Re: Request for (new) front end

Posted on 2023-05-28, 13:07

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I've never used RetroArch but... it probably hits a couple of these points. The DOSBox Pure core fully supports libretro save states DOSBox Pure creates a separate environment for each game automatically when it's "opened" from the downloaded ZIP file, including a persistent, game-specific "hard …

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Re: Further GDI/Text Support?

Posted on 2023-02-09, 22:29

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note: Verokster's HOMM patches fork. It is missing at least two commits: Copy code to clipboard 1 commit 115: Fixed smack for H2 (September 2021?) 2 commit 116: Added italian & german versions (Nov 16, 2021)

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Re: Further GDI/Text Support?

Posted on 2023-02-07, 21:42

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SOTHR doesn't have multiplayer. Dark Omen requires DPLAY for multiplayer but it doesn't have a gog release. I'm not trying to give anyone a hard time. I am interested. I've done mods for all of these games (execpt HOMM).

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Re: Further GDI/Text Support?

Posted on 2023-02-05, 23:28

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It looks like WinG is a simple pass-thru to GDI, though I haven't check the SDK. https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine/blob/master/dlls/wing32/wing32.c I'm think SOTHR runs fine (without Dgvoodoo2) on both Windows and Wine? Anyways... Narzoul's DDrawCompat is interesting. (aside: I tried to port the …

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Re: Further GDI/Text Support?

Posted on 2023-01-24, 21:27

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> Battle.net interface for Diablo 1 and Warcraft II Battle.net Edition DWM redirects GDI and DDRAW drawing to different layers. Which prevents DDRAW from erasing things drawn by GDI. A proper fix for this issue would require the ability to redirect GDI drawing operations to an offscreen device …

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Re: Where do you get the Direct3D8/9 Reference device DLL file (d3d8/9ref.dll?)?

Posted on 2022-09-06, 21:58

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>"The Direct3D API (like the rest of the DirectX API) is built on top of a hardware-abstraction layer (HAL), which insulates you from device-specific dependencies present in the hardware. A companion piece to the Direct3D HAL is the hardware-emulation layer (HEL). The Direct3D HEL provides software- …

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Re: Where do you get the Direct3D8/9 Reference device DLL file (d3d8/9ref.dll?)?

Posted on 2022-09-04, 21:41

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The game `Dark Omen` has an option for RAMP or MMX mode. The game uses Direct3D2.

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Re: Where do you get the Direct3D8/9 Reference device DLL file (d3d8/9ref.dll?)?

Posted on 2022-09-04, 21:36

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All versions. The beta version of ddraw.dll (Version 0.9.2) checks for `DDCREATE_EMULATIONONLY`.

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Re: Dgvoodoo game texts

Posted on 2022-06-19, 20:24

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FWIW, Windows doesn't use AntiAliased fonts when running in 8bpp display mode. If dgvoodoo2 is faking that display mode then this could be a defect introduced by dgvoodoo2 .

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Re: Tetris for Windows 3: Hidden "background" settings dialogue box?

Posted on 2022-05-03, 21:17

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Looking at the ACCELERATORS resource may help. AFAIK, 131 maps to the F20 key... so maybe `ALT+SHIFT+F8`...?

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Re: Earliest Direct3D Immediate mode and retained mode games

Posted on 2022-04-27, 20:53

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The early DirectX Software Development Kits provide irrefutable evidence that Direct3D was introduced by DirectX 2 (If that was in dispute?). Dark Omen is a D3DRM game from 1998. Edit: DirectX3 was release released only a couple of weeks after DirectX2... so I doubt anyone would have created and …

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Re: Minimum background FPS

Posted on 2021-11-21, 17:25

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The "background" fps probably has no relation to ddraw/d3d... (unless it triggers from a surface lost code). Assuming the current fix isn't patching the game directly, usually one would hook various messages and functions (WM_ACTIVATEAPP, IsIconic(), GetFocus(), DirectInput???, etc.). The hooks …

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Re: WinWar a Dos to WIN Sourceport for Warcraft 1 Orcs and Humans

Posted on 2021-11-07, 17:26

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"sourceport" vs "decompilation" edit: wow not even that: "It is completely rewritten from scratch using only the original art and level data."

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Re: U7DCP - Ultima VII DOS Cache Patch

Posted on 2021-11-02, 20:50

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https://github.com/leikareipa/u7dcp/releases

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Re: SMACKW32 2.x Wrapper DLL

Posted on 2021-11-01, 02:00

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Smacker switched to the stdcall calling convention in version ` 2.1 f`.

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Re: SMACKW32 2.x Wrapper DLL

Posted on 2021-11-01, 00:55

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Your proxy dll forwards `_SmackToScreen@24` but the Smacker Version: 3.2j from DosFreak's archive exports `_SmackToScreen@28`. This is interesting since "3.2j from Rage Expendable" would appear to be different. edit: this may be common...

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Re: Destruction Derby 2 - Windows version - working in Win8.1 64bit

Posted on 2021-09-19, 21:53

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I haven't look at the game but... It probably finds the CD-ROM drive by calling `GetLogicalDrives()` or `GetLogicalDriveStrings()` to get all the used drive letters. Then it would pass each drive letter to `GetDriveTypeA()` to see if it has the type `DRIVE_CDROM`. Which is probably no help to you at …

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Re: Short day-night cycles and changing weather in games are immersion breaking

Posted on 2021-08-18, 21:23

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Typically, some game events may only occur at certain (in-game) times of the day. So who would want to walk around for 3 (real) hours waiting for night to fall to get a chance encounter with .

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Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)

Posted on 2021-08-09, 01:01

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Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote on 2021-08-09, 00:08: Sorry to ask, is there a backup link? Page seems to be down. direct link: https://yesterplay.net/dosboxece/download/DOS … 0ECE%20r4460.7z

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Re: Chrome Will Soon Lose Support For Some Ancient CPUs

Posted on 2021-02-17, 00:40

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Increasing Chrome x86 requirements to SSE3 but not "SSSE3" is ridiculous. There is nothing of value in SSE3.

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