Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-08-05, 00:51

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by kjliew

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Wine 4.12 fixed D3D7 lighting issues with Tomb Raider Last Revelation. Thread updated with correctly rendered image from QEMU with WineD3D. All Tomb Raider PC series (I, II, III, IV and V) from the early years run perfectly on QEMU with 32bpp full details and high resolution, including FMVs and in- …

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Re: dgvoodoo glide setup for interstate '76

Posted on 2020-08-05, 00:00

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I76 Gold/Nitro's Glide backend is only really made for 2MB tmem'd voodoo cards (Voodoo Graphics) and have texture panics on anything more, including Voodoo2s Run great with QEMU + OpenGlide. If it really fussed about FB and TMU memory, then OpenGlide reports as Voodoo1 8MB framebuffer and 16MB TMU …

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Re: Cannot start Exteme Assault (Windows 10) - window immediately dissapears

Posted on 2020-08-04, 22:47

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by kjliew

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I have no idea what had happen. I found that the 'Tab' or 'Q' targeting key failed to work properly in the game with DOSBox and QEMU, OpenGlide or dgVoodoo2. I am sure I remember that it worked before. Running software rendering (XA.EXE) is fine. The game runs smooth regardless, but without …

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Re: Playing old Disney Interactive games at high resolutions

Posted on 2020-08-04, 22:06

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It sounds like using a virtual machine is more of an inconvenience. Windows ME is giving problems with sound support. VM requires time to setup, but once it is done, the disk image is always there and you can archive it or use snapshots on VM invocation to retain a golden OS image. Once you have …

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Re: Playing old Disney Interactive games at high resolutions

Posted on 2020-08-04, 21:42

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How would that mess up the desktop? If you are running a FHD desktop with instances of browsers, spreadsheets, word processors and source code editors, when an old DirectDraw switches into full-screen (typically 640x480), then all the background apps resize to fit the screen. When you returned to …

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Re: Cannot start Exteme Assault (Windows 10) - window immediately dissapears

Posted on 2020-08-04, 21:28

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by kjliew

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I guess Windows 10 x64 removing VDM support in command prompt can no longer run any DOS EXE, so you can't use 'Windows' emulation on which GliDOS simply needs to emulate API pass-through into WIN32 DLL. Hence, without Windows VDM on x64 version, you have to use DOSBox emulation.

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Re: Playing old Disney Interactive games at high resolutions

Posted on 2020-08-04, 21:14

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Does the game switch to full-screen window? Most games typically do that. If it does, then it is better to play in VM. When it switches to full-screen, you can drag and resize the VM to play it in any resolution. QEMU does that, I just tried StarCraft 1, and QEMU SDL2 display backend simply …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-31, 07:54

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Nor would it, Unreal 2 is not binary compatible at all to anything in UT200x, it's Legend Entertainment's own spinoff of the UE2 engine. It is indeed a let-down to know that Unreal 2 does not support OpenGL. Another Clive Barker Undying sort of mishap where OpenGL was left out in the cold while the …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-31, 05:51

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Unreal 2 The Awakening PC demo on QEMU with WineD3D The demo does not have OpenGL driver, extracting the UT2003 OpenGL driver does not work for Unreal 2. Otherwise, the frame rate would have doubled as UT2003 BotMatch benchmark runs at over 70FPS. I hope this is not the case for the full game. Let …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-31, 04:16

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Halo CE 1.00.578 PC demo on QEMU , a true Direct3D9 reference game from Microsoft Game Studios. PC version was released in year 2003. Depend on in-game view distance, the frame rate can go from sub-20FPS to 60FPS locked. Not really need to play in QEMU as the game still works perfectly on Windows …

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Re: What emulator use for Windows 9x on new PC ?

Posted on 2020-07-27, 00:50

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IMO, the biggest downside of PCem is that the emulator is faithful in the emulated CPU speed. A Pentium II is a Pentium II and the emulator behaves as a Pentium II, even though your CPU can go faster. There are certainly valid use cases for such emulation concept, but for legacy Glide/Direct3D/ …

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Re: What emulator use for Windows 9x on new PC ?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 07:45

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I can run Final Reality on QEMU with Direct3D acceleration from WineD3D through MESA GL pass-through backend, upscaled to 1024x768. Today, if you build QEMU from source, then it is the only emulation vehicle that accelerates 3Dfx Glide, OpenGL and Direct3D through modern day's GPUs. FR.png I believe …

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Re: Dosbox to emulate Windows programs (not games)

Posted on 2020-07-24, 23:23

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by kjliew

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If one booted a legit MS-DOS 6.22 image instead of using DOSBox internal DOS, then SHARE would come with it. I am not sure if SHARE would depend on low-level IBM PC INT15h that DOSBox may not be 100% compliant due to its focus on games.

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Re: Is it possible to change Soundcard address by editing the Bios ?

Posted on 2020-07-24, 22:21

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It is a VIA with VT 686B southbridge. You may be able to spare the SB16 and use the built-in AC97 for SoundBlaster emulation with FM music with the right software. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=56543 If you are not a purist SoundBlaster, then I think this is a better solution and I …

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Re: trouble with a program: cup386

Posted on 2020-07-22, 23:33

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A guy asks why cup386 doesn't run in DOSBox and I am trying to give the answer. It is better not to give any wrong answers if you do not know the stuffs. BTW, jmarsh does know his stuffs and I reaffirmed that your answer of "DOSBox cannot execute privileged instructions for x86 real-mode" is non- …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-17, 03:09

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Expendable (by Rage) Matrox G400 EMBM version runs on QEMU. This is a good example of how QEMU KVM/WHPX would bring out the best for running legacy DirectX games that even Matrox G400 won't be able or fast enough to run its own specially optimized title at: Expendable Timedemo Report …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-11, 01:16

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i guess if used TitaniumGL (or QindieGL or GLDirect) with dgvoodoo2 you may have real resolution upscaling ;) I guess they will be more useful for VMWare ;) I tried real resolution upscaling for Moto Racer 1, it is possible for this game because the race scene is fully polygonal. However, I noticed …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-10, 07:26

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QEMU MESAGL with WineD3D can scale!! :D Moto Racer 1 scaled at 1400x1050, Wow! moto_highres.png An enhancement for WineD3D specifically target for QEMU, it scales the final output to any QEMU desktop resolution with additional registry key for configuration, similar to the rest of Wine registry …

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Re: QEMU MESA GL pass-through for OpenGL games

Posted on 2020-07-07, 05:57

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Capcom Resident Evil 1 PC (Direct3D) WineD3D over QEMU MESAGL pass-through. RE1a.png RE1.png Running from Win98/ME guest. Game speed seemed normal. In-game cinematic videos, character movements, action and item menu all looked perfect. No patch, just install from CD, select any of the Redition …

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Re: Apple is getting off Intel CPU’s ?

Posted on 2020-06-26, 20:48

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But but but... they will solder everything on the mainboard. Meaning you can't upgrade the parts, if it's broken you'll need a new Mac... No offense, but those were customers Apple wished they wouldn't have. Apple has never wished to monetize aftermarket upgrades as their business model, and they …

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