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Re: TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-14, 00:07

Xelasarg wrote: Your cpu should certainly be capable of more than only 20000 cycles with "max" setting. I can get more out of it as long as I specify more than 20000. But just choosing "Max" always slows thing down, no matter what game I'm playing. I play TIE Fighter with 30000, for example.

Re: Wing Commander III in VDMS 2.1.0

Posted on 2007-07-13, 07:01

[I acknowledge that my thread has been moved. Here.] Yeah... okay... sorry, didn't see this forum category. I searched for a good category but jumped the gun, choosing the first appropriate one I saw. Sorry about that. Thought I was doing the right thing. Don't be mad at me! I'm so ashamed! Don't …

Wing Commander III in VDMS 2.1.0

Posted on 2007-07-13, 06:37

Hi all, I'm trying to get WC3 running in VDMS 2.1.0 and it isn't working. I right-click on WC3.EXE, choose "Run with VDMS", and then choose all the settings, but it won't let me save those settings anywhere because it automatically tries to save the config file in the same directory as the …

Re: TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-13, 06:00

Here's the dilly, though: I've tried running TIE Fighter under Dynamic/Max, and it runs like crap. However, when I run it under Dynamic/30000, it runs perflectly for 15-20 minutes before starting to show signs of slowdown (as what started this thread). In my experience, DOSBox's "Max" setting ups it …

Re: TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-12, 23:47

What does that do? Isn't max-50% equal to 10000 cycles? EDIT: Well, whatever it does, it appears to have done something. I played for my usual 20 minutes and encountered no slowdown. However, I need to try a few more times before I'm willing to accept this as a cure. Again, what exactly doesn "max …

Re: TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-11, 16:02

I wish I could figure out how to kill absolutely everything in the background except what I need to have sound, video, and a mouse and flightstick. Unfortunately, I have no idea which Microsoft "services" are necessary and which ones aren't. Lord knows if I do a safe-boot nothing related to games …

Re: TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-11, 00:35

I reformat my HD and reinstall Windows once every three months, BTW, so regarding SP2, no, I don't think it's a "I just need to reinstall Windows" issue. That pack is evil. I tried out ykhwong's CVS build and it didn't run any faster. I also tried utterly destroying every program in the background, …

Re: TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-10, 23:37

Well I can immediately say that it's very likely not temperature-related. I just exited TIE Fighter after its latest slowdown, checked this thread, saw your reply, checked my video card tempurature, and it all was way in the green. I don't know how to check the CPU temperature itself. And I refuse …

TIE Fighter Progressive Slowdown

Posted on 2007-07-10, 21:42

Hi all. I recently loaded up the original DOS version of TIE Fighter (the best version by far, IMO) in DOSBox 0.70 and managed to get it working at full speed using the following CPU: Constant 30000 cycles with Dynamic core. However, the longer I play, the more the game starts to slow down. At best …

MAX Sound Crackling/Popping

Posted on 2007-06-13, 22:31

Hi all. I recently got MAX: Mechanized Assault and Exploration up and running perfectly in DOSBox 0.70... except for its sound. The sound is plagued by annoying crackling and popping. In previous games this has always been an issue of the CPU being too fast, but slowing down the CPU -- even …

Re: Gamma Correction In Old Win9x Games?

Posted on 2006-07-08, 18:26

in Windows
A-ha! I think I now know why the nVidia control panel doesn't work on these games -- it's probably because they're not hardware accelerated! There must be some way to work around this. EDIT: I once heard tell of a screw in the back of CRT monitors that could control static charge, and that this …

Re: Gamma Correction In Old Win9x Games?

Posted on 2006-07-08, 17:28

in Windows
Honestly, I don't know why the nVidia control panel doesn't work. It never has on any system or HD instance I've used. I think it has something to do with the games using too early a version of DirectX or something. They're just too old for the control panel to affect.

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