Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on Today, 06:12

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by xcomcmdr

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A little off-topic, I have a few GDI games that absolutely won't work on modern Windows (all the colors are wrong, and no compat layer hacks fixes it). For those cases, a GDI wrapper would be a) cool b) a very daunting task to develop. I'm glad when they are compatible with Win32S, but typically …

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-09-18, 20:43

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by xcomcmdr

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in dgVoodoo General

I'm so glad that we have dgVoodoo2 and this new release. dgVoodoo2 fixes a lot of games. And I do mean, a lot. Thank you so much, Dege !

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-17, 18:22

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The fact than Doomguy in Doom 3 didn't know what duct tape was, has always been idiotic. That's bad design, and it felt very forced.

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-09-15, 14:43

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by xcomcmdr

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Thanks a lot Dege for this new release !! :D Windows Defender is really paranoid lately. I use dgVoodoo2 a LOT. And every hour, WD deletes the same files and I have to tell it to restore them again and again. If I disable WD, then Windows complains. Anti-virus : can't live with them, can't live …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-15, 09:29

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by xcomcmdr

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in Milliways

Lots of castles and caves

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Re: What about gaming and working in the same PC?

Posted on 2020-09-14, 08:03

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by xcomcmdr

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Maybe setup two Windows accounts ? You can use two local accounts, or use several Microsoft accounts, or a MS account and a local account. Both with different shortcuts and apps, of course.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-09-11, 12:49

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by xcomcmdr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

20 years Hitachi 160 GB HDD. Still strong. I use Hitachi HDDs everywhere in my retro PCs.

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Re: Beneath a Steel Sky CD - Roland music + SB Speech

Posted on 2020-09-09, 12:22

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by xcomcmdr

in DOS

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It's really good.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-07, 20:21

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by xcomcmdr

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I can't wait for the remake. I love SS1 on paper but can't get into it because of the controls. SS2 is my favorite game for when I need to shit in my pants in terror, and fast. No other game tops it.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-09-06, 21:13

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Dune (Cryo) - 1992. PC DOS CD Version, modded to have the french dub (which was exclusive to the MegaCD port - but not anymore). I have a project to reverse-engineer the whole executable one day, but for now I'm enjoying the results of months of hard work. All the clics, pops, volume jumps up and …

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Re: Disney Interactive's Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Patch

Posted on 2020-09-05, 10:01

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by xcomcmdr

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DOSBox with Windows 3.X, of course. It's a Win32S game.

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Re: Disney Interactive's Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Patch

Posted on 2020-09-04, 11:49

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by xcomcmdr

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I just like to use DOSBox any time I get the chance to 😁

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Re: Disney Interactive's Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow Patch

Posted on 2020-09-04, 10:07

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by xcomcmdr

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If you have this game installed on Windows 3.11 (edit: or 9X), this utility I wrote a few years ago starts the game and sets it to fullscreen on startup. Because unless the game is in fullscreen a) the default window is TINY b) the scrolling isn't smooth at all. It also stops the game from always …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-09-03, 18:51

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by xcomcmdr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

There's got to be a better source than eBay scalpers...

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-08-31, 08:34

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by xcomcmdr

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Diamond Viper V770 TNT2 (blows away any GF2MX) good job on getting the cpu working, but I seriously doubt that ^^ I vividly remember upgrading from my TNT2 ultra that I paid way too much money for to a cheap GeForce2 MX back in the day :p and any benchmarks I can find show a nice performance …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-08-27, 06:22

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by xcomcmdr

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Speaking of, I always have huge game manuals to scan... Those that are so big that by the time you approach the middle of it, the pages are hard to make flat enough for the scanner. I do it rarely because it takes all day, and because I do not want to damage them at all. If only there was a faster …

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Re: FastDoom 0.4. A new Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible for 386/486 personal computers!

Posted on 2020-08-25, 17:32

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by xcomcmdr

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in Release Announcements

maybe a new mode "--half-potato" ?

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Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows doesn't work

Posted on 2020-08-25, 07:29

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by xcomcmdr

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QEMU is a fine option, but like PCem it really needs a PC that can accept the huge performance hit. Most people don't own such a PC. Besides, Windows 9X tends to be very fragile.

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-08-25, 07:20

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by xcomcmdr

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in dgVoodoo General

Windows outputs only 32 bpp since Windows 8...

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2020-08-24, 15:24

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by xcomcmdr

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I'd use Windows ME on a machine where DOS sound compatibility doesn't exist. But then again, usually Windows XP works fine on such a machine. So I never use it. Maybe one day...

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