Here's a silly question

[Shadow Hog]

Why is it that trilinear filtering is faster in high resolutions than bilinear filtering is? I'd have thought trilinear was more processor-intensive...

Only figured this out recently with my new monitor, but still.

 

[Shuffle]

I'm not sure, but I've noticed it, too.
Maybe rendering blurred textures in the distance requires less work than crisply rendering textures in he distance? Just a shot in the dark.

 

[SSNTails]

Actually, there is no such thing as 'trilinear filtering', in SRB2 or any other game.

It's slang for "Bilinear w/ Mipmaps"

Mipmaps are pre-resized versions of a texture. Then, depending on how far the polygon is from the view, it decides which size texture to use. This is to increase rendering speed, as resizing a texture closer to the size it is going to be requires a whole lot less memory bandwidth.

What does this mean???

It means Trilinear is actually a lower image quality than Bilinear.

Oh horror of horrors.

Just like score in golf, higher numbers isn't always better.

Now shut up about trilinear being so much better. That's why the floor turns into a friggin' solid shade of green when it gets a certain distance from the viewpoint. Yeah, As I look out across my lawn, it becomes a solid shade of green, too.

 

[Shadow Hog]

I think the flat shade of green's a lot better on the eyes than the endless Moiré patterns, myself. Sooo... no. I won't.

 

[SSNTails]

moire patterns = your level design sucks

 

[Shuffle]

In that case, so does MKB1's

 

[SSNTails]

Agreed :)