Re: How can I stop this window from closing until I have read the text, please?

Posted on 2021-05-07, 18:43

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by Kerr Avon

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I believe the GGGN64 program logs its errors into assembly.log But the .log file only appears sometimes, and doesn't seem to help me get to the problem. However, your 'insert a space' solution DOES seem to help (and does make sense, since you're then separating the instruction or memory address …

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Re: How can I stop this window from closing until I have read the text, please?

Posted on 2021-05-06, 16:13

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by Kerr Avon

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Hmm. What if you run GGGuy.exe from a command prompt window by using the "Start" command, as in "start ggguy.exe" ? I've just tried, but it doesn't give any more output. Thanks anyway. I'm guessing it's trying to run one of the other .exe files in the zip when it does the patching. You could …

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Re: How can I stop this window from closing until I have read the text, please?

Posted on 2021-05-06, 15:43

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Those tools at least all run under 64-bit Windows 10 so it's not an OS issue. If you're very lucky running the main exe like 'ggguy.exe > bla.txt' will redirect the output of the command-line (not dos!) programs to said text file, but chances are slim as they are external processes launched by the …

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How can I stop this window from closing until I have read the text, please?

Posted on 2021-05-06, 14:49

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by Kerr Avon

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Short version: (in case this is a common problem with an often used solution, which I think/hope it might be) : I am trying to use a Windows program, that as part of it's operation, the windows program opens up a DOS window, and the DOS windows shows the program's progression and error messages. The …

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Re: Gmail related problem, please help.

Posted on 2021-05-06, 13:50

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by Kerr Avon

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Thanks for the answers, everyone.

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Game randomizers (including one for Deus Ex!)

Posted on 2021-04-30, 12:48

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by Kerr Avon

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At the webpage: https://www.debigare.com/randomizers/ there are many game radomizers for quite a few games. A game randomizer alters aspects of a given game, such as the location or type of enemies, or what items are used to pass what obstacles, weapon statistics, etc. The point of a game randomizer …

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Gmail related problem, please help.

Posted on 2021-04-26, 14:44

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My Gmail account recently went over the 15GB limit, so I deleted a lot of emails, and photos, and I am now down to 14.6GB, so I now have 0.4GB free. The problem is, I deleted six years or so worth of emails, and a lot of photos from Google Photos, so I should have more free space than this. I am …

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Free PS4 games! Sony are giving away ten PS4 games to help with the tedium of the Covid situation.

Posted on 2021-03-26, 13:27

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Sony are giving away ten commercial games, as a gift to people who are stuck at home during this miserable time. To download them on your PS4, go to the Playstation Store (it's at the very left, on the PS4's dashboard), then when it opens click on the 'Play at Home' page, and click on each game that …

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Re: Disableing 'head bob' in DOS FPS games (DOOM, Heretic, Hexen, Blood, etc.)

Posted on 2021-02-16, 21:24

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by Kerr Avon

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Is there any medication you can get to counter motion sickness? Failing that, over the years I've read lots of posts from people who suffer from motion sickness when playing fast, first person games, and I've seen various solutions proposed, such as using a higher frame-rate, or altering the field …

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Re: Serious Sam BFE

Posted on 2021-02-12, 17:22

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I was surprised to find that the Serious Sam Collectection wasn't released on PC (I have it on the XBox 360). It's not a great collection, as it has the PC version of the first game (both encounters), instead of the version for the original XBox (the XBox version is one of the very rare times when a …

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Re: Which old game would you like to see a remastered version of?

Posted on 2021-01-26, 22:27

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Timeshift , released in 2007. It's a first person shooter that should have been great, as it has a fantastic base to build upon; it's a first person shooter where you can also control time, and whilst the game has some rather low points, it also has some very good things too. Sadly, most reviews …

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Re: ISS contact using a 40 years young home computer

Posted on 2021-01-26, 21:36

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The C64 was and is a great machine. It, and other great 8 bit systems still have a lot of modern users, lots of modern 'net activity, and a not inconsiderable stream of new games still being made by the fans.

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Re: How to increase the view distance in The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Posted on 2021-01-18, 21:22

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by Kerr Avon

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This is really interesting, thanks.

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Re: Your oldest favorite computer game?

Posted on 2021-01-10, 14:16

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My favourite oldest video game is the classic arcade game Md Do!, from 1980. Still my favourite arcade game. https://static.retrogames.cc/previews/mrdo.png For some reason, Mr Do! was one of the few arcade games that never received a decent port (official or ripoff) on the ZX Spectrum. But …

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Re: Was Deus Ex rough on contemporary hardware?

Posted on 2021-01-10, 13:42

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by Kerr Avon

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I can't remember my PCs specs when I first played Deus Ex, sorry, but I do remember being really pleased at the game. One of the very few times when a game not only delivered what had been promised in the magazine previews, but actually exceeded my hopes. We're talking Half-Life, Goldeneye, Perfect …

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Re: Lost games

Posted on 2020-11-01, 17:44

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The reviews were terrible. It's the only id game I've never played. According to Metacritic, the PC version averages 74 percent for critic reviews, and 7.3 out of 10 for player reviews, which hardly spells 'terrible' to me. Those might be worse reviews than the other popular Wolfenstein games, such …

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Re: Lost games

Posted on 2020-11-01, 14:45

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If you can get Wolfenstein 2009 from anywhere, then you should, as it's a great game, and my favourite of all the Wolfenstein games.

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Re: Does a no-steam retail version 0f Half Life 2 even exist?

Posted on 2020-10-31, 17:56

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The Xbox port of Doom 3 is also pretty impressive. Too bad some levels had to be cut down to fit in 64 MB of RAM, but the game still looks good and runs smooth. The engine has a render path tailored for the NV20 architecture; probably helps a lot. But yeah, Half-Life 2 on the Xbox is superb. The …

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Re: Does a no-steam retail version 0f Half Life 2 even exist?

Posted on 2020-10-29, 17:46

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I kid you not, when I first got Half-Life 2 in 2005 and saw that it wanted to install some other (then unknown) internet-connected software, it was such a turn-off that I canceled the installation, put the game on a shelf, and didn't touch it again for a year. Glad I did eventually play it, though. …

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Re: Any Analogue.co console users?

Posted on 2020-10-29, 16:50

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Of course, if N64 emulation becomes good enough, then I'd be happy emulating the console on my PC or laptop, but it still has problems at the moment. libretro's Mupen64next has a very fast good ParaLLEl Vulkan backend that takes in all of its dithered+smoothed+antialiased 240p glory. There were …

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