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feldon34 · 03-18-2003, 10:41 PM

Does your display card/monitor have a longer negotiation about which mode/resolution/refresh to operate in with Marine Aquarium 2?

If so, we need to hear about it!

Reichart and I had a lengthy conversation about WHY this happens. SS Aquarium 99D up through early builds of MA2 have had a "rigged" way of getting into and out of the Aquarium as quickly as possible without a large number of compatibility problems.

Starting with Marine Aquarium 2.0, this "rigging" has been removed. Already, we are seeing several reports of DirectX negotiation taking 5-10 seconds and in my case, my monitor clicks thirteen times before the Aquarium comes on.

If this happens to you please vote in this topic!

I have been assured that a future version of the Aquarium will detect and "learn" what video card you have so that it can use either the "rigged" or "standard" method of negotiating.

03-18-2003, 10:41 PM	#1
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	SS Marine Aquarium 2.0 ~ monitor 'clicking' Does your display card/monitor have a longer *negotiation* about which mode/resolution/refresh to operate in with Marine Aquarium 2? If so, we need to hear about it! Reichart and I had a lengthy conversation about WHY this happens. SS Aquarium 99D up through early builds of MA2 have had a "rigged" way of getting into and out of the Aquarium as quickly as possible without a large number of compatibility problems. Starting with Marine Aquarium 2.0, this "rigging" has been removed. Already, we are seeing several reports of DirectX negotiation taking 5-10 seconds and in my case, my monitor clicks thirteen times before the Aquarium comes on. If this happens to you please vote in this topic! I have been assured that a future version of the Aquarium will detect and "learn" what video card you have so that it can use either the "rigged" or "standard" method of negotiating. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman