R_Minigl.dll wha!?

[csmgiw]

Ok, browsing through the wiki, I found a command line called -minigl. So I dicided to check it out, and it told me file R_Minigl.dll not found, and I can't find it on that dll finding site that I used for srb2 riders.... So what is it, why do we not have it, and what is mini gl?

 

[JRose]

They just updated the Wiki not to long ago with that file. So check again

http://srb2wiki.sepwich.com/wiki/Command_Line

Use MiniGL as your renderer. Unfortunately, the file r_minigl.dll, which is required to run this, is not included. It, however, can be found here. You must save this into your SRB2 folder, and you will subsequently be able to play in MiniGL.

 

[xxBeanGirl420xx]

What exactly is MiniGL? I tried it... and there are no noticeable differences between this and OpenGL.

 

[csmgiw]

were you on a desk top?

 

[Sky Ninja]

If there are any differences (visible) they're small. When I opened it's souce code, it was just opengl with an extra area, which only had this code-wise:

// tell r_opengl.cpp to compile for MiniGL Drivers
#define MINI_GL_COMPATIBILITY

// tell r_opengl.cpp to compile for ATI Rage Pro OpenGL driver
//#define ATI_RAGE_PRO_COMPATIBILITY   

#define DRIVER_STRING "HWRAPI Init(): SRB2 MiniGL renderer"

// Include this at end
#include "../r_opengl/r_opengl.c"
#include "../r_opengl/ogl_win.c"

// That's all ;-) 
// Just, be sure to do the right changes in r_opengl.cpp

 

[Callum]

MiniGL is an incomplete set of OpenGL instructions, it was used ages ago when there was no complete OpenGL support on video cards.

 

[Kaysakado]

For me MiniGL is b0rked on my graphics card. It's like having a seizure. :p

 

[Vlad Freeman]

And the is no Trillnear Filtering.

 

[Sik]

I think the main difference between OpenGL and MiniGL (reading the source code, I always use software render :P) is the lack of dynamic lighting. Absolutely all dynamic lighting is removed.

Besides that, I think there aren't big differences between them...