From: Double.Guh..er@orion.sk.sympatico.ca (D.G.E.)
Subject: Re: PROD: Best card for using VFX-1?
Date: 19 Sep 1997 02:25:31 GMT
Message-ID: <5vsnqr$2r15@dragon.sk.sympatico.ca>
Organization: SaskTel - Sympatico


>I just ordered the VFX-1 HMD by Forte Technology. I want to play with
>some flight simulators using it, and if I find it to be a compelling
>enough unit, I will order the SDK from Forte and try to write some
>interesting code for it.

	Had the headset for over a year now and it works great.  I've
got an ATI Mach 64 and have had absolutely no problems with frame
rates at all.  The bottelneck that forte has not addressed is the VIP
card. Why is it ISA and not PCI?  Going to 132 Meg/sec with PCI would
be the way to go.

	I ABOSOLUTELY love flight sims.  The EF2000 is great for a
kick on the headgear but is absolutle crap for game play.

	I love ATF, NATO and the older previous US Navy fighters and
US Marine fighters.  The headgear setup is within the game and there
lies the problem.  Since this is the first flight sim set up for the
headgear, it is only 320x200 which sucks big time.

	I've tried and tried to get someone to help me twittle that
little switch withing the game to go to 640x480 but no luck.  Even at
that, MAN, it is so kewl when you are in a A6, on the top of the
carrier elivator and you move your head to watch the two Fantoms
launch off the catapult.  Then, taxi to line up for the cat and you
too are off.

	Will actually pay some money if someone can get ATF in 640
mode for the head gear.  Seriously I will.  Gotta be the best damn
flight sim for the headgear.

	PS. I hated Quake because it is so dark and putzy but you
absolutely have to get the info from the Forte Users site and get it
working in true 3D.  WOW, true 3D in everything.  Played that damn
game for 3 hours straight ultill I quit.



Double.Guh..er@orion.sk.sympatico.ca (D.G.E.)