PowerDesk V1.03.00.043 for Win2k/XP ----------------------------------- Supported Products ------------------ Parhelia Description of release ---------------------- Supports Win2k/XP only. New Features ------------ 2D: - Support 1600x1200 resolution when TV is used as feature display. For example, it is now possible to do 3200x1200 (2 x 1600x1200) mode with TV connected as third output, or 2 x 1600x1200 (independent resolution) with TV connected as third output. 3D: CAD/MCAD/DCC: - Added Matrox certification for following applications: Solidworks 2001, 2001Plus, 2003 Lightwave 7.5 AutoDesk Revit 4.x Softimage3D 4.x ESRI ArcInfo 8.x SolidEdge v12 - Updated Matrox certification for following applications: 3DSMax 4.38, 5.0 AutoCad 2002 AutoDesk Arcitectural Desktop 3.3 Microstation v8 - Video plug-in for LightWave supporting video preview on TV (or third monitor). Note that if you run the plug-in Setup, you will need to provide the path of the plug-in folder of your LightWave working directory (usually C:\Lightwave\plug-in\utilities"). See the plug-in's readme.txt file for more information. - No longer reporting EXT_vertex_array_object extension but are reporting ATI_vertex_array_object instead. Multimedia: - Added an option in PowerDesk to change the order of the fields displayed on a TV. - Added information in the PowerDesk Information page to indicate which display has the overlay capability and if the display can be used for a feature. Main Fixes ---------- 2D: - CPU resource increase in Photoshop 7 when using its zoom. - Memory error messages when closing applications. Games: - Links 2003, shadows are not seen - The Sum Of All Fears, characters will have purple flashing textures on them - Medal Of Honor AA, fog and lightning will cause flickering white screen - Half Life/Counter strike, Screen Corruption in D3D - Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Plain Skies - 3D Flag screen saver, The 3D flag is all triangles and it will slow the system almost to a crawl - FS2002, ALT-ENTER or ALT-TAB will disabled FAA 16x - Quake 3 Arena, Missing Item in surround mode - Rallisport Challenge, Corruption of textures when High Track Detail is enabled - Rallisport Challenge, Shadows are wrong on the cars in Rallisport Challenge - Eve: the second Genesis, Flickering lines in login screen of Eve - Combat Flight Simulator 3, The plane is flashing when someone is shooting at you - Fellowship of the ring, FAA-16: Game locks up if FAA-16 is enabled Cad/Mcad/DCC: - Rendered animation won't output via plugin in 3DSmax 5.0. Multimedia: - Jitter playback on TV with After Effects. Main known issues ----------------- 2D: - Font corruption in Excel 2002. Games: - Flashing Mouse pointer when in Clone mode with a TV. Games affected are: Age of Mythology Dark Age of Camelot Escape from Monkey Island Combat Flight Sim 3 Combat Mission 2 Star Trek Starfleet Command III FS 2002 - Corruption with 1024x768 with GLMarks and NeverWinter Nights - Corrupted Lines when FAA is enabled C&C renegade - FAA 16x will cause wire frame when you fire a weapon with No One Lives Forever 2 - Asheron's Call 2, Characters look wrong when Pixel Shader is enabled - Tribes 2, Fog causes the game to slow down to a crawl - MotoGP, The sun reflection is pulsating on the floor - Counter-Strike is very slow in certain areas - Project Earth will exit to the desktop - Shadow of Destiny, Corruption and flashing polygons during intro - Splinter Cell Demo, The game is completely corrupted with FAA 16x Cad/Mcad/DCC: n/a Multimedia: - Overlay issues with Hauppauge series of cards. Known Limitations --------------------- 2D: - A setup with a CRT, DFP, and a TV is not supported for independant display mode. Games: - App hints will automatically enable HUD mode for the following titles: Jedi Knight Outcast single and multi-player Quake III Arena and Team Arena Return to Castle Wolfenstein single and multi-player Duke Nukem Manhattan Project Please disable HUD mode if you wish to play in single display mode. Cad/Mcad/DCC: - The PrecisionCAD driver will not install over a network. Clients are asked to copy the drivers onto their system over the network prior to installing the drivers. Multimedia: - When in Dualhead with "Special Feature" mode, overlay is provided ONLY on the primary output when the overlay switch is enbaled. Media players will display a blank video window when dragged over the the 2ndary output but the video clip will still output via DVDMax. With the overlay switch disabled, you will get blit on all outputs when in any stretched desktop mode but DVDmax will be disabled. - "Show Desktop" will lose DVDMax with Avid ExpressDV. This occurs because the application does not recreate the overlay surfaces after a resolution change, so DVDMax cannot restart. - Dual-Display and TV-output feature will work with Video Editing applications that support overlay surfaces for video preview. - Real-time Preview is supported only with video editing applications that have this capability built-in. - When in 2 Independent + feature, premiere hangs when draging the video window from a display to another while the video is playing.