Re: Running Build Engine Games Beyond 800x600

Posted on 2024-03-23, 09:39

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by mgtroyas

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I see relevant for this discussion, that status bar on build games is designed for 320x200 and when stretched on higher resolutions it's distorted, some pixels have more rows or columns than others. The only resolutions that respect the aspect ratio of the status bar are 320x400 (which glitches on …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-03-17, 10:34

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by mgtroyas

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Well, I've digged deeper in the rabbit hole and I've done more interesting findings. One thing that the AMD Custom Timings Tool doesn't allow is defining a resolution below 640x480. I like defining a 640x400@70Hz mode because it allows 320x200 DOS games run under DOSBox exactly as in the original …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-03-16, 21:36

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Thanx, yep, I spent a lot of time researching so I wanted to share it, probably there are more use cases where it'll become helpful. At 2048x1536 I can only get 60Hz. At 1920x1440 64Hz is the max as stated in the user manual. It's simple once you understand it, the maximum horizontal frequency of …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-03-16, 10:36

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I've been fighting for getting my Radeon HD 7750 SFF working with my VGA monitor, as is the fastest Radeon SFF with XP support. The problem is it only has mini-DisplayPort interfaces (and there's another model but also digital only, with two DVI-D), so I must use a HDMI/DP to VGA adapter. In this …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-02-06, 10:41

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I finally received the Radeon R7 250 (2GB GDDR3). Installing the drivers is a little tricky, as Phil explained on his Youtube video. You must install the 14-4-xp32-64-dd-ccc-pack2, but drivers install will fail. Then you must install them manually, selecting the right model. I also had problems when …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-26, 23:30

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Okay, after spending too many days reinstalling everything, then troubleshooting, I've found the cause of the palette corruption on DirectDraw / early DirectX games like this was a Windows 7 build... not a Windows update, not a DirectX update... it was the program Fences! I'd bet it redraws itself …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-24, 11:27

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by mgtroyas

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I have to say your build is great and probably the most resource efficient build for a decent Win XP experience. If I had discovered some of the "not so retro hardware but runs retro software" builds on this forum earlier I think I would have stuck with the modern builds. I never expected retro …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-24, 10:20

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Another Dell computer model is Optiplex 990 that uses sandy bridge processors supports XP. Another for same is HP Elitedesk 8200 series. Ivy Sandy supported XP computer is HP Elitedesk 8300 series. This also you can find small one in USFF with MXM slot for GPU as long as you can find one that has …

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Re: Destruction Derby 2 - Windows version - working in Win8.1 64bit

Posted on 2024-01-15, 11:42

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by mgtroyas

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Hello, I've installed the game from the CD-ROM image on a Windows XP build, and it indeed seems to work without problem but... it runs at about half the speed than the DOS version! There's a timer on the corner of the screen if you run in Destruction Derby -> Total destruction mode, I'm using it as …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-09, 17:41

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Yes, the games with a 3dfx version make things much easier as you can run them via nGlide/DGVoodoo2. With higher resolution, extra FSAA and AFx16, neither available on the original video cards, it's a real showcase. Porsche 2000 is such a beautiful game, I loved it back in the day, and in 32 bit …

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Re: My not-so-retro rig... that plays retro PC games

Posted on 2024-01-05, 10:19

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by mgtroyas

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Hi, came here through the suggestion you made on the comments of my build . I'm loving what I see! Ha, ha, we share way of thinking and goals so much, your build and desk is an alternative universe version of mine, I have a big smile on my face: CRT on the desk corner to gain that diagonal space. …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-05, 09:18

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by mgtroyas

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Oh, under the constraints of this build, clearly Windows 98 Direct3D accelerated games (i.e. Windows Lucasarts games, specially Dark Forces 2, which neither runs on my modern Windows 11 rig using DGVoodoo2), because any Direct3D game using DirectX below 7 has corrupted graphics on Windows XP when …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-04, 16:03

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by mgtroyas

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Thank you! Seems we have similar goals, I'll be reading about your builds with much detail! Yes, installing took a lot of weeks/months, but it's one of the parts I enjoy the most: hunting original install media on my language (Archive.org, Spanish retro forums, old filesharing networks...), finding …

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-03, 12:53

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igna78 wrote on 2023-12-21, 14:41: It’s a very interesting build..comgratulation! Thank you!

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Re: SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2024-01-03, 12:52

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Bruno128 wrote on 2023-12-28, 18:46: It's well thought-through, I like it. Which ForceWare version is used on GTX 750? Thank you, I'm using 368.81, the latest one for XP. I tried the previous one but I didn't notice any difference.

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SFF CRT "DOS/9x/XP" sleeper time machine

Posted on 2023-12-21, 12:59

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by mgtroyas

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Hi all, I'm sharing more detail of my main retro build, pivotal on my " cave ". https://i.imgur.com/0WN9P69.jpeg Here's a short video of it in action , just wait for the cool "OS switching" Photos of the three "OS Desktops": https://i.imgur.com/uDNFC1b.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/iATLnct.jpeg https:// …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2023-12-21, 09:59

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by mgtroyas

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My cave: https://i.imgur.com/AFn10q7.jpg Old laptop, "modern" work laptop, "modern" personal computer (white) and 29" ultrawide, Optiplex SFF time machine and 17" Philips CRT. All sharing the CRT monitor via VGA KVM and Thrustmaster T150 & T3PA, F710 gamepad, Logitech G305 & G435, via USB KVM. Even …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2023-11-28, 06:34

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by mgtroyas

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Hi, firstly the DOS box build you use must support shaders. Vanilla version does not, but for instance Staging does. In fact on last version they're removing it again because they'll start using some advanced auto-confugured internal shader...

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2023-10-14, 21:12

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by mgtroyas

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Back on the early 2000s I had a white 17 inch Philips monitor (107E). So for nostalgia I got a sleek black 17 inch, same tube but slightly more compact model than mine (107E5), I already saw them back in the day on my college and thought they were cool. https://i.imgur.com/uRmkmg0.jpg Nothing …

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Re: Essential Windows 98SE software and tweaks?

Posted on 2023-09-17, 08:16

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by mgtroyas

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PS2Rate I always disliked how laggy/clunky mouse movement is on Windows98 inside PCEm/86box... until I rediscovered this tool I used back in the day. And now my G325 is as smooth as it's on the host OS! That 40Hz default refresh rate was a crime.

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