Re: Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned rat

Posted on 2011-10-25, 07:28

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by aqrit

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my batch script (that UK_John attached to this thread) might work IF you run it in the 32-bit command prompt %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\cmd.exe I'll be getting a computer with Win7 x64 sometime this week... so I'll be able to research this. I'm assuming it is just a problem with "virtualization/ …

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Re: need help with dosbox and pools of radiance install

Posted on 2011-10-24, 16:15

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by aqrit

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it doesn't name the game or save game directories correctly. So you need to fix them by hand more Pool of Radiance... VISTA 64bit, Pools of Radiance Save Issues: Please Advise

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Re: Enhanced support for Vista/7's Desktop Window Manager

Posted on 2011-10-23, 15:39

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by aqrit

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at the mercy of... disable the dwm service or set the compatibility option "Disable Desktop Composition" for affected applications and see if that helps

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Re: another lost soul trying to get a game working - HEAVY GEAR II

Posted on 2011-10-21, 06:10

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by aqrit

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http://wiki.winehq.org/WineD3DOnWindows -> http://wiki.winehq.org/Parallels Parallels worked around the recursive linking problem. I'm can use Wined3d's DirectDraw with no problems. I just tried the HG2 demo and it did NOT work with Wined3d. HG2 did run with regular d3d on win7 (for me)

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Re: another lost soul trying to get a game working - HEAVY GEAR II

Posted on 2011-10-20, 15:42

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by aqrit

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http://www.nongnu.org/wined3d/ Which includes "experimental" support for < DX7 (AFAIK from Parallels)

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Re: Escaping the box (or how to talk to programs outside of DOSBox)

Posted on 2011-09-15, 02:14

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by aqrit

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Using WriteProcessMemory on game code doesn't turn out well IF using dynamic core. WriteProcessMemory on data works AFAIK however it can be at different memory locations for every user/session/version, you'll have to search memory for a game string or something and use that as a base address. IPX …

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Re: Privateer 2 - The Darkening deluxe edition

Posted on 2011-09-14, 05:34

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by aqrit

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launch hex editor open dark.exe in hex editor navigate to offset 87D8D (hex) // 556429 (decimal) increase the value found at that offset save file dark.exe Space is already capped at 33.3 frames per second I don't know if lowering that will help any. hex value 32 (50 decimal) would cap the fps at 20

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Re: Want to start programming games with winasm

Posted on 2011-08-30, 21:39

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by aqrit

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in Windows

ask at the winasm forums but probably use a different linker

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Re: Starship Titanic on Vista 32-bit

Posted on 2011-08-28, 06:01

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by aqrit

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take a look at this thread: Starship Titanic: "MEM_BAD_POINTER?"

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Re: improving DDRAW

Posted on 2011-08-21, 20:22

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by aqrit

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Direct3D, DirectDraw, and OpenGL have all been ported run off each other... gldirect dxglwrap wined3d and of course ddraw is backed by GDI Drawing one image on top of another is always going to look the same no matter what API you use. Visual improvements really need to be done by hand for each game …

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Re: How to open a file with a specific editor when clicking on the file ?

Posted on 2011-08-03, 17:10

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by aqrit

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associate the files type with a batch script that launches dosbox lets say you want to use the dos version of pkunzip to unpack all your zip files (for some reason) @echo off start D:\programs\dosbox\dosbox.exe -c "mount x: d:\dosapps\pkzip " -c "mount y: %~dsp1 " -c x: -c "pkunzip.exe y:\%~snx1 " I …

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Re: mudlord's Windows 7 DDraw Compatability Fix (Fixes Garbled Colors)

Posted on 2011-08-02, 20:06

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by aqrit

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Read my comments in this thread... seriously the first 4 steps are not optimal -> and almost never work for me (and others) a better method: 1) Get TimeDateStamp from target executable 2) Add key to registry (the key name can be anything)

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Re: Warcraft 1 (Orcs and Humans) Mouse scrolling speed

Posted on 2011-06-21, 14:37

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by aqrit

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

You need to slow your computer down. If using dosbox you can change the emulation speed via ctrl+F11/ctrl+F12

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Re: Diablo IPX support using DosBox as the emulator?

Posted on 2011-05-29, 16:04

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by aqrit

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Another crazy idea of mine :D google produced these two links rather rapidly http://www.solemnwarning.net/ipxwrapper/ http://www.morpheussoftware.net/git/ however, there are lots of smart people here so maybe someone will have a better answer for you.

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Re: would this game work on vista 3s-bit through dosbox

Posted on 2011-05-20, 19:13

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by aqrit

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No RA2 is not a DOS game so DOSBox won't help. back in the day... I think I got it working by replacing thipx32.dll with the one from WINE have you tried the latest official patch? ftp://ftp.westwood.com/ EA seems to have taken down all the old C&C stuff :( *edit: link to ftp sub directory didn't …

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Re: mudlord's Windows 7 DDraw Compatability Fix (Fixes Garbled Colors)

Posted on 2011-05-02, 23:56

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by aqrit

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It gets the 'ID' value in a way less prone to failure. Though the program itself is probably less reliable. (because it was written in a hurry) As far as I know, this does the exact same thing as the program in the OP. Did you read the posts in your own thread? specifically these three: http://www. …

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Re: ddhack

Posted on 2011-05-02, 20:46

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ddhack doesn't appear to work with any of the ddraw sdk samples Has any1 given any thought on how to add support for games that load ddraw via CoCreateInstance() ?

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Re: mudlord's Windows 7 DDraw Compatability Fix (Fixes Garbled Colors)

Posted on 2011-05-02, 19:30

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by aqrit

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something like this? http://users.cjb.net/aqrit/ddraw_color_fixer.zip (includes source) *** not tested on x64 ***

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Re: mudlord's Windows 7 DDraw Compatability Fix (Fixes Garbled Colors)

Posted on 2011-04-30, 17:42

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by aqrit

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back on topic... The DirectDraw\\MostRecentApplication value almost never updates (for me) but a quick google shows that the "ID" value is just the TimeDateStamp in the PE header of the target executable So this program could be greatly simplified/improved...

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Re: mudlord's Windows 7 DDraw Compatability Fix (Fixes Garbled Colors)

Posted on 2011-04-26, 06:07

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by aqrit

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... I used: IDAFree as a disassembler OllyDbg (v1.10 and v2.0) as a debugger Cheat Engine to log what accessed the IsFullScreen value CFF Explorer for examining/altering the PE header Dependency Walker for viewing imports MSVC Express 2008 for compiling my api hooks/code injection test stuff dx7sdk …

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