Re: Fury of the Furries demo hangs after the first level

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by ripsaw8080

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Maybe I'm not understanding what comprises the "first level", but I don't encounter any hang after going through the first locked exit and then transitioning to the area with the prisoner that you apparently must release. I tested with default settings in 0.74 and SVN. However, the problem could …

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Re: Blood 1997 & Gravis Ultrasound

Posted on 2020-10-10, 07:31

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by ripsaw8080

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Ah, well, I only use the official 4.11 patch set; but it's good to be aware that PPL could be problematic in some cases. Maybe the PPL version of the "bad" patch could be fixed with a tweak of ULTRAMID.INI, though I don't really understand how the numbers in there work.

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Re: Occasional/Random Stutter

Posted on 2020-10-10, 00:37

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by ripsaw8080

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In the conf file? I guess you're using an unofficial build, and those aren't supported here.

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Re: Occasional/Random Stutter

Posted on 2020-10-09, 20:16

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by ripsaw8080

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The fact that it's only OpenGL output affected is a very strong indicator. There have been others who made similar reports saying vsync made no difference, only to come back later and admit it wasn't disabled after all because they didn't change the setting in the right place.

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Re: Occasional/Random Stutter

Posted on 2020-10-09, 19:42

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by ripsaw8080

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Disable vsync, unless that's what you meant by "adjusting" it. OpenGL output with vsync enabled is known to cause stutter.

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Re: Blood 1997 & Gravis Ultrasound

Posted on 2020-10-09, 15:55

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by ripsaw8080

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Tried it with Blood 1.11, and it's working here in 0.74-3 and SVN. You didn't mention it, but can we assume you have the necessary GUS MIDI files installed (i.e. C:\ULTRASND\MIDI\ containing a bunch of .PAT files and an ULTRAMID.INI file)? If not, there's a guide of sorts for installing the files: …

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Re: Win16: SVGA driver issue

Posted on 2020-10-09, 13:23

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by ripsaw8080

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Things would be easier if DOSBox supported IBM 8514/A (or compatible, ATI Mach32?), XGA or TIGA* which Windows 3.1 has built-in support for. Sadly, this is not the case. Because DOS games don't use these video standards (there's one Mahjongg game for 8514/A). I guess you refer to this game: …

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Re: How do I assign a fixed ID to MIDI devices in Windows 10?

Posted on 2020-10-03, 14:09

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by ripsaw8080

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In SVN you have the option of selecting by device name, e.g. midiconfig=loopmidi or midiconfig=microsoft The match is made for as much of the name as you give, so "loopmidi" finds the first instance of a device that starts with that name.

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Re: Jazz Jackrabbit SB sound card support, Holiday Hare SBPro weirdness

Posted on 2020-10-01, 09:43

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by ripsaw8080

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I was curious to find that the SB Pro driver doesn't work in Dosbox for the two Holiday Hare games - when SB Pro is selected in JJ's setup screen, it acts as if the SB 16 driver is selected instead (an emulated SB16 will play sound, an emulated SB Pro will not understand the DSP commands). Appears …

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Re: 42

Posted on 2020-09-29, 15:55

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"Six by nine. Forty two." "That's it. That's all there is." "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe."

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Re: Simple question about Memory

Posted on 2020-09-29, 15:13

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by ripsaw8080

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Sounds like a case for LOADFIX, so try entering that command before running the program in question.

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Re: can't get F6 to work as normal using keymapper

Posted on 2020-09-27, 22:06

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by ripsaw8080

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The most common mistake is doing the binding backwards -- you should select the emulated event first. In this case, click the F6 button on the mapper interface, then click the Add button, then press the Escape key on your real keyboard to bind it to the event. You might want to delete the Escape …

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Re: Writing a patch in ASM *SOLVED*

Posted on 2020-09-26, 08:28

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by ripsaw8080

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If you can't or don't want to simply pass the value in a register or in a memory variable, the standard method is to use BP in the subroutine: push bp mov bp,sp mov bx,[bp+offset_to_word_value_on_stack] ... pop bp ret The reason BP is the standard is because its default segment is SS and has to be …

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Re: Any good DOS adventure games with a detective as the protagonist?

Posted on 2020-09-26, 05:51

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by ripsaw8080

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Jack Orlando: A Cinematic Adventure Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers -- very much an investigative type adventure; the protagonist is not a police/private detective, but it'd be a shame to overlook it for that reason.

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Re: Rules of Engagement 2 IGS

Posted on 2020-09-25, 18:30

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by ripsaw8080

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The problem with not running BREACH2 is in fact an issue with DOSBox's emulation of DOS, unrelated to ROE2's IRQ 0 bug. However, I must say that the 1.08 version of RULES2.COM is relying on byproduct behavior of DOS, and the developers very likely did that by accident. In any case, I added a fix for …

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Re: Poor performance in Milo the Fuel Run?

Posted on 2020-09-25, 09:39

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by ripsaw8080

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With output=opengl, make sure vsync is disabled on the host, or it can cause speed irregularities.

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Re: How to achieve consistent performance in Milo the Fuel Run?

Posted on 2020-09-25, 05:54

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by ripsaw8080

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Please try core=normal and cycles=auto with this game.

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Re: AdLib's 'sound.com' vs Creative's 'sb-sound.com' driver or dosbox issue ?

Posted on 2020-09-24, 15:04

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by ripsaw8080

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Perhaps with enough reverse-engineering and hacking the SB-SOUND driver could use an equivalent default tempo, but I don't see a reason for the exercise at this point. I suppose the unload feature is nice for real systems, but not so much for DOSBox, and there is MARK and RELEASE to unload TSRs that …

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Re: TNDY Tracker - Tracker Music with SN76489 - Tandy 1000 / Tandy 3 Voice ISA Cards / Tandy / TNDLPT Parallelport Devic

Posted on 2020-09-24, 03:26

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by ripsaw8080

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so if you were trying to "behave" properly, you'd change the rate of INT08 but still put in your 08 handler to call 1Ch at 18.2 Hz, or as close to that rate as you can IMO, a better approach is for the new IRQ 0 handler to finish by jumping to the BIOS IRQ 0 handler (i.e. chain to it) at the usual …

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Re: AdLib's 'sound.com' vs Creative's 'sb-sound.com' driver or dosbox issue ?

Posted on 2020-09-23, 19:45

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by ripsaw8080

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I found the reason that Creative's SB-SOUND doesn't work like AdLib's SOUND with RD2 is that the game does not call any of the timing/tempo functions of the driver, so it relies on the post-initialization defaults. Therefore you will probably find games fall into two categories with SB-SOUND: sets …

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