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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:56

That must be it because even one of the older alpha binaries has the issue. It doesn't make sense since there are few changes in that version; I could run a diff against that version, if possible, but I bet it's dosbox specific, too.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:35

by ggorts

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The particles issue is still there with an unstripped q2.exe binary. I'll try to find the cause.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:21

by ggorts

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Sorry for the trouble.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:15

by ggorts

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I think the asm code in the math.s has no known drawback, but the pragma stuff is definitely an issue. At least now we know for sure that any cflag is suspect.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:14

by ggorts

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Confirmed its the -ffast-math optimization. :( Perhaps it's better to remove those 2 lines until we can determine whether the speedup is significant, maybe by a counter on that function and printf the counter after a timedemo completes.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:11

by ggorts

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Maybe it's the pragma code I suggested. I'll check further into it.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 03:06

by ggorts

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That's wonderful work, thanks! I'll try it out now. :) Also, please avoid stripping the q2 executables. There is a bug where the particles appear tiny. Observed before and after stripping any q2 executable on start base1 map (which makes me wonder about the dxe files, too).

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 02:06

by ggorts

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I look forward to trying out an online game via your emulator. At some point it may be interesting to test the robustness of bots on a quake2 server with stock maps, and whether they persist between map loads.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-29, 01:31

by ggorts

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I agree, they are both exceptional and the Chaos mod artwork holds up well today. I think the mod Weapons Factory 4.2 will port, but I tried to include the Eraser bot code. The important bot code, including navigation functions, are in p_trail.c. This enhanced file is unavailable to the public, but …

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 21:10

by ggorts

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Thank you. I'll add the update, too.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 11:36

by ggorts

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Your welcome. Was that executable a batch file with AQ2? It was there for convenience since that mod required a lot of testing. If it was the Q2 binary with ChaosDM, then that was for expediency and lack of testing the new binary with the other mods, although it should be fully compatible with them. …

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 07:05

by ggorts

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The source code is now posted alongside the other archives earlier in this thread.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 03:15

by ggorts

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I'm using djgpp204.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 03:05

by ggorts

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Try this: dxe3gen --show-unres gamex86.dx3 Then this: dxe3gen --show-unres gamex86.dxe

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 03:00

by ggorts

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The makefile can use the dxe3gen tool to dump the functions for a bug report. Without the dxe extension, the functions did not list, and this may have other effects, too. There may even be a way to auto-patch the sys_dos.c file with this method, but I'd have to confirm it; try other parameters in …

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 02:49

by ggorts

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Use dxe3gen to dump the list of functions in the file. It will work with dxe but not dx3, at last from my brief testing.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 02:43

by ggorts

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The timedemo does not recover the performance difference. Try leilei's quake1 port and observe the brief lag with color particles. This effect does not lead to widely different timedemo reports.

Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-06-28, 02:42

by ggorts

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The dprintf function was not updated so that mods port with less modification. I'll work on cleaning the source tree so it can be uploaded, too, but it may take some time. As an aside, it is best to rename the dynamic libraries with the .dxe extension only. Otherwise, given that the dxe3 system is …