Vector Glass is really coming to Vista, like myself and many others have been saying for so long. Except this time, there is hard proof. y_notm on aeroxp made a rather interesting discovery when digging around inside Vista’s DLL’s, specifically DWM. Read about it HERE.

Here is the registry info that he posted. Reposting it for easiness sake, in case people don’t want to click the link

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics]
"EnableDebugControl"=dword:00000000
"UseDX9LText"=dword:00000000
"BreakOnUnexpectedErrors"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Avalon.Graphics\Tier00020000]
"MemorySize"=dword:00020001
"PixelShaderVersion"=dword:00000003
"VertexShaderVersion"=dword:00000003
NOTE that playing with these values seems to make vista try and trigger vector glass but it fails. Maybe we need a specific set of values or there could still be a few odds and ends missing.

On another note, the 5381 Tips and Tricks guide should be posted tomorrow evening. Stay tuned for it .