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Additionally, certain games can optionally use paletted textures to improve rendering performance, but do not require them in order to run, and don't show any visual differences on hardware which doesn't support this feature. Examples include:
 
Additionally, certain games can optionally use paletted textures to improve rendering performance, but do not require them in order to run, and don't show any visual differences on hardware which doesn't support this feature. Examples include:
  
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II Quake II] (1997)<ref>Quake II options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1072343#p1072343 (screenshot)]</ref>
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsaken_(video_game) Forsaken] (1998)<ref>Forsaken options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsaken_(video_game) Forsaken] (1998)<ref>Forsaken options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1017839#p1017839 (screenshot)]</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II Quake II] (1998)<ref>Quake II options menu [https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1072343#p1072343 (screenshot)]</ref>
 
  
  

Revision as of 19:53, 18 May 2022

Hardware support:


Games that require paletted texture support in order to start, or show visual differences on hardware that doesn't support this feature:


Additionally, certain games can optionally use paletted textures to improve rendering performance, but do not require them in order to run, and don't show any visual differences on hardware which doesn't support this feature. Examples include:


Note: both of these lists are incomplete. They merely show the currently known games for which paletted texture use has been confirmed by testing.

Related links

References

  1. NVIDIA EXT_shared_texture_palette specification (link)
  2. S3 Savage4 graphics cards seem to support paletted textures when using older driver versions (screenshot)
  3. Trident Blade3D graphics cards seem to support paletted textures (screenshot)
  4. The unpatched retail version of Final Fantasy VII will not allow Direct3D acceleration on graphics cards which don't support paletted textures (screenshot)
  5. Final Fantasy VIII options menu (screenshot)
  6. Quake II options menu (screenshot)
  7. Forsaken options menu (screenshot)