Comments on: Using GLSL does not mean changing the system requirements! https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/ Developer resources for the X-Plane flight simulator Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:54:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Benjamin Supnik https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/#comment-1414 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=526#comment-1414 Hi Nicola,

Once you install the OMEGA driver, run X-Plane….if it says in the log file GLSL_avail=1 then you have GLSL. If it doesn’t crash or go haywire, then you know GLSL works, more or less. 🙂

]]> By: Nicola Altafini https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/#comment-1415 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:28:00 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=526#comment-1415 ok i want to try omegadriver anyway and see what happen
there is a way to check if the GLSL sistem is working on the driver?

]]> By: Benjamin Supnik https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/#comment-1416 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=526#comment-1416 Hi Nicola,

I don’t know. But generally:
– If those drivers work with X-Plane 840 and do not support GLSL, they wil work with 860.
– If those drivers do not work with 840, they surely won’t work with 860.
– If those drivers work with 840 and do support GLSL, they will work only if the GLSL implementation is bug-free.

It appears the latest catalyst drivers have a working GLSL – I don’t know about any other drivers.

]]> By: Nicola Altafini https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/#comment-1417 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=526#comment-1417 Hi Ben, just a question. can i use Omega drivers instead of official catalyst?

thanks for your attention

]]> By: Benjamin Supnik https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/#comment-1418 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:38:00 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=526#comment-1418 GLSL is a video driver feature that depends on pixel shaders.

The following ATI and nVidia cards have pixel shaders:
– Any GeForce with a number 5000 or higher.
– Any Radeon with a number 9500 or higher.
– Any Radeon with an “X” in the name (e.g. X850)

But not only do you need one of these cards, but you need new enough drivers to have GLSL. This means 10.4 for Mac users and probably a driver update on Windows.

But if you don’t have GLSL – no problem – X-Plane will just run without it.

]]> By: Christer Hellholm https:/2006/11/using-glsl-does-not-mean-changing-the-system-requirements/#comment-1419 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:24:00 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/dev_blog/?p=526#comment-1419 Which video cards support GLSL?

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