Re: Mortal Kombat 3 Sound and Moves in Dosbox

Posted on 2015-04-29, 07:54

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My setting is cycles=max. You need to be close to the enemy to perform this finish. Which means you have to start holding LP while away from the enemy, move closer, then press F-D-D-F, and release. I input the sequence pretty fast, but not blazing fast. One thing I can think of is that if you press …

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Re: Mortal Kombat 3 Sound and Moves in Dosbox

Posted on 2015-04-29, 05:23

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Interesting, is it setting-dependent? I just tried DOSBOX 0.74 and could successfully perform Kano's fatality (Hold LP - F-D-D-F - Release LP) 3 times in a row without any issues. I wasn't pressing the keys particularly slow either. It's a standard USB keyboard, not wireless. SB16 music works as …

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Re: Any Thinkpad fans identify this model?

Posted on 2015-04-25, 18:08

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It's a T2x. T20: http://digichar.com/imgs/a/d/s/x/x/ibm_thinkpad_t20_laptop_20gb_hdd_256mb_ram_win_xp_sp3_ms_office_a_lot_software_1_lgw.jpg T23: http://philippthome.de/fotos/upload/2013/01/18/20130118234247-9f8c2fc8.jpg All T2x look basically the same, as you can see, and the picture is not sharp …

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Re: Help me choose the right sound card for 2 retro sets!

Posted on 2015-04-23, 13:02

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alexanrs wrote: If you specify DOS=NOAUTO in Config.sys it wil not load anything automatically (HIMEM.SYS, DBLBUFF.SYS, IFSHLP.SYS and SETVER.EXE), so you can even go "conventional memory only" with DOS 7.x Awesome. I didn't even know that. 😀

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Re: Help me choose the right sound card for 2 retro sets!

Posted on 2015-04-23, 06:17

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Windows will never be pure DOS. It's Windows, capable of doing some later type of DOS. Not pure DOS at all. For pure dos, you need eighter: MS-Dos, Novell-DOS, IBM-DOS, DR-DOS or Free-DOS. Those are the real deal, not Windows95/98/ME. Yes it can be used to launch DOS software. Still, not pure DOS. …

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Re: hey network guru's question for you

Posted on 2015-04-22, 20:19

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All is good advice, and generally it is much easier to manage a proper router-based setup than an ICS-based one. However, I still believe that a correctly configured ICS can provide the desired security, and some tips to that end were given here. I still don't recall seeing a definitive answer to …

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Re: Any ports/utilities for running Blood and Blood2 in direct3d or Opengl?

Posted on 2015-04-22, 13:33

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There is BloodCM (formerly BloodTC) for eDuke32. It fully supports the first two episodes, and partially the third and the fourth. http://m210.duke4.net/ http://www.eduke32.com/ The problem with bumping an old thread is that anyone reading it now will be exposed to a lot of outdated and irrelevant …

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Re: Best Doom ports for dos

Posted on 2015-04-22, 09:22

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For DOS - I'd say BOOM/MBF. They basically give you the original experience, with some UI improvements, bug fixes, engine limit removals, more customization options, and a few new level design elements which are nice but not very intrusive.

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Re: Help me choose the right sound card for 2 retro sets!

Posted on 2015-04-21, 16:22

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The live! 5.1 is a good card for any windows computer, but you wont be able to go to pure DoS with it if you decide to do so. Wasn't it possible, at least on some setups, to emulate an ISA Sound Blaster behavior on the PCI Cards (Live/Audigy), using SBEINIT? On the faster PC I don't think I'm going …

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Re: Setting up multiple sound cards in DOS: any heads up?

Posted on 2015-04-21, 07:13

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My first sound card (on a P100 system) was actually an ESS (I think the 688). Back then I knew nothing about different synthesis, and how different the MIDI can sound between various cards. I remember that the ESS sounded fine mostly, but some games would not detect it properly part of the time. …

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Re: Most forgettable games

Posted on 2015-04-21, 07:03

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Blake Stone. I last played it through 20 years ago and I don't remember any particularly striking layout or fun moments in there. Gets high praise these days Honestly, I think most Wolf3D clones (with the possible exception of RoTT) are like this. Boring, monotonous. Corridor 7, Operation Body …

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Re: Games completely outshined by their sequels

Posted on 2015-04-20, 20:40

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I think that singling out PoP is a bit unfair, given that it started on the Apple II, so the PC port had to be reasonably faithful to it. So perhaps one criterion should be that both the original and its sequel(s) were produced for the same platform? That's an interesting point, considering that …

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Re: Games completely outshined by their sequels

Posted on 2015-04-20, 19:20

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Heroes of Might & Magic 2 and then 3. This is a great example. I was almost sure it was going to be brought up, and almost mentioned it myself. I think HoMM3 is the real jump. HoMM2 is amazing, adding quite a few elements (two new castle types, creature upgrades, secondary skills, more interesting …

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Games completely outshined by their sequels

Posted on 2015-04-20, 17:56

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*apologies if such a topic already exists* I guess sequels to popular games usually fall into one of a few categories: * Same formula, adjust for better technology (e.g., Duke Nukem II which kept the Duke Nukem gameplay only with better graphics, sound, music, or the second Keen trilogy compared to …

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Re: a Choice between 2 P4's

Posted on 2015-04-16, 12:39

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Well, that depends on your needs. 😀 I can barely find any justification for one floppy drive on a P4 system that supports USB2.0 and Gigabit LAN. Much less two. 😉

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Re: a Choice between 2 P4's

Posted on 2015-04-16, 10:17

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2fort5r wrote: The IC7-G is a nice board but beware that the integrated gigabit Ethernet is buggy. Interesting. I wonder if it is a problem with the LAN itself, or just with the Abit implementation. I'll have to try with my P4C800-E one of these days...

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Re: Socket 775 - obsolete for modern games/SW or not?

Posted on 2015-04-15, 03:42

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Nothing I've ever noticed - maybe I'm doing it wrong though. I wouldn't say you're doing it wrong, but perhaps you are not subjecting it to high loads. Also, it is more obvious when you are comparing to other systems. I may not have considered my C2Ds slow if I didn't have a C2Q and a couple more …

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Re: Socket 775 - obsolete for modern games/SW or not?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 20:57

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My C2D 6550 has no problems with modern web browsers, office apps, Windows 7, etc. I would not call that obsolete. The C2Ds (I have a couple of them myself) handle these tasks you mentioned just fine, individually. But in multi-tasking they begin to suffer noticeably compared to the C2Q and modern …

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Re: Socket 775 - obsolete for modern games/SW or not?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 20:47

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The architecture of modern CPUs is far more efficient, but a high-clocked (3GHz+) Quad Core 771/775 system can still show reasonable performance. The Dual Cores, however, are obsolete.

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Re: Is there a way to turn multiple CD ISOs into a DVD ISO?

Posted on 2015-04-14, 06:57

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Depends on how the game detects "the right CD". If it is simply looking for a correct datafile - then you can usually just dump all the files from all the disks onto one directory, then create an ISO out of that. However, if it was implemented in a stupid way (for example - checks a particular info …

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