R renderer (cvar)

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Description

This CVar changes the hardware specific renderer backend used by the engine.

Usage

At the console type...

r_renderer [String]

Parameters

• [String] - Name of the rendering path.
  • Best - The engine automatically determines the best path to use.
  • ARB2 - Best quality path which enables the use of vertex and fragment programs. Needs an ATi Radeon 9500 or nVidia GeForce 5200 or better.
  • R200 - ATi specific. Needs an ATi Radeon 8500 or better.
  • NV20 - nVidia specific. Needs a nVidia GeForce 3 or better.
  • NV10 - nVidia specific. Needs a nVidia GeForce or better (but only nVidia GeForce 4 MX is officially supported by Doom 3).
  • ARB - Needs an ATi Radeon or nVidia GeForce or better (not officially supported by Doom 3)
  • Cg - nVidia specific. Needs a nVidia GeForce 5200 or better. (not officially supported by Doom 3).
  • Exp - Experimental path (not officially supported by Doom 3).

Flags

Flag	Enabled	Description
CVAR_ALL		all flags
CVAR_BOOL		variable is a boolean
CVAR_INTEGER		variable is an integer
CVAR_FLOAT		variable is a float
CVAR_SYSTEM		system variable
CVAR_RENDERER	X	renderer variable
CVAR_SOUND		sound variable
CVAR_GUI		gui variable
CVAR_GAME		game variable
CVAR_TOOL		tool variable
CVAR_USERINFO		sent to servers, available to menu
CVAR_SERVERINFO		sent from servers, available to menu
CVAR_NETWORKSYNC		cvar is synced from the server to clients
CVAR_STATIC	X	statically declared, not user created
CVAR_CHEAT		variable is considered a cheat
CVAR_NOCHEAT	X	variable is not considered a cheat
CVAR_INIT		can only be set from the command-line
CVAR_ROM		display only, cannot be set by user at all
CVAR_ARCHIVE	X	set to cause it to be saved to a config file
CVAR_MODIFIED		set when the variable is modified

Notes

You can use this CVar to test how your mod will look on other video cards. See also the gfxinfo console command.