clip plane and more

[olddude]

Olddude here again with a couple of questions. I recently did a reinstall after having problems with the game shutting down in BooH in the Lab and in Leningrad. The PC didn't crash; I just got an error message that said the game had encountered a problem and needed to close. I did a complete uninstall and reinstall (after having made it all the way through trauma level in Painkiller) just in case I had some corrupted files. While looking for the v1.64 patch I noticed several people mention that the patch was optional.

#1 if the patch is optional, what effect does it have on the game if I don't use it?

When setting the advanced options for video I noticed one setting which completely baffled me.

#2 what the heck is a "clip plane" and how does it effect the video?

Any info about these questions will be quite welcome.
Thanks in advance. ;)

[PeTjA]

a.) 1.64 is optional for SP because it includes only MP fixes (CTF Maps)

b.) there 16 Videooptions under advanced what do we talking about?
Low Quality Multiplayer FX? And if I should ... do U use Nvidea or ATI?

c.) good question, i dont see any changes between 0 and 100 Clipplane but i remember there was one maybe later

[BloodBuster]

As I understood it, 'clip pane' is supposed to set the viewable distance. The higher the setting, the 'further' into the distance you will see.

[olddude]

The option I wanted to know about was the clip plane. I have an nVidea v-card.
The question was answered by BloodBuster so many thanks.

[PeTjA]

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http://dreamcatcherinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26886