Pastorius
I USED TO play on a 13'', but I've switched to a 17'', so I'm out
BTW, there is no such tool that can increase the resolution, because Fallout's engine does not allow that. It's fixed at 640x480@8bit. IMO it's actually better to play on larger displays because it makes the targeting easier...
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 1:19 pm
by Kipi
[QUOTE=Mr. Pastorius]I USED TO play on a 13'', but I've switched to a 17'', so I'm out
BTW, there is no such tool that can increase the resolution, because Fallout's engine does not allow that. It's fixed at 640x480@8bit. IMO it's actually better to play on larger displays because it makes the targeting easier...[/QUOTE]
That's true, but it also make the game look horrible... especially during dawn and dusk...
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:32 am
by Masa
Ha! I have a 19" and I still think it looks pretty good, but hey I'm more in to the old school games.
First play some dungeon master and after that tell me fallout 2 looks bad
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 7:29 am
by Andrey
Small monitors rule!
and lol for 12''. i wouldnt be able to see anything on it.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:04 am
by kamilos-55
yeah 12" .... maybe to small... for me Fallout is great on every screens
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:01 pm
by Woozaii
[QUOTE=kamilos-55]yeah 12" .... maybe to small... for me Fallout is great on every screens
[/QUOTE]
Hear hear!