Re: MechWarrior 2 on 8.1 and onwards
Posted on 2018-09-11, 20:45
Re: PowerVR on modern system & OS
Posted on 2018-09-08, 09:27
A simple example, taking Mechwarrior 2 31st PowerVR version. If we had the SGL-to-OpenGL wrapper, called it SGLwrap.dll preferably open-sourced, then we could run the game inside QEMU with Win9x as guest OS. Mechwarrior 2 31st only run on Win9x in pristine condition. There is a stub SGL.dll in the …
Re: Dos multitasking tools research
Posted on 2018-09-06, 04:25
My vague memory recalled that DR-DOS TaskMAX was a pretty decent DOS task switcher bundled free with DR-DOS 5.0 and 6.0. If you do not insist on MS-DOS, then perhaps you could check out DR-DOS.
Re: PowerVR on modern system & OS
Posted on 2018-09-06, 01:40
DOSBox & QEMU can run DOS/ Win9x as guest OS perfectly with good speed on today's modern system. No @leileilol, you seem to possess a strong objection for DOSBox running Win9x as guest OS. I fully understood that this is unsupported. To be frank, even QEMU community would care less about Win9x …
Re: PowerVR on modern system & OS
Posted on 2018-09-05, 19:15
Most of the PowerVR games are only Win9x titles, so I wouldn't advise any DOSBox-related efforts. As leileilol said, powerVR titles are win9x only, which means for #1, the games would also have to be patched to work outside 9x. #2 cannot happen outside 9x unless you patch the drivers for said …
PowerVR on modern system & OS
Posted on 2018-09-05, 00:23
Looking at how DOSBox & QEMU revive the 3Dfx Glide accelerated games on modern system & OS, I was thinking if the same can be done for PowerVR native SGL games for DOS and Win9x. From the technical perspective, PowerVR PCX2 add-in card has an advantage over 3Dfx in emulation due to the headless …
Re: Libpcap in MSYS2/MinGW-W64?
Posted on 2018-08-31, 22:00
The build log did not have any errors. Those were warnings. I think your build was done.
Re: Libpcap in MSYS2/MinGW-W64?
Posted on 2018-08-30, 19:24
Check out the patch I have for SDL_sound 1.0.3. Here's the source tar I used: https://www.icculus.org/SDL_sound/downloads/SDL_sound-1.0.3.tar.gz For MSYS2/MinGW-w64, you need to change the line - from: + if (SearchPath(NULL,"msys-1.0.dll",NULL,255,buf,NULL)) { to: + if (SearchPath(NULL,"msys-2.0.dll …
Re: Libpcap in MSYS2/MinGW-W64?
Posted on 2018-08-26, 16:51
Make sure you are using i686 build of MSYS2/MinGW-w64. The winpcap developer's pack does not include x64 libs in lib.a format. I was able to build DOSBox SVN with NE2000 patch + winpcap last time. However, I found that it was not very stable, so I gave up maintaining such build myself. That was with …
Re: Why Intel dropped the Slot processor form?
Posted on 2018-08-09, 18:33
Why did AMD produce their own incompatible slot instead of just building CPU cartridges that fit the Intel slot? Intel and AMD had been tangled in lawsuits ever since AMD produced the direct replacement of 386 chip that run faster than Intel's 386. Intel quickly moved into 486 and blocked/delayed …
Re: Need for Speed 5: Porsche 2000/Unleashed
Posted on 2018-08-06, 23:01
I downloaded the demo to give it shot with QEMU 3Dfx glide pass-though. It worked out pretty OK with dgVoodoo2 on Windows 10 Pro x64, I would say, after keeping the graphics details low. I am typically not a racing games fan, so I don't have special car wheel and pedals type controls to make it more …
Re: Best Dos Plain text editor with CTRL+C/P Clipboard or customizable keys shorcuts.
Posted on 2018-08-04, 20:41
Check out http://www.shawnhargreaves.com/fed/ You can customize keys shortcuts. Simple and clean interface. I used this for quite a while before I get myself more used to the way VIM'ing works. Unfortunately, you need to build it for plain DOS with DJGPP as the included prebuilt binary is for WIN32 …
Re: GLIDE.DLL LFB implementation issue + WIN64 DLL?
Posted on 2018-08-03, 22:38
Great! I am glad that you were able to resolve the bug. Yes, the fix works perfectly on the demo.
Re: GLIDE.DLL LFB implementation issue + WIN64 DLL?
Posted on 2018-08-03, 17:56
Thanks! Now I can reproduce the error. Even the initial screen is corrupted (missing part from the textured letter 'o' of Turok). My initial screen looks fine though, with dgvoodoo2. turok1_01.png Were you checking out the v1.01 demo? There are 2 versions of demo. The older one only has 3Dfx, the …
Re: GLIDE.DLL LFB implementation issue + WIN64 DLL?
Posted on 2018-08-03, 01:55
Updated prebuilt QEMU WIN64 in 1st post. You *MUST* update the wrapper guest DLLs. Glide3x is still very experimental. You should be able to check out Turok 1 HUD issue. I found that dgVoodoo1 has the same issue on Turok 1, so this must be specific to dgVoodoo texture management.
Re: GLIDE.DLL LFB implementation issue + WIN64 DLL?
Posted on 2018-08-02, 17:46
I tried Turok natively and it had no problems with dgVoodoo. Weird, but when I try to run it from QEmu (both full game and the demo) it won't start, complaining 'cannot open Video_3dfx.dll'. The 3Dfx SDK samples work fine though. :confused: I got this from the QEMU WIN32, so the HUD corruption is …
Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
Posted on 2018-08-02, 00:51
The problem with that is that I had to either have no EMS or 53+ MB of EMS or Blood just would not run. Actually, I don't remember the specific amount, but it was over the 32 MB that DOS 6.22's EMM386 provides. I ended up having to go with another memory manager (to avoid multi-boot.) So, Blood may …
Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
Posted on 2018-08-01, 19:05
Blood needs 53 MiB of RAM and always uses EMS if an EMS manager is active. The trouble is - EMM386 emulates 32 MiB EMS. Or less. Run Blood with the XMS only setup (the NOEMS option for EMM386.EXE). That's wrong information. Blood is a DOS/4GW game, it runs in 32-bit protected mode using DOS …
Re: QDOS / Q2DOS with 3Dfx OpenGL on DOSBox
Posted on 2018-08-01, 05:37
Glide2x.ovl is not a DJGPP compatible binary. This needs to stop. Every now and again someone who is clearly misinformed things this is some glide-related project. The glide3x (notice 3!) is compiled from the source. Those DXEs are the DJGPP compatible binaries that Mesa for DOS needs to talk to a …
Re: GLIDE.DLL LFB implementation issue + WIN64 DLL?
Posted on 2018-07-31, 04:47
Hi Dege, did you get a chance to look at Turok 1? I found that dgVoodoo2 does not render the HUD display correctly. Both OpenGlide and psVoodoo handle this game pretty well. I am surprised to see dgVoodoo2 missed it. A demo version (1.01) is available for download that support Direct3D and Glide. I …
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