When running Swat 3 if you switch your desktop to 16-bit colour and use the -windows command line argument you can can get the game to run in a window at a much better framerate.
When you use this command it overrides your 3D setting choice in the Last Resort mod and uses the 2D menu setting for both 2D and the 3D portion of the game. Hope I haven't confused you yet.
Below is an example of how you would do this using the Last Resort launcher:
Last Resort mod turned on - DirectX hardware rendering -window CLI:
2D Menu Frame Rate:
- 800x600 - 220 fps
- 1024x768 - 200 fps
- 1280x1024 - 179 fps
- 1440x900 - 214 fps
3D In Game Frame Rate:
- 800x600 - 280 fps
- 1024x768 - 318 fps
- 1280x1024 - 303 fps
- 1440x900 - 302 fps
Last Resort mod turned on - WineD3D (OpenGL wrapper) -window CLI:
2D Menu Frame Rate:
- 800x600 - 507 fps
- 1024x768 - 423 fps
- 1280x1024 - 308 fps
- 1440x900 - 348 fps
3D In Game Frame Rate:
- 800x600 - 58 fps
- 1024x768 - 51 fps
- 1280x1024 - 45 fps
- 1440x900 - 45.5 fps
Conclusion:
- Massive frame rate improvement with window mode when using DirectX
- No advantage in window mode with WineD3D (OpenGL) over full screen mode.
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