Re: Papyrus Nascar 2 high resolution?
Posted on 2020-10-31, 06:54
Copy n2-3dfx/*.* and patch/*.* to your game folder. Run PATCH.EXE to update the game. This is N2PAT0 and will upgrade 1.0o to 1.03. Run NAS3DFX.BAT to activate Glide renderer.
Re: Papyrus Nascar 2 high resolution?
Posted on 2020-10-30, 15:08
You did patch up the game for 3Dfx Glide, didn't you? It should give you NAS3DFX.EXE to run the game in Glide hardware accelerated 3D. You also need to use or compile a version of DOSBox with Glide pass-through patch. It is not available on official build.
Re: Papyrus Nascar 2 high resolution?
Posted on 2020-10-29, 20:07
... But it is limited to games using the stand-alone glide2x.ovl file. That wasn't quite a limit at all. DOS glide games with static linked OVL are minority . Windows Glide games are all dynamic linked DLL. It should also be noted that Voodoo1 emulation is far from perfect, a fact that most had …
Re: Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries non-Titanium version
Posted on 2020-10-29, 19:32
PCem with windows 98 plays the 3dfx version PCem is too slow for any games that support 3D acceleration. Simple games (for eg. Moto Racer 1) can be barely playable with hefty machines, high single-core turbo clocked and desktop class CPUs. Anything more than that (for eg. NFS3, Quake2 etc.) would …
Re: Papyrus Nascar 2 high resolution?
Posted on 2020-10-28, 23:09
The game supports 3Dfx Glide. This is your best option for the highest graphics details at 30FPS at any views and any number of opponent cars drawn. Use a glide wrapper and you can upscale from 640x480 at any resolution you wish. I could do the drive practice of the 1st circuit at locked 30FPS at …
Mechwarrior 2 Mercenaries non-Titanium version
Posted on 2020-10-28, 19:39
In the past, I didn't bother to look into the regular versions of MW2 Mercenaries because only Direct3D was possible as hardware acceleration option. I was pretty happy with Titanium version and its 3Dfx Glide support. Checking out Wine AppDB , the game was considered garbage for Wine and none …
Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games
Posted on 2020-10-23, 19:56
Aquamark3 - QEMU on laptop (Ryzen 2500U) Direct3D9 benchmark Filename aqm3-1.png File size 1.51 MiB Views 98 views File comment Aquamark 3 Filename aqm3.png File size 1.3 MiB Views 98 views File comment Aquamark 3
Re: GOG Expendable won't benchmark
Posted on 2020-10-16, 03:14
Vanilla Expendable run on Win2K/XP if you patched out the CPU tests or use the command line "-nocputest". This was how I checked it out on Win2K/XP VMs, should be the same on real machine. Unfortunately, GO.EXE has bugs that it can only take 1 argument on the command-line, so we can't put together …
Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions
Posted on 2020-10-15, 19:19
You know that the text just looks bad because font smoothing is on in Windows right? This is actually one of the things that are fixed by the compatibility database that breaks when you rename the exe. Which I found a bit weird, since there are other games with the same issue, that are in the …
Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions
Posted on 2020-10-14, 22:18
If anyone's curious why the exe renaming works, Windows has a built in compatibility database with a lot of fixes it bases just on filename. MIDTOWN.EXE applies a compatibility fix, DirectPlayEnumOrder that breaks dgVoodoo. Renaming exe also something helps with getting away from bad GPU driver …
Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions
Posted on 2020-10-14, 01:10
Ok if i rename midtown.exe to MidtownMadness.exe it works properly (with direct3d also, that is renamed dxvoodoo2 wrapper) but with a very, very, veeery slow frame rate and stuttering, also with 640x480 The game supports all native resolutions from Direct3D HAL including widescreen. Just install …
Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games
Posted on 2020-10-13, 11:08
Midtown Madness 1 (Chicago Edition) 1999 Direct3D acceleration working, gameplay was fine. No funky EXE renaming (and I didn't understand how it can make any difference). Just install the last official patch called XP compatibility pack regardless of which Windows VM used to play. It fixed the game …
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 clone with x86 basis
Posted on 2020-10-12, 22:34
It's a perfectly valid comparison - if the feature is not implemented or enabled in your shipped firmware, you as an end user simply will not have normal access to it, pure and simple. It is NOT, because VMX/EPT does not require anything from the firmware. If the platform is not locked down, you as …
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 clone with x86 basis
Posted on 2020-10-12, 04:55
Eh, not all of those x86 SBCs expose Intel vmx/ept instructions to the OS in their firmware. ... not exposed by default on their shipping firmware - its pretty much an experimental, niche feature You are just being naive to think that VMX/EPT are still experimental. They have been here for the past …
Re: CPU Challenge - Windows 98
Posted on 2020-10-12, 02:45
I think using a desktop class virtual CPU is truly unfair :D So I switched to mobile, fan-less ultrabook. Quake 2 3.20 1280x960 timedemo 1 map demo1.dm2 689 frames, 8.9 seconds: 77.1 fps (software) 689 frames, 3.5 seconds: 196.5 fps (default OpenGL) Win98SE on QEMU KVM/MESAGL pass-through Intel Core …
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 clone with x86 basis
Posted on 2020-10-12, 01:54
Eh, not all of those x86 SBCs expose Intel vmx/ept instructions to the OS in their firmware. ... not exposed by default on their shipping firmware - its pretty much an experimental, niche feature You are just being naive to think that VMX/EPT are still experimental. They have been here for the past …
Re: CPU Challenge - Windows 98
Posted on 2020-10-10, 03:35
How about spoiling the fun with virtual CPU? :D Quake2 3.20 1280x960 timedemo 1 map demo1.dm2 689 frames, 3.5 seconds: 197.1 fps (software) 689 frames, 1.1 seconds: 603.3 fps (default OpenGL) Win98SE on QEMU WHPX/MESAGL pass-through AMD FX8300/GeForce GT730 While both CPU and GPU are not the latest …
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 clone with x86 basis
Posted on 2020-10-09, 22:32
And I am telling you that it can not be done. Why do you think Dosbox exist in the first place? You can buy one of these, install modern Linux, run DOS/Win9x on QEMU KVM and you can play your past x86 games collection. I am telling you that it can be done. You could do the same on ARM SBCs but much …
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 clone with x86 basis
Posted on 2020-10-09, 10:54
.....why not just go big, and buy a modern I7 machine or something and be done with it. SD-Cards can not manage all them endless writing in terms of swapping anyway. The point is not having to go big but still able to play legacy x86 DOS/Windows games from the past. I wasn't at all refer to modern …
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 clone with x86 basis
Posted on 2020-10-08, 22:09
"The ROCK Pi X BIOS is based on the AMI(American Megatrends, Inc) AptioV BIOS with UEFI and 64bit OS support, providing a user friendly interfaces I am surprised that it didn't use the free EDK2 barebone UEFI implementation to further reduce cost. Or, Intel hadn't been doing a great job in …
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