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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Will a Dark Basic Pro game run on a PC that does not support shader model 2.0 ?

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Juggernaut
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2012 23:51
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Hello,

What happens when a Dark Basic Pro game is run on an old machine ( hardware ) that does not support a minimum of shader model 2.0 ?

Will the game run with the shaders disabled or will it stop running or crash in the middle when the shaders are put into effect ?

Thanks,
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Fallout
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2012 23:58
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I don't know if it'll crash or not. I think the load effect command will simply fail, but commands like GET MAXIMUM PIXEL SHADER VALUE() will allow you to determine if 2 is supported and then act accordingly.

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Sergey K
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2012 00:01 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2012 00:03
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it wont crush.. it just wont rander the shader. thats all. (tested)
as long you will have directx 9.0c Of course..

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Juggernaut
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@Fallout: Thank you for pointing me to the required function to check for availability of shader models - it is surely one way of doing it.

@Sergey K: Thank you for the confirmation.
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