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Video Card and Fonts

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I got a new video card named ATT Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB. 8) But Combat Flight Simulator 1 and 2 Freespace I and II, thier Main Menu and HUD fonts are ugly, I can't read there! I tried fix it, but nothing! :x

Please, help me. I know u can't read my bad english. I don't want to take my games away, until fonts fixed then I'll play them again.

I don't want to u feelin' jealous about my new video card.

Thanks, adults.
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Post by Krom »

Disable any anti-aliasing in the driver and see if it helps.
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Post by Glowhyena »

I turned anti-aliasing off.

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Now I can read them! Fonts are no more ugly! I can play them again! :D

Thank of a lot!!! :wink:

Anti-Aliasing is suck!:P
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Post by Top Gun »

Is this the original FS2 or the Source Code Project? If it's the latter, then make sure you're running in OpenGL. There should be a command-line option in the Launcher to \"fix OpenGL font distortion;\" make sure that's turned on.
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I have DirectX 9.0 too.
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Post by Glowhyena »

Freespace 2 is fill screen at 1024x768. :D But Freespace is not fill, it is at 640x480. I think that is old game can't be fill screen at 1024x768. Right? It's ok to play. :) So can u help about FS again?
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