Quote: "is this ever going to compatible with v1.09 and higher???
alright i downgraded to v1.08 now it says im missing mfc71.dll"
It has been mentioned SO often - so please use the board search or read some of the last pages.
Quote: "I tried running a game with the mod on my laptop, I got video card not supported message, but I hit spacebar and continued. It still ran after that. So I guess you can add it to supported video cards. It is an ati mobile x1400. It ran slow but it is a big level. It didn't run any slower than fpsc does without the mod though.
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The CC (Compatibility Check) has 2 parts - one part checks for the capabilities of the graphics card and it displays a warning (e.g. if the shader model version is too low)
And the second part is a fixed list of supported Graphics Cards that deliver enough performance to use efxMod in more or less complex games.
It is or was intended to be a mechanism to stop "efxMod runs too slow on my PII 200 MHz, Riva TNT PC"-Posts
Quote: "Also, my enemies feet were through the ground for some reason."
Did you try to correct that via the FPE?
Quote: "One last thing, I have been testing mods for the fpsc-game.exe video bug where the videos but you put in your game through story zone or other methods crash the game past level 1. Your mod is effected by this bug. Anyone using this mod or it seems any other mod will not be able to play videos in their game past level 1 as they use old source code. I don't know if it's fixable, I don't know anything about coding, but if it is that would be something really cool for mod creators to fix.
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Huh? Thanks, I've never heard of this bug... I'll have to try it for my own...
Quote: "I am still debating on using this mod in my final game when the commercial release comes available. I think the effects are awesome, but the framerate on older machines will hurt sales. I was at one point going to use fpsc x10 for my game, so I guess it will still be much more marketable than if I used that. And I will still have all the cool effects. Oh decisions decisions "
efxMod is intended to run on higher spec machines because usually, the older machines can't manage all the effects.
It's as simple as that: if you can't play HL2 on maximum effects (no AA) at a framerate of 60+, then you can't use efxMod effectively.
efxMod is highly optimized in its effects, but most of the older machines are just to weak for it.
And if you'd use X10, your customers/downloaders would have to use Hardware and Software that can handle that kind of technology.
So for many people it would mean: Buy Vista and a DX10 Graphics Card.
If you'd use FPSC (X9) + efxMod, they those people won't have to buy new hardware or software, assumed they have a mid-range computer or better.
Quote: "to buy high preformance cards like my geforce 8400gs "
8400GS is not a high-end card. The "GS" even symbolises a cheaper version of the card.
The 8400 card is the card at the bottom of the Nvidia Geforce 8 Series - a LOW end card.
Quote: "i would optimize the mod to also run on low end cards,its just my idea
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We can't get more out of hardware that just doesn't deliver enough performance. Sorry.
A 8400GS is one of the most useless cards today.

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