Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-18, 11:51

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by kjliew

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Wait a minute, look like the SDL fix is not the holy grail after all. It just has the display scaled up without taking mouse motion into consideration *in windowed mode* . A good DOS game that will manifest this issue is Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty. Try to play it in windowed, use scaler=normal3x …

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-18, 08:41

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by kjliew

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No! ;) Getting a port/formula approved is not fun. Doing it for something like SDL1.2 that has no new version... hard pass... Not a problem, I knew what kind of position that could be. So how did you do the macOS DMG type of DOSBox distribution? Static linking the SDL or always include the spiced …

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-18, 06:10

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Sadly, the 3rd one is MIA. 🤣 Otherwise, it would show off the so-called true & authentic 3Dfx Voodoo rendering with 16-bit dithering, 2x2 filtering and all the accuracy goodies and "freaking fast". 😉

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-18, 05:22

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How about the Tale of Two Lara's ? :D TwoLaras.jpg Try the same position and view angle as the in the screenshot on your choice of PC emulators. Maximize the quality with anti-aliasing with 'F3' key. This is a simple performance measurement to max out the field of depth with dense objects scene, a …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-18, 01:28

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... if something wasn't correct for my Intel Mac platform. Would that help? If there is something useful for me, if you will, then I would be interested if you could monitor the CPU sustained clock speed with an app while running the game without tinkering to force artificial turbo boost. Part of …

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-17, 23:47

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Now, Kekko's Voodoo chip emulation plays in windowed, 640x480 or 800x600 will be fine. Battle Arena Toshinden 3Dfx Ver 2.5 PC Retail

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-17, 22:39

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by kjliew

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@Dominus, can you also help reporting the bug to HomeBrew for the next SDL bottle to include the fix? Perhaps you can also do it for MacPort. The libsdl Portfile from MacPort is even more pristine than HomeBrew. Or maybe MacPort simply prefer "SDL1.2 must die!" 🤣.

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 21:52

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Well, if it is slow then so be it, not surprising for TCG on mobile CPUs anyway. I don't think you could have missed anything, it is what it is. I am just a nice guy to help Apple to sell one more M1. :D I am also not the cry babies who complained to Moderator God that someone & someone mentioned …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 21:19

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From what I have seen on his youtube videos, kjliew has managed to have a very good performance for most games even without HVF. Outside of one video which I made for an imitation of so-called "performance humiliation demonstration", all of them made good use of WHPX/KVM. Some games will always …

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-17, 20:29

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I just checked Brew and it is missing this vital SDL12 commit: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL-1.2/commit/89fc1b1c8a65d2f642bb05be9cdac2636c82ff5f Totally forgot that this was fixed due to my reporting :) So that's the holy grail at last. And with this I guess I can play 3Dfx DOS games in …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 09:33

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Are you sure your Core i7-4558U can't handle games like FIFA98RTWC and NFS2SEA with QEMU TCG? I just tried out both demos on AMD FX, they were well over 30 fps all-time. But it is a desktop CPU anyway, big fan & heatsink, and I could definitely hear the fan spinning like crazy. Windows 10 task …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 08:30

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Since DOSBox-X cannot emulate anything higher than a Pentium MMX 200, even in software mode Grand Prix 3 struggles to run (I think GP3 wasn't made to benefit from Voodoo 1?) and GP3 is much better on vanilla QEMU running a Pentium III and software mode. GrandPrix 3 absolutely kicks *ss with QEMU …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 07:11

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Not surprising. Before I had QEMU acceleration working for Glide pass-through, DOSBox SVN dynamic x86 had always been faster in every games I thrown at them. That was even before the CPU core was overhauled to be 64-bit ready which further improved the performance by 20% from my measurements. QEMU …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 05:27

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I decided to stick with the method for Case #3 for the time being. However, I am struggling with a damn slow gaming speed. I guess that we have just made a case to prove/compare how the M1 is mind blowing compared to intel now. Didn't I just say that it takes x86 virtualization to save the grace of …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 02:40

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Xlib: extension "XFree86-VidModeExtension" missing on display "/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.ydpgILV85Y/org.xquartz:0". That's OK. The Apple GPU on M1 has it, too. The XQuartz GLX simply provided Xxf86vm libs as stubs. The VidModeExtension is also not well supported in Linux/XWayland but it just …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 02:09

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robertmo wrote on 2021-07-17, 02:05: kjliew wrote on 2021-07-17, 01:37: Without an Intel Mac at my side, What about hackintosh? I don't know how. 🤣

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Re: DOSBox SVN for Apple M1 Core Dynrec - A simple hack

Posted on 2021-07-17, 01:52

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by kjliew

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And the DTK was also only on remote control, so that part did not change. The DTK was right in every sense by forcing HiDPI handling even through remote control. It was made to behave just like MacBooks with retina display to force the early access development to focus on HiDPI aspects of software …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-17, 01:37

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by kjliew

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This is the problem. Without an Intel Mac at my side, I think you will be mostly on your own. Or, you will have to bear the grunts of C/C++ refresher course with me. ;) Google is still your best friend, a few keywords suggestion for search, "GLX OpenGL", "OpenGL context GLX", "glX* functions". error …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-07-16, 23:06

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by kjliew

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Bruninho wrote on 2021-07-16, 22:58: As for 3dfx SDK TEST04, how? VOGONS is your friend 😉 That kind of `glxinfo` does not help at all. Please attach the full log. Use `glxinfo | tee intelglx.log` and attach it.

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Re: Very old Linux native games on modern Linux

Posted on 2021-07-16, 22:53

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Yes, MESA devs don't play games. 😉

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