Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2021-10-19, 21:33

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by UCyborg

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Probably nothing of particular interest for me in Win11 at first glance. Some say it's a bit smoother than 10, but probably not too significant. I like improved paging algorithm in 10. It's irritating with Vista - 8.1 that OS happily puts inactive programs' data from RAM to disk, then there's always …

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Re: Why people still love XP

Posted on 2021-08-28, 22:22

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Didn't love XP back then and don't love it now. Or any other OS, really. I run whatever other software requires to perform optimally. I only kept XP around to test game patches on that I used to do.

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Re: Unintended FPS cap in Max Payne? (EDIT: and Hitman 2: SA)

Posted on 2021-01-22, 23:41

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Max Payne enables VSync for itself, it doesn't have an option to disable it. Windows 10 comes with crippled D3D8, which runs D3D8 games in windowed mode, so it doesn't matter what the game does, it'll always behave as if VSync is disabled. There's a hacked d3d8.dll from an older Windows 10 build …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-12-10, 18:46

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I think I damaged my motherboard's ethernet card a while ago by accidentally plugging in PS/2 keyboard while PC was on, I was tired and not thinking straight at the time. I didn't notice right away because I usually connect through phone's USB tethering function, which wirelessly connects to cable …

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Re: 8 Ball Pool @ miniclip.com - enormous memory usage

Posted on 2020-11-01, 06:42

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The game didn't seem to change (much) since the last time, but it manages to load on Chromium Edge now.

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Re: Moderator "It's not okay to bump a thread that's been dead without any new replies for 12 years."

Posted on 2020-10-07, 16:47

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I've seen a case of adding useful information to an old thread and the thread being locked shortly afterwards. Nice job, especially considering such threads had their time to get a nice spot in search engines. /s Oh, and there's the announcement at the top of the Windows sub-forum that it's meant to …

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Re: Which browser do you use?

Posted on 2020-09-19, 16:51

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Basilisk, occasionally Vivaldi.

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Re: Is anyone excited for the Nvidia 3000 series cards

Posted on 2020-09-19, 16:47

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I'm going for another 10 years with the current equipment, assuming neither me nor the equipment dies at any point until then. Well, the GPU is 6 years old since I upgraded it once since I put the computer together. The spare one in the basement is still in perfect condition, though more wasteful in …

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-09-17, 16:49

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Dege, please add Direct3D 9 support to Output API. Why? D3D9 will be dump in the next future. DX9c = 16 years ago. Nvidia, AMD (and maybe Intel) drivers (9a,9b) are already broken, it's why Dege already gave us the D3D9 wrapper. If you want a D3D8to9 wrapper: https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9 So …

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Re: Half-Life 1.1.1.0 patch for dgVoodoo2 Direct3D fullscreen mode compatibility

Posted on 2020-09-14, 19:27

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I wonder if there's any interesting piece of software/demo/game out there that could be downloaded that uses separate focus and device windows. It would necessarily have to be true multi-monitor app. Check if your game was patched to 1.1.1.0 before copying those files over. sierra.inf says which one …

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Re: Half-Life 1.1.1.0 patch for dgVoodoo2 Direct3D fullscreen mode compatibility

Posted on 2020-09-13, 16:35

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It's possible to force menu resolution with -lw and -lh command line arguments (width and height), it just won't look pretty since it's hardcoded for 640x480, but it's functional. Half-Life's D3D renderer doesn't render underwater fog and there's an issue with some textures having some weird color …

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Re: Half-Life 1.1.1.0 patch for dgVoodoo2 Direct3D fullscreen mode compatibility

Posted on 2020-09-12, 19:58

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*crickets* While there's probably no good reason for unpatched Half-Life to do what it does, it doesn't look like dgVoodoo2 is able to handle DDSCL_CREATEDEVICEWINDOW flag. It complains about NULL hWnd, even though focus window was set in the previous call and via the 2nd call to SetCooperativeLevel …

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Re: Half-Life WON 1.0.1.6 Pause Menu Issue

Posted on 2020-09-12, 15:42

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I changed the order in which menu/game windows are shown/hidden. One order doesn't work for all modes, it differs between Software/Direct3D and OpenGL. On top of that, in D3D mode, DirectDraw's SetCooperativeLevel method was used in rather peculiar way that brought an extra window to the scene, …

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Half-Life 1.1.1.0 patch for dgVoodoo2 Direct3D fullscreen mode compatibility

Posted on 2020-09-09, 17:51

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I made it work! 😁 No warranty, tough.

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Re: Half-Life WON 1.0.1.6 Pause Menu Issue

Posted on 2020-09-09, 17:37

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I fixed some issues in 1.1.1.0 version of the game, including the one this thread is about, plus: Direct3D mode now works with dgVoodoo2 and works better with native Direct3D as well (no more game not responding to mouse wheel). Added -d3dnomaxwinmode command line argument (calls undocumented …

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Re: MCI cdaudio not repeating (looping) on modern Windows systems

Posted on 2020-08-22, 06:54

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There is another bug that exists in all OS from 10 down to XP, possibly on older systems as well. If you pause CD playback via MCI then query its status, you'll get back "stopped" instead of "paused". DxWnd emulates the bug by default, but has an option to enable proper behavior - "Emulate CD pause …

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Re: MCI cdaudio not repeating (looping) on modern Windows systems

Posted on 2020-08-19, 20:08

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There is another bug that exists in all OS from 10 down to XP, possibly on older systems as well. If you pause CD playback via MCI then query its status, you'll get back "stopped" instead of "paused". DxWnd emulates the bug by default, but has an option to enable proper behavior - "Emulate CD pause …

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Re: Prototype - shadows and Alt+Tab issue

Posted on 2020-08-18, 17:52

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UCyborg wrote on 2020-07-22, 16:48: Location in the game world doesn't matter. Should have done some more running around the city. The projected shadow does show in certain spots. But, overall, it renders differently than natively.

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Re: dgvoodoo glide setup for interstate '76

Posted on 2020-08-04, 15:49

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I can't figure out what exactly you're trying to do from what you wrote. nGlide is like dgVoodoo, except that it comes with installer that puts Glide DLLs in system directories so every game sees it right away unless some other Glide DLL is present in the game folder. It can use either D3D9 or …

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Re: Prototype - shadows and Alt+Tab issue

Posted on 2020-07-22, 16:48

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You're right about the circle shadow always being rendered. And yeah, on my end, running the game with dgVoodoo always makes it look like as if shadows were set to low, even when I've set them to high. I also tried making the game re-create profile.bin file with settings while running with dgVoodoo, …

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