Launch a 3d game

Clyde__ · Post by **Clyde__** » 2004-10-24 19:47

Can i use utravnc to play a high performance game on a low pc ?

server : loading game and textures
and client : just controlling game and display like tv

Has anybody test this ??? is it slow ?

Post by **Rudi De Vos** » 2004-10-24 19:53

Possible will not work at all.

Most 3d games use hardware acceleraion.
Without driver the fps use to much cpu.
The mirror driver does not support hardware acceleration.

If you game support emulation mode it will work, but performance will not be that high and bandwidth !!!

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » 2004-11-01 23:38

Doesn't VNC basically just send an image of the whole screen or different parts of the screen? Maybe it doesn't, but if it did, wouldn't that be viable? 30 fps worth of jpgs of 3d video game would be just as fast as 30 fps worth of jpgs of an unmoving desktop. I am supposing, of course, that bandwidth is unlimited or at least very high.

Maybe I'm just lacking in the knowledge of the fundamentals of VNC?

NightRyder · Post by **NightRyder** » 2004-11-02 07:10

well, im no expert, but
a) vnc only sends info about parts of the screen that have updated.
b) when you connect, hardware accelation goes poof and so your game would have to run in software mode.
c) might as well try it and see what happens.
d) watching full-screen video doesnt work too great, so i cant see a game working to any degree thats worth playing.

Post by **UltraSam** » 2004-11-02 09:23

You can try the following:
- Disable Video Driver
- Enable FastPollFullScreen + Turbo Mode
- Have a big CPU

- Use Ultra or Hextile encodings

But don't expect more than 10 FPS over a LAN, because the game also needs some CPU on the server so it has to share it with Ultra Fast Fullscreen Polling...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 2004-11-09 20:39

i have tested it and work well but slow...i played carom 3d on the pc of my friend using 600k router and the server 56k....i think slow are of the server