Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-09-16, 06:53

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by kjliew

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So you had finally gone back to re-read my post to be able to give back something for yourself to be helped, well done :thumbup: Otherwise, I do not possess the power of psychic to read one's mind... lol I think I got the clues that Intel GPUs were really bad in their own past before they hired the …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2021-09-15, 20:42

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by kjliew

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I guess I was wrong again without thorough checking on other GPUs. lol In fact, WineD3D is capable of rendering Fog correctly on Thief2 TMA in pristine condition except on modern NVIDIA GPU , which I tested mine is GT730. It seems that it is a regression in NVIDIA OpenGL driver that no one cared and …

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OpenGLide MSAA and sRGB visuals

Posted on 2021-09-15, 15:36

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by kjliew

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You must be kidding ... that anyone is still working to improve OpenGLide in year 2021 ... lol Yes, outside of Windows, OpenGLide remains the only Glide wrapper for Linux and macOS. Anyway, the improvements are universal across Windows, Linux and macOS. So the improvement we have today addresses the …

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Re: DSOAL EAX support on QEMU Windows VM

Posted on 2021-09-05, 22:25

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by kjliew

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Wow that's pretty cool. This maybe the current solution for now going fowards because of the unreliable 3rd party vm software out there. ...well virtualbox & VMware weren't ever mean't to be used for playing games on them to begin with. Thanks, neither was QEMU. It is just a one-man ambition & …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2021-09-04, 07:45

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Out of shear curiosity, I ran TMA NewDark 1.27 on QEMU with WineD3D. Everything checked out including EAX support from DSOAL, except for Fog. Sadly Wine still can't render Fog in NewDark. The stars on night sky looked fine and Direct3D9 render almost doubled the frame rate of original Dark engine. …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-04, 06:05

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by kjliew

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Not sure what's more painful and embarrassing at this point - paying ebay prices for a Voodoo card, or reading kjliew's repetitive hubris as he tries in vain to convince everyone that they're fools for not being him. lol Presenting an alternative solution is never the same as calling others are …

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Re: GeForce4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2021-09-04, 04:55

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by kjliew

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It’s a problem of nglide on fx or on modern video cards also? Cause I though Zeus fixed absolutely everything in glide emulation :) I don't have that answer. It was from the results from testing QEMU Glide pass-through with nGlide on modern video cards. Since I didn't have the issue with dgVoodoo2 …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 16:04

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by kjliew

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There are some picky games in the bunch for sure, Nuclear strike doesn't want to run at all on the V3 setup, some games run way too fast (POD, Die hard trilogy), others don't detect the V3 etc etc. I've played thru Jedi Knight on 3 or 4 cards so far and it's been interesting to see how they all …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 05:35

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by kjliew

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man i'm just having fun with it. I got a voodoo 1 to fill in the gap of those few games that won't run on a voodoo 3. Descent and Descent 2's 3Dfx patches don't work so well on my V3 and this was a big motivating factor. I've got 6 machines that I love to use for old games and comparing the …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-03, 04:28

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by kjliew

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this thread made me boot up my Pentium 166 MMX / 3d monster PC last night and I tried out a few games to give a rating on how good performance is on some of these 1996/97/98 games: GLquake - ran at about 30-40 FPS and can dip down to 15 or so in action packed areas. In 1997 this was acceptable but …

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Re: 86Box increase speed

Posted on 2021-09-03, 02:05

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by kjliew

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It's meant to avoid a 100% processor usage in VMs - and emulators. HLT is supported by late 486 processors and higher. Such a thing is never required for the pro's, such as QEMU/VMware/VirtualBox, for Guests that support ACPI, ie. Win98/ME, Win2K/XP and modern Linux. One can leave the VMs in the …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2021-09-03, 00:53

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by kjliew

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Sadly, Thief 2 The Metal Age will remain as the game that cannot be restored in pristine retailed CD condition and preserved on QEMU VMs on modern systems. Mainly to blame the game unusual technics in using 8-bit palettized textures and fog in Direct3D. WineD3D would render the game just the same as …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 23:21

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by kjliew

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That is also the truth, my friend. The experience with old hardware for late 90's games with 3D acceleration , especially for those based on Unreal engine, can't be called great at all. For build experience, they are fine. For games, they are laughable. For those who knew the difference between them …

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Re: An Ivy Bridge Motherboard for Linux and WinXP

Posted on 2021-09-02, 22:57

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by kjliew

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Have you recently encountered many games that work in Windows XP but don't work in Wine these days? The compatibility of Wine has gotten quite good over the years. For older games, I dare say it typically works even better than Windows now. So why even dual-boot? Unless of course you're doing it …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 22:33

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I know that some people don't want to relive that considering the improvements on technology over the time and how currently expensive are most of the old hardware on eBay. Most of us here are for nostalgia and a faithful experience. It is fine to be nostalgic for faithful experience for those who …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-09-02, 08:41

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by kjliew

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qemu-system-i386 -L pc-bios -rtc base=localtime -M pc,accel=kvm,kernel-irqchip=off -hda xp.img -device sb16 Windows XP runs poorly with 128MB, the QEMU default if you don't have it in command line. It is fine for Win98/ME, but XP needs more. Give more to the VM, for eg. 1024MB. qemu-system-i386 -m …

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-09-02, 06:52

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by kjliew

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whpx: injection failed, MSI (0, 0) delivery: 0, dest_mode: 0, trigger mode: 0, vector: 0, lost (c0350005) No way you can get the same error in Linux. Why can't you just post your full QEMU command line whenever you asked a question trying to get help?

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Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through

Posted on 2021-09-02, 06:37

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by kjliew

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When i start Windows XP in Windows 10: WHPX: setting APIC emulation mode in the hypervisor Windows Hypervisor Platform accelerator is operational whpx: injection failed, MSI (0, 0) delivery: 0, dest_mode: 0, trigger mode: 0, vector: 0, lost (c0350005) The same error in Linux. APIC emulation is …

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Re: Is it worth it for me to get a Voodoo card?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 05:33

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by kjliew

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I don't think one can get 640x480 30FPS with Voodoo1 on Unreal with P233MMX. If you're curious, at 512x384 lowest settings the opening Castle flyby intro from what I recall ran at an average of 22fps . Imo, that's still a good upgrade over software rendering which at 320x240 lowest settings ran at …

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Re: GeForce4 vs. GeForce FX?

Posted on 2021-09-02, 04:35

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It would just be an all-black looking into the mirror.

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