Making OpenGL Requirements More Friendly

Troubleshooting graphics
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Hi,

I plan on marketing a game based on this platform, and I was wondering if you can reduce the video settings or change something so that it will run on computers with bad video cards. If not, Is there a way to make a program that checks the video card driver and updates it (if possible)? I am using JME3, Java 6, and Windows XP.



Thanks,

dangerdoc

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Yes you can display textured meshes with basic lighting in OpenGL1 compatibility mode. Post effects and advanced shader effects will obviously not work.

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Thanks, also, is there a way to check a person’s video card ability (for whether or not it supports OpenGL 2)? I would like to be able to check whether or not to run with OpenGL 1 settings. Thanks, Normen!



dangerdoc

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Renderer#getCaps()

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Thanks, sbook!