Problem with directx 9b (I think)

[Asfarkus]

Hi, this is my problem:

I used to play paper mario perfectly with Rice Daedalus 1.0d. Then I read in the forum rules that it was best to upgrade Directx and your video drivers. So I downloaded Directx 9.0b and the last Nvidia Geforce 4 MX 440 drivers. And when I played it, the grafics were all messed up. Can someone tell me what I did wrong? or what to do to fix it? Thanks. Look at the attachment...

 

[Legend]

I've got your answer. If you just got the new forceware 52.16 drivers for your card then that's your problem. you can try to use middle or low-end textures BUT since I have the SAME card I recommend you use Glide 0.5 + evoodoo 4.0.21 for paper Mario-I think it's the best choice for these drivers.

 

[Steveman610]

Remember when you're using glide64 remember to turn on buffer swap mode to "hybrid"

 

[Asfarkus]

Thank you very much, so what you are saying is that I won't be able to use rice's plugin agian?

 

[Trotterwatch]

In Rices plugin try messing around with the combiner/blender modes. And ensure you are using the correct combiner, High end (or Geforce) not sure which one is the best for a 4MX.

 

[Asfarkus]

Thank you all very much for your help. At least I don't see the grafics messed up now. I played perfectly papar mario before with the rice plugins and now after I updated, things are not the same. For example: sometimes when you were in a cave, mario turned all black, which was O.K. with me, but now I can't even see mario. And when I use the hammer, a multi color square apears instead the hammer. Things worked better before the update. Is there something else I can do?

 

[Trotterwatch]

Did you read my post above?

 

[Asfarkus]

Yes I did, and as i said, There is an hugh improvment in the grafics but there are still lots of bugs I didn't have before... ie: Toad town's floor is all black.

 

[karth95]

Yep, I have the same issue, after I moved to the 45.23 drivers. The previous version, 42.whatever it was, was much better. downgrade drivers, or deal.

 

[Trotterwatch]

May be worth checking 3D Analyze out and forcing SW T&L... you never know it may just work I'm on 44.03 on a Geforce 3 at the moment and I need to use that in conjuction with the high end combiner otherwise the graphics are rubbish on Rices plugin.

Edit:// This isn't always the case, a lot of games work perfectly without 3D Analyze.