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Title: how to activate vertex lightning ?
Post by: hada on April 11, 2013, 09:57:50 PM
i did some reading today and i understand this is a precaution for cheats or something... when i'm playing in corkscrew i can use vertex but main game not permitting it. i tried devmap and the result doesn't changed. my fps rate loses it's head & shoulders without it. is there any solution that i don't know ? console commands or something ? (i'm not playing online)


Title: Re: how to activate vertex lightning ?
Post by: Gig on April 12, 2013, 12:59:04 AM
OA 0.8.5 intruduced "videoflags" server-side variable, to prevent users from changing some graphic options to impractical or unfair values, and this includes vertex lighting. If you are playing locally, you can change your videoflags value and then set vertex lighting.
Vertex mode always works in CorkScrew because videoflags did not exist at the time of Q3, and CorkScrew is based upon Q3 game logic.

For more infos:
(DO NOT LINK) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Manual/Graphic_options#Lighting
(DO NOT LINK) h t t p s : / / openarena . wikia . com/wiki/Special_game_options#Videoflags


Title: Re: how to activate vertex lightning ?
Post by: hada on April 12, 2013, 02:58:21 AM
wow thank you very much. i read dmflags section 3 times but didn't saw it. this thing doubles the fps rate on very weak computers. i think the game should give a warning about this