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Re: Let's Play recommendations

Posted on 2018-01-13, 19:23

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Dilandau3000 did a bunch of sierra classics, intelligent guy who's put a lot of effort into his lps. Meridian's done some old games like x-com and civ 2, relaxed style. Overthegun plays old console stuff; blind runs, lots of swearing etc. so you either like him or not. Pakratt13 has to be commended …

Re: Voodoo 3 vs GF2 GTS + Voodoo 2 SLI

Posted on 2018-01-05, 20:43

My gf2 ti outputs vga just fine, certainly at lower resolutions which is all I use. There's a vga capture video somewhere on my channel with that vs. the v3 (saw extra traffic on it lately prior to this thread, probably related - yeah, even +30 views is a massive spike in the graphs). I replaced the …

Re: Coolers for older graphics cards.

Posted on 2018-01-03, 20:23

With a case-mounting metal arm and long rubber 'screws' like in the picture you can mount a fan of your choosing face up directly under the thing you wanna cool, though it takes up an extra expansion slot. Depending on the weight of the fan you may be able to macgyver a household alternative for the …

Re: MobyGames approval process is a moving target

Posted on 2018-01-03, 19:51

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Submitting in the native resolution and letting their site handle upscaling dynamically for the viewer is probably better for consistency. Ironically, wanting to submit in one's favored upscaled resolution is the opposite of standardization.

Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2018-01-03, 07:34

in PC Emulation
Memory sharing (shm on linux, don't know about windows) pcem's output pixel buffer to the external renderer works in about realtime (sans thread safety). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTO_a9gLhSE. Still requires allowing pcem to mouse lock for interaction, but kinda cool anyway.

Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2017-12-30, 03:27

in PC Emulation
I got interested in testing the monitor thing. You can hack a kludge with linux's 'import' tool to rip the pcem window's output onto disk and from there into a texture buffer in the program, mapped onto a monitor's 3d model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CwUyrflkbE The video degrades the image …

Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.

Posted on 2017-12-29, 09:57

in PC Emulation
Been prototyping an alternate machine configurator that I'd find more interesting to use than the text-based gui. In essence a 3d retro pc builder, you drag components/parts off a list onto suitable connectors on the stuff already installed, with dynamic recursion of expansion, e.g. motherboard - …

Re: Which programming language?

Posted on 2017-12-26, 18:17

in Milliways
A 486 and a semi-modern C/C++ compiler, yes. But the question was more about what they used back then. Sure. There were two questions, which languages were used, and which languages are most useful, so I think caution is warranted. That said, choosing an obsolete language or an obsolete subset of …

Re: Which programming language?

Posted on 2017-12-25, 18:47

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The languages used then aren't necessarily the most useful to use for then now. E.g. some c++ compilers that can excrete dos binaries have partial support for up to c++11, which depending on the goals may or may not make the work easier. Inline assembly sure, but that assumes you've exhausted …

Re: WINE, it's rather crap for games, isn't it?

Posted on 2017-12-21, 18:10

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Gta 4 runs decent on a hd 5770/r7 360 with open drivers. Not with full details but enough to be fun. Gothic 2 runs perfect. I think star wars kotor ran perfect some years ago when I played it. I don't run many games on wine but when I do, they work rather well. Gothic 3 had some graphics issues …

Re: Suddenly can't edit posts anymore?

Posted on 2017-12-21, 05:20

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I could restore their posts by hand since I do database backups nearly every first daily visit, but that'd be too troubling. There's a chance that the more you require users to cede exclusive rights wrt their work as a prerequisite for contributing, and the more willing you are to apply those …

Re: Suddenly can't edit posts anymore?

Posted on 2017-12-21, 02:15

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I should mention I had to impose edit times on my own board for years because there would be some contributors that would suddenly mass blank their posts for inexplicable reasons. All I could do is just humiliate them with a custom title, like "HAHA I BLANKED MY POSTS!!! THATLL SHOW THAT GAME'S …

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