Reflective Water? RCT3

[Ocean96]

hi, I just want to know, How can I make reflective water in RCT3? :confused:

[Renegade]

You need to set your settings in your graphics control in the game to on to make it reflect, or if your like me, get a really good graphics card that can actually generate them. I've never been able to generate reflections, even though I have a 128mb nVidia card.

[mayoki]

You need to set your settings in your graphics control in the game to on to make it reflect, or if your like me, get a really good graphics card that can actually generate them. I've never been able to generate reflections, even though I have a 128mb nVidia card.

I get some good reflections with my gfx cards. :)
I have a three week old computer with 2 Nvidia 8800gt's, 512 mb each. They are some of the best, and they aren't that expensive, (around $250 bucks each). The 8800 ultras are only around 5-10% better and they cost around $1000.:eek:

[Ocean96]

will the game get slow?

[Renegade]

No, that's the RAM or your memory that makes it slower. But don't worry, you'll lag no matter how much your memory is.

[mayoki]

No, that's the RAM or your memory that makes it slower. But don't worry, you'll lag no matter how much your memory is.

I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I can go into graphically intense, giant parks with lots of reflective things and the game still runs excellent on or close to maximum settings with no AA. (50+ frames per second).:)

[Ocean96]

well, I will try it, but, if it makes the game run slow I dont want it :p

[mayoki]

well, I will try it, but, if it makes the game run slow I dont want it :p

If you have a very fast system you can crank up the quality settings and it will still run smooth.:)

[Maxamillious]

I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I can go into graphically intense, giant parks with lots of reflective things and the game still runs excellent on or close to maximum settings with no AA. (50+ frames per second).:)That’s because you don’t have the anti-aliasing turned on. The anti-aliasing quality setting, in essence, determines what your system is made of; pushing your video card to display RCT3 in very crisp, clear resolutions. Lower-end video cards don’t allow for this feature in RCT3 or have lower anti-aliasing quality settings. When the anti-aliasing is turned on, RCT3 becomes a resource hog and will consume whatever processing power your computer may or may not have (at which point, RCT3 will crash), running at 5FPS or slower.



No, that's the RAM or your memory that makes it slower. But don't worry, you'll lag no matter how much your memory is.It can also result from having a low-end processor (commonly found in older computers). I do agree though, RCT3 will lag regardless due to it’s nature. My computer was top-spec for the 2005 era when RCT3 was released and I frequently experienced lagging and low frame rates, even in smaller parks without the anti-aliasing turned on.

[mayoki]

That’s because you don’t have the anti-aliasing turned on.


I can have AA at 8x and still stay around 20 fps, It's just I really don't need AA unless I'm taking pics.

If I'm in a park (or a project) crammed with special effects I will experience lag and hang ups, just not as much as the average spec computer.

[jjeiv]

When i go to my graphic settings in my game, the option to allow refelectvie water isn't there. What should i do.:confused:

[mayoki]

You should buy a better graphics card, if you have one at all. I have a gaming computer so I have 2 $250 graphics cards in mine.... On my old computer I bought a 70 dollar graphics card and it allowed me to have reflective water. Then once you buy a good graphics card, it should work, once you turn up the settings.