Microsoft KB Archive/230620

Overseer: How To Improve Game Performace

PSS ID Number: Q230620 Article last modified on 05-21-1999

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 == Tex Murphy: Overseer == 

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This article describes how to improve game performance in Tex Murphy: Overseer.

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To improve game performance in Tex Murphy: Overseer, use the following methods.

Quit Unnecessary Programs
To increase the amount of available system resources, quit all programs that are running before you start Tex Murphy: Overseer.

Change Your Screen Resolution Settings
The Display Mode setting controls the screen size in Tex Murphy: Overseer, and the Window Size setting controls the size of the virtual reality (VR) display area.

  On the Overseer startup screen, click Config.   Click the Preferences tab.   If video clip playback is choppy, click the 800 x 600 option next to Display Mode. NOTE: By default, Display Mode is set to 640 x 480. However, the resolution for video clips in Overseer is 720 x 480. If Display Mode is set to 640 x 480, video clip playback may be choppy because Overseer must resize video clips at the same time it plays them.   If the real-time animation in the VR display area is choppy, click a smaller resolution option next to Window Size. The smallest resolution option for Window Size is 240 x 180. NOTE: If Display Mode is set to 800 x 600 and a small Window Size is selected, the VR display area on the screen may appear very small.   Click OK.   Quit and then restart the program. </li></ol>

Change Your 3D Acceleration Settings

 * 1) On the Overseer startup screen, click Config.
 * 2) On the Preferences tab, click Advanced Preferences.
 * 3) If a Direct3D-enabled AGP video adapter is installed in your computer, click Hardware next to VR Renderer. Otherwise, click Software next to VR Renderer.
 * 4) Click OK.
 * 5) Quit and then restart the program.

For additional information about 3D hardware acceleration in Tex Murphy: Overseer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q230019 Overseer: Support for 3D Hardware Acceleration

Reduce Your 3D Graphics Settings
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  On the Overseer startup screen, click Config. </li>  On the Preferences tab, click Advanced Preferences. </li>  Click to clear the Animated Textures check box. </li>  If VR Renderer is set to Hardware, click to clear the Bilinear Filter and Trilinear Filter check boxes. NOTE: On certain computers, MipMapping may improve VR performance. To enable MipMapping, click to select the MipMap check box. If VR performance decreases, click to clear the MipMap check box. If VR Renderer is set to Software, click Normal or Interlaced next to VR Style. NOTE: Interlaced is the fastest VR Style setting. </li>  Move the Texture Quality slider to a lower setting. NOTE: If you move the Texture Quality slider to a low setting, 3-D objects may become partially transparent. If you move the pointer over the object, the object’s normal texture is restored. To resolve this issue, move the Texture Quality slider to a higher setting. </li>  Click OK. </li>  Quit and then restart the program. </li></ol>

Reduce Your Sound Playback Settings
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  On the Overseer startup screen, click Config. </li>  On the Preferences tab, click Advanced Preferences. </li>  Click to clear the 3D Sound check box. NOTE: Tex Murphy: Overseer uses Intel RSX 3D sound technology to play 3D sound. When you disable this option, Overseer does not use RSX 3D, and sounds in the game are played without 3D effects. </li>  Click to clear the Environmental Looping check box. </li>  Click OK. </li>  Quit and then restart the program. </li></ol>

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