List of games with Table Fog support

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Table fog effect summary

Fog is a special effect that is used to blend a scene into a predefined color to give the impression that "fog" is present in the scene. Fog is usually implemented as it appears in the physical world. The farther the objects are, the more they are obscured by fog. Objects that are close to the observer are clearer. Table fog, also called pixel fog, is calculated independent of vertices. Ideally, fog is calculated on a pixel basis, but many device drivers emulate this feature in software with vertex fog values. It is called table fog because traditionally tables have been used to look up fog values.[1][2]

Table fog support on various graphics cards

All 3DFX Voodoo cards have proper table fog support, but most other graphics card manufacturers didn't support this feature natively. In most cases, support was either completely missing or implemented through a workaround which made the end result inaccurate. Here's a summary of table fog support on various graphics cards based on community testing.[3]

Graphics cards with proper table fog support

Graphics cards with partial (inaccurate) table tog support

Graphics cards with no table tog support

Note: Under Windows 98, partial table fog support on ATI Radeon cards can be enabled via registry tweaks. On Windows XP, proper table fog support is available on some Radeon cards (R300 and newer) when Catalyst drivers version 7.11 (or newer) are used (screenshots). On more current Windows versions, table fog is still supported, but in most cases, it is disabled due to driver bugs, and can be restored by using certain wrappers.

Table fog support comparison (Thief II: The Metal Age)
Proper table fog support on a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000
Partial (inaccurate) table fog support on an ATi Rage XL
Missing table fog support on an ATi Radeon 9000 Pro

Games which use table fog

Note: This list is incomplete. It merely shows the currently known games for which table fog use has been confirmed by testing. These games show visual differences on graphics cards that don't support table fog.

Related links

References

  1. ↑ Rogers, D. (January 11, 2000), NVIDIA Corporation, Implementing Fog in Direct3D, (PDF)
  2. ↑ White, S. et al. (January 6, 2021), Microsoft Corporation, Pixel Fog (Direct3D 9), (link)
  3. ↑ Source: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures (Vogons forum discussion with screenshots)
  4. ↑ 3DFX Voodoo 3 table fog support (screenshot)
  5. ↑ NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 table fog support (screenshot)
  6. ↑ Source: Implementing Fog in Direct3D, page 10(PDF)
  7. ↑ Matrox G400 table fog support (screenshot)
  8. ↑ Matrox MGA-G400 Specification (datasheet)
  9. ↑ Matrox G550 Chip Specifications (datasheet)
  10. ↑ Kyro table fog support (datasheet)
  11. ↑ ATi Rage XL appears to have partial, inaccurate table fog support (screenshot)
  12. ↑ ATi Rage 128/Pro cards appear to have partial, inaccurate table fog support (screenshot). The degree of table fog functionality on these cards depends on which driver version is used. See also: ATI Rage 128 – Picking The Right Driver
  13. ↑ S3 Savage4 table fog support (screenshot)
  14. ↑ Savage4 Graphics/Video Accelerator Family Hardware Reference (datasheet)
  15. ↑ ATI Rage Pro missing table fog support (report)
  16. ↑ ATI Radeon 9000 Pro missing table fog support (screenshot)
  17. ↑ S3 UniChrome Pro IGP missing table fog support (screenshot)
  18. ↑ Permedia 2 missing table fog support (screenshot)
  19. ↑ Matrox Millennium II missing table fog support (screenshot)
  20. ↑ 1nsane Ireland Morning Practice Free Roam (screenshot)
  21. ↑ Carmageddon II uses table fog but only in Glide mode (screenshot)
  22. ↑ Affects the retail release of the game. (link)
  23. ↑ Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord Special Edition - Crossroads in the Fog scenario (screenshot)
  24. ↑ Affects the retail release of the game. (link)
  25. ↑ Affects the retail release of the game. (link)
  26. ↑ European Air War model viewer (screenshot)
  27. ↑ European Air War in-game view (screenshot)
  28. ↑ Flight Unlimited II (screenshot)
  29. ↑ Glover (screenshot)
  30. ↑ Heavy Gear II - Historical Missions: Baja City (screenshot)
  31. ↑ Messiah - Old Town (screenshot)
  32. ↑ Myth II: Soulblighter - Mission #2 (screenshot)
  33. ↑ Need for Speed II Special Edition uses table fog but only in Glide mode (screenshot)
  34. ↑ Need for Speed III uses table fog but only in Glide mode (screenshot)
  35. ↑ It is possible to restore fog rendering in NFS3 on non-Voodoo cards using this approach (mini guide)
  36. ↑ Need for Speed: High Stakes (retail game) (screenshot)
  37. ↑ Need for Speed: High Stakes Demo (screenshot)
  38. ↑ Need for Speed: High Stakes (screenshot)
  39. ↑ Need for Speed: High Stakes gameplay footage (link)
  40. ↑ It is possible to restore fog rendering in NFS4 on Radeon cards using this approach (mini guide)
  41. ↑ Panzer Commander uses table fog (screenshot)
  42. ↑ Powerslide uses table fog but only in Glide mode (screenshot)
  43. ↑ Silent Hunter II configuration utility and in-game graphics options (screenshot)
  44. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Mission 1: Trade Federation Battleship (screenshot)
  45. ↑ Shadows of the Empire Mission 2: Escape from Echo base (screenshot)
  46. ↑ Thief II Mission 11: Precious Cargo (screenshot)
  47. ↑ Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear - Mission 14: Majestic Gold (screenshot)
  48. ↑ Xarlor - Infinite Expanse (screenshot)
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