Remote Desktop doesn't fully support OpenGL ?

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Mary wrote:
> http://www.k00m.sexidude.com/TanksODEv5.rar
>
> the games can be played in full screen mode when run from local
>
> but can't be played from remote desktop. Slow is not the problem, but
> some part of screen become blank.

Why would anyone start wanting to play games over RDC is beyond me. Still
confuses me when people want to play music over it even.

However - if you see anything at all, then not supporting it cannot be you
problem.. Sounds more like slow or not enough data (your experience setting)
is being sent/requested. Adjust your Experience level in the Options. LAN
maybe?

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Mary wrote:
> i am not intended to play games in Remote Desktop , the fps can only
> be 1-2.
>
> Just wanna test the support of Remote Desktop with OpenGL.
>
> Not only full screen having problems, even for non - full screen,
> static OpenGL 3D image (doesn't use too much bandwidth, right ?),
> Remote Desktop also does not support it fully.
>
> eg. http://www.acad.polyu.edu.hk/~0247 [...] 20hand.zip
>
> just a small program written in GLScene (OpenGL component of Delphi)
>
> run it in 1024x768.
>
> Then move the window of program to the middle side of screen. You
> will find that some part of window is black in color.
>
> I tried it in 2 different comptuers , same result occurs. Such problem
> only occurs when the program is executed in Remote Desktop.

Same will occur with some video drivers and dual monitors..
Upgrade your video driver.

> ps: For music part, it is quite useful to play mp3 directly in Remote
> Desktop, i don't think it is a confusing concept at all. And Remote
> Desktop has done a quite good job on it. I can play mp3 directly in
> Remote Desktop when i connect to my home computer from university,
> maybe because we connect to internet by 10Mb/s cable

I use 100Mbit cable in most cases. I would still just map the drive and
play it using the computer I am sitting at. heh

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i see, thanks for your information.


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> support at least a subset of DirectX, though...
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> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:04:15 -0600, "Shenan Stanley"
> <news_helper@hushmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Mary wrote:
>>> i am not intended to play games in Remote Desktop , the fps can
>>> only
>>> be 1-2.
>>>
>>> Just wanna test the support of Remote Desktop with OpenGL.
>>>
>>> Not only full screen having problems, even for non - full screen,
>>> static OpenGL 3D image (doesn't use too much bandwidth, right ?),
>>> Remote Desktop also does not support it fully.
>>>
>>> eg. http://www.acad.polyu.edu.hk/~0247 [...] 20hand.zip
>>>
>>> just a small program written in GLScene (OpenGL component of
>>> Delphi)
>>>
>>> run it in 1024x768.
>>>
>>> Then move the window of program to the middle side of screen. You
>>> will find that some part of window is black in color.
>>>
>>> I tried it in 2 different comptuers , same result occurs. Such
>>> problem
>>> only occurs when the program is executed in Remote Desktop.
>>
>>Same will occur with some video drivers and dual monitors..
>>Upgrade your video driver.
>>
>>> ps: For music part, it is quite useful to play mp3 directly in
>>> Remote
>>> Desktop, i don't think it is a confusing concept at all. And
>>> Remote
>>> Desktop has done a quite good job on it. I can play mp3 directly
>>> in
>>> Remote Desktop when i connect to my home computer from university,
>>> maybe because we connect to internet by 10Mb/s cable
>>
>>I use 100Mbit cable in most cases. I would still just map the drive
>>and
>>play it using the computer I am sitting at. heh
>>
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