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

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My son is bugging me to learn VR development in Unity so that he can create a game. I watched a couple of Youtube videos that walk you through setting up basic things, but I don't feel they are sufficient to build a foundation of meaningful knowledge on the subject.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-12-01, 13:25

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I've looked that up and it seems the current version requires Windows Vista or newer. This means that you won't have native EAX support. While not exactly earth shattering, the EAX implementation of Deus Ex provides improved positional audio (works great on 5.1 speakers) which helps if you're using …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-12-01, 08:41

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If you want to play it on a retro system, makes sure that your CPU is at least 1 GHz or faster. Some of the larger maps need a lot of processing power to run smoothly. The first level of the game (Liberty Island) is a good example of this. Thanks for the tip. It will most likely be at least a …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-11-29, 17:15

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Beat Deus Ex for the first time. Extremely impressive, cannot believe I've never played it before. Deus Ex is indeed a masterpiece, and has stood the test of time quite well. The graphics may be outdated, and they weren't so great even back then, but pretty much everything else in that game is …

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Re: gog.com finally collecting sales tax

Posted on 2023-11-28, 18:03

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Well, it seems nothing will be changing for non-US customers, then.

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Re: gog.com finally collecting sales tax

Posted on 2023-11-27, 20:52

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Is there any country other than the USA where the sales tax / VAT is not already included in the price displayed?

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Re: Big Box PC Games – Show and Tell

Posted on 2023-11-27, 12:01

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According to your blog, part 2 (shadow and flame) is your favourite. I aggree that it may be the overall best part of the series (despite the difficulty). I think what made it special for me is that I was playing it at the same time that I was learning to play games in general. I learned POP1 from …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-25, 20:21

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Yeah 3dmark2000 really likes windows 98se with only DX7 installed from my experiences. Nice scores for a lazy OC. Indeed DX7 must be the culprit. I tried benchmarking on my Thinkpad A31p running Windows ME, but also with DX9.0C. Once again, the 3DMark01 score was higher than 3DMark00. The scores ( …

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Re: Big Box PC Games – Show and Tell

Posted on 2023-11-24, 23:29

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I don't have many big box PC games, as I got the physical collecting bug pretty late, after most new releases went either to DVD keep case or full digital, and completed big boxes have gotten expensive on the second-hand market. I survey most of those I have on my website, but I feel they are not …

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Re: Netburst: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-24, 15:08

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OK, I got all 3 benchmarks (3DMark00,01SE,03) to run on the following system : P4C800-E, Northwood Pentium 3.0GHz (800MHZ, Hyperthreading), overclocked to 3.30GHz with 220MHz FSB. I did a lazy "auto overclock" in the BIOS, with no other tweaks. At 5:4 FSB:DRAM ratio, this actually runs the RAM at a …

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Re: Ymf724: Does DSDMA.EXE work with DOS 6.22?

Posted on 2023-11-23, 18:59

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I would be more suspicious of incompatibility with your board or BIOS settings than with a particular DOS version.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2023-11-23, 18:50

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This also might be relevant for NUSB on non-English Windows: https://cloakedthargoid.wordpress.com/nusb-wi … 8-language-fix/

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Re: How to make DOS 6.22 - Windows 95 OSR2 dual boot on 2 different partition or drive?

Posted on 2023-11-22, 13:50

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I mean, in the end - it cannot be authentic DOS experience without this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmmfOYyGaQ

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Re: How to make DOS 6.22 - Windows 95 OSR2 dual boot on 2 different partition or drive?

Posted on 2023-11-22, 12:52

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Im not 100% sure, but at windows95 has no standard dos files, like msdos.sys, and other, and i have my config built with many sound cards, with boot utilising, and i think win95 is not so stable, i dont want every time, when system crash, make a new install with dos. It actually does have this and …

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Re: How to make DOS 6.22 - Windows 95 OSR2 dual boot on 2 different partition or drive?

Posted on 2023-11-22, 07:25

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Even 98SE has this option (BootMulti=1), so I am confident it is present in 95OSR2. Why bother with a dual-boot of DOS and W95, especially on a stinky 4GB CF card? Just boot W95 with BootGUI=0.

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Re: DOSKEY insert mode with normal cursor?

Posted on 2023-11-20, 22:42

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My DOSKEY.COM is 15,495 bytes long, and if loaded with /INSERT switch, then the insert mode will have the default cursor and the overstrike mode will have the tall one. I think it's the original Win98 SE DOSKey...

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Re: ALL P4: Aiming for the Stars

Posted on 2023-11-20, 11:53

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Note to self: see if I have time to fiddle with my P4-HT system this weekend to get a result. I also have a couple of P4-M Northwood laptops, but these would be totally gimped compared to their desktop counterparts, unless you want a separate category for mobile CPUs...

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Re: DFI K6XV3+/66 L2 and K6BV3+/66 L2 cache upgrade

Posted on 2023-11-20, 07:48

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I'm a little confused about the comment on this page: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/dfi-k6xv3-66-rev.-b Board is not 2MB L2 capable since it does not support the 64K x 8bit (SOJ-32) SRAM for the necessary TAG addresses. Is all this is saying that you cannot simply upgrade the cache chips, …

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Re: Retro Rig Photo Thread

Posted on 2023-11-17, 21:07

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I did the best cable management job that I knew how. There are SO many wires to deal with (pertaining to the fan controller, 7 fans, and front panel illumination) and with no cable management pathways, I hid what I could behind the left panel and inside a black sleeve. It doesn't measure up to …

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Re: Using Dell U2410f on DOS games

Posted on 2023-11-14, 16:07

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As an owner of a U2410 I've been through this exact problem before: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=39136&p=505914#p505914 Its "Aspect" setting is only good if the GPU outputs exactly the correct resolution with square pixels. For reliable 4:3 output regardless of resolution, a "simpler" …

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