Re: Software rendering <> DirectDraw

Posted on Yesterday, 19:17

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Kordanor wrote on Yesterday, 19:03: Can a 3D game (3D as in Gothic, Unreal, Quake) run on DirectDraw without using Direct3D? Yes. Many shooters like Half-Life, Unreal, Quake had a software rendering mode that did not require a 3D accelerator card.

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Re: Want to upload DOS program!

Posted on Yesterday, 12:35

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Now if we could only get Harry Potter to release his revolutionary magical compression algorithm that's better than 7zip, then we could compress all our template files to be 0,0001% smaller.

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Re: Midtown Madness 2 dosent run good it runs bad PCem

Posted on 2023-09-18, 16:33

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You don't need PCem to run it. Get a crack and apply some fixes https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Midtown_Madness_2

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Re: RReady Rendition Verité Live on Microsoft Store

Posted on 2023-09-16, 11:33

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I wonder if there's been a very recent change in policy since the whole Dolphin emulator kerfuffle (https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/1/23745772/va … or-steam-emails). Maybe they are now having allergic reactions to the word emulator.

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Re: RReady Rendition Verité Live on Microsoft Store

Posted on 2023-09-16, 10:21

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That's BS. Steam's software category is full of apps that aren't game production tools, such as this: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1812620/DSX/ They even allow Retroarch. This has to be a mistake. Is there no way to appeal?

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Re: RReady Rendition Verité Live on Microsoft Store

Posted on 2023-09-16, 03:07

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Are you planning to put it on Steam as well? Many people would prefer to avoid the MS store.

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Re: Last Bronx PC - Patch to add FMVs back to the game

Posted on 2023-09-14, 16:23

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BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2023-09-14, 15:26: BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2023-09-14, 15:16: The fact that you wouldn't want to use Win98/ME compatibility or EmulateHeap on Windows 11 22H2, I am interested to see how this turns up. My suspicion was correct: Oh shit, really? Another reason to avoid W11. How …

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Re: Best option for running picky DOS games on a P4, example Wing Commander

Posted on 2023-09-14, 10:23

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I believe there is also a Windows port of WC1 that isn't speed-sensitive.

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Re: Last Bronx PC - Patch to add FMVs back to the game

Posted on 2023-09-14, 07:39

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Yes, OP's patch works, though it's a bit of a pain, and the PC version is arguably not the best. The arcade version is easily found and playable with superior 3D-accelerated HD graphics in the Sega Model 2 emulator. You could just watch the videos and play the Redbook music and Training Mode …

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Re: Fable (1996) - a technical puzzle to crack

Posted on 2023-09-12, 22:18

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BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2023-09-12, 13:27: The problem seems fixed for me with this profile? Well I'll be damned. Congrats.

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Re: Fable (1996) - a technical puzzle to crack

Posted on 2023-09-12, 12:41

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By the way, even DxWnd allows to limit the CPU speed and it didn't help. And in PCem I get cursor flickering similar to when I run the game natively in Windows 10. Here is a video from PCem. https://www.mediafire.com/file/2lnvaq8arpe64b8/Fable_-_PCem_test.zip/file You still misunderstand the …

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Re: Fable (1996) - a technical puzzle to crack

Posted on 2023-09-12, 02:20

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I don't think it's the processor speed, I slowed down my computer a lot with CPU Killer utility I don't see a significant difference. No, it's definitely the processor clock speed. The difference between emulating a Pentium 75 and running natively is huge. There is almost no cursor flicker in PCem. …

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Re: Fable (1996) - a technical puzzle to crack

Posted on 2023-09-12, 01:30

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The cursor flicker is related to CPU speed. Running in PCem W98, the flicker is less noticeable since the emulated CPU is slower. It's very playable, not a big deal IMO. On native W10 it goes a little crazy. Not much can be done when the game is programmed like that. The sound is certainly nicer in …

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Re: DOSBox-X issue: where to go?

Posted on 2023-09-09, 20:05

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https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues

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Re: Streets of SimCity crashes on Windows 98 (VirtualBox)

Posted on 2023-09-03, 12:22

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Last time I tried one of those apps, it didn't slow anything down, but it did cause stuttering. It has no effect on Streets. Cars are still bouncing up and down.

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Re: Streets of SimCity crashes on Windows 98 (VirtualBox)

Posted on 2023-09-02, 17:35

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Burinis wrote on 2023-09-02, 09:04: But how do I slow down the processor for a virtual machine? You can't. Not in VMWare or Virtualbox.

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Re: Far Cry (2004): Foggy level

Posted on 2023-09-02, 11:23

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Try patching to 1.4.

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Re: Far Cry (2004): Foggy level

Posted on 2023-09-01, 17:33

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Which level? Which OS? Which video card? Which game version?

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Re: MacOS DosBox games no sound and fullscreen crash

Posted on 2023-08-30, 21:34

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the no sound issue might be a bit more complex, since you can't run an .exe file on a macos. i did locate setup.exe but am not able to launch it with anything.... Run the sound setup from inside Dosbox (same way you launched the game's executable). I have no idea why it's crashing. Try surface or …

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Re: MacOS DosBox games no sound and fullscreen crash

Posted on 2023-08-30, 19:49

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Sound usually has to be configured in Dosbox for each game in their respective setup programs (usually called setup.exe, setsound.exe, install.exe or something similar), since that is how things worked on real DOS-era computers. Dosbox is emulating a Sound Blaster compatible card. Your physical …

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