Renderer settings gone from startup window? (Windows)

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Renderer settings gone from startup window? (Windows)

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Just curious if this was by design or an accident?
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These settings were removed because it's possible to switch renderers without restarting.
I guess fullscreen is kept only because it can screw up windows placement on multi-monitor configurations.
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Oh, okay, understood. Thanks!
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Re: Renderer settings gone from startup window? (Windows)

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They were removed because the renderer options now has 5 options, not 2, and since they can be changed on the fly, no longer require pre-initialization setup. It would have become a destructive option, essentially, and there's no real need for it so it was just removed instead of adjusted.
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Graf Zahl wrote:renderer options now has 5 options
Software renderer
Hardware renderer
???
???
???
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Apeirogon wrote:
Graf Zahl wrote:renderer options now has 5 options
Software renderer
Hardware renderer
???
???
???
Carmack software renderer (paletted)
Carmack software renderer (true colour)
SoftPoly (palette)
SoftPoly (true colour)
OpenGL
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What I loss, using only opengl rendering?
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Re: Renderer settings gone from startup window? (Windows)

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Nothing. It's just a matter of preference. :^)
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