graphics card

[hinko]

hi guy's, i have just installed a new nvidia graphics card 8400gs, does anyone know the best driver for it.cheers hinko

 

[TheJRB]

My advice is to visit the NVIDIA downloads site and enter the following details in the drop down menus:

• Product Type: GeForce
• Product Series: GeForce 8 Series
• Product: GeForce 8400 GS

Then select which Operating System you're using and language, click search and it should show you the appropriate driver.

 

[hinko]

thanks for the reply, done that and installed their latest,which seems to work with openbve but not bve2/bve4.cheers hinko

 

[mbonwick]

Just forget BVE2/4, they're useless on modern hardware.

oBVE have a much better feature set - there's nothing that you can do on BVE4 that can't be done on oBVE.

 

[hinko]

hi i dont wish to abandon bve2 or 4,bve4 is the system i am making my routes for and although they will work with openbve i dont want to get rid.hinko

 

[mbonwick]

Then, to put it politely, you're an idiot.

That's like still developing for Windows XP in 2011! The newer versions (ie oBVE) have a much better feature set and are more widely used.

 

[hinko]

say's you.

 

[mbonwick]

I think you'll struggle to find anyone on here who uses BVE4 over oBVE out of choice.

Just accept that things move on....

 

[hinko]

hi mbonwick maybe when openbve is released as a full working program,then i might turn to it but at the moment with what ive read in other places it might not happen, ive have got openbve but with limited routes so ill stay with what ive got.thankyou for your advice.hinko

 

[mbonwick]

Not sure what you mean by "full working program", there are plenty of stable versions already out there.

Worth also mentioning that (I believe), TrainSim Framework - the new name for oBVE - is starting to move away from BVE compatability and more towards new features from a new format.

 

[hinko]

hi mbonwick, yes i can see that happening i sometimes think is bve as a whole loosing its grip i hope not, i know since i got involved its changed so much.hinko

 

[T163R]

Don't forget BVE 5 just came out

 

[mbonwick]

BVE5 has no compatability with BVE2/4 routes/trains though and is still highly unstable.

 

[Wim G.P.R]

Not sure what you mean by "full working program", there are plenty of stable versions already out there.

Worth also mentioning that (I believe), TrainSim Framework - the new name for oBVE - is starting to move away from BVE compatability and more towards new features from a new format.

I find the stable versions remark quite funny, that's the whole problem with Open Bve.

What are we up to with it now?

15 or so different ones and only the latest one available to download!

Is it better from a game or a developers point of view?

Not really, wonderful coding though.

Personally if TSF does not support Bve type work it's TSF's loss.

The current train and route content is thanks to Bve developers who have supported Open Bve for the last couple of years.

So how nice to find out you will be dumped.

I am sure a load of new developers will appear for TSF, just like they have for Open Bve!

Could all those versions be putting anyone off?

Somehow I think so.

I should point out that there's possibly more people out there that download my Bve4 trains than the Open ones worldwide.

That's why I've started to support Bve4 again.

Infact Open has never actually supported Bve type work correctly, quite a few issues have never been corrected in all the versions.

So if the rather naff support does disappear with TSF, the stable version that works best with Bve type work might be made available elsewere.

It's 'open' after all.

 

[hinko]

hear hear. i cannot run many routes in openbve so my routes will be for bve4.cheers hinko