Re: Strange question regarding resource intensive games.
Posted on 2015-12-30, 13:00
Re: What are some DOS games I might have been playing wrong?
Posted on 2015-12-23, 04:53
Interesting. I like how the original, low-res non-accelerated Quake looks like. The problem with most source ports is that they try to "improve" the game instead of fixing bugs and compatibility problems. That's why I decided to start my own :-) That's not really a "problem", more like "design …
Re: What are some DOS games I might have been playing wrong?
Posted on 2015-12-19, 02:18
I remember that era and it was annoying because 2D art was peaking while 3D art was still in its infancy. Street Fighter had a 3D spin-off but the SF3 universe was still 2D and looked glorious with all those clean animations. Quake, for example, aged really badly IMO. What saved it were its gameplay …
Re: What are some DOS games I might have been playing wrong?
Posted on 2015-12-13, 22:20
"One Unit Whole Blood", the latest Blood version, lacked the 3dfx capabilities of it's predecessors. Which sucked anyway: 3D voxel objects replaced with flat bitmaps, weird filtering instead of bilinear (at least on dgvoodoo, haven't tried the real thing yet), slower than software (again, dgvoodoo) …
Re: What are some DOS games I might have been playing wrong?
Posted on 2015-12-11, 19:43
Well, the "Ultimate Doom" upgrade dared introducing an episode with a gothic theme a 100% foreign to the trilogy that preceded it, yet without a story of it's own. It makes as little sense as its existence, but just think of it as Ultimate Doom retconning the end of Inferno in Doom 1 and making it …
Re: What are some DOS games I might have been playing wrong?
Posted on 2015-12-10, 22:33
Will largely depend on the game. I played DOS games with Sound Blaster 16 card but its value is pretty low as a sound chip beyond pure nostalgia and affinity to its quirky sounds. I also never owned a 3dfx card back in the day so I had no access to Glide.
Re: Do GOG games that use DosBox, run under real DOS (6.22)?
Posted on 2015-11-30, 10:05
Most games sold on GOG have the essential files to run, so if it runs on DOSBox, it should run on real DOS. The problem is butchered releases. GOG is full of those and they don't seem to make an effort to update the games with full data. All they (and the publishers) care about is the quick buck. …
Re: Game Pads
Posted on 2015-03-13, 19:53
Sorry for bump. I've been considering USB adapters for my vintage controllers, since some classic systems can't be accurately played with the Xbox 360 controller. The Genesis and N64 are good examples since they have six button layouts and the N64 has the Z-trigger in the back. If you want the full …
Re: Doom in DOS: Original vs Source Ports
Posted on 2014-09-13, 06:27
I got flamed in another forum when I said the new Doom borrowing stuff from Brutal Doom was bad because it wasn't what Doom was about. Brutal Doom is a cool mod, and I like it for what it is, but it's simply not Doom. It's more like a "Mortal Kombat meets Doom" experiment, where the gore and comedy …
Re: ddraw low speed?
Posted on 2014-08-03, 20:24
NY00123 wrote: Tried playing with the "fulldouble" setting by chance? Yep, I always do.
Re: Quake, Strafing and free look?
Posted on 2014-08-02, 05:04
That's true, but I never imagined it was easy to play it like that considering the modifier was conveniently placed near the left Ctrl key, so I just resorted to the modifier and arrow keys. Nowadays there are even people who use WASD in Wolf3D despite the game not being capable of Y axis. The mouse …
Re: Quake, Strafing and free look?
Posted on 2014-08-02, 00:57
leileilol wrote: generally players don't use strafe modifiers, that's a Wolf3D holdover. Dedicated strafe Left/Right keys FTW Even in DOS Doom? Understandable if playing a source port with mouselook, but in vanilla the controls are mostly the same as Wolf3D.
Re: ddraw low speed?
Posted on 2014-08-02, 00:53
W7 64-bit, actually. This might be the reason.
ddraw low speed?
Posted on 2014-08-01, 04:49
To me it sounds like a strange thing that ddraw is slower than even overlay, considering it's a hardware-accelerated mode. I've tested it only in Build engine games, but surely this shouldn't be the case? I see plenty of people recommending ddraw as the fastest output mode, but in my case it isn't …
Re: Build Engine games flickers in 1024x768
Posted on 2014-07-31, 04:41
Hmmmmm, that's weird. There's a cheat for displaying fps, press t and enter rate . Does it reach max 35 fps too? Yes, it does. Actually, NOLFBLIM lowers my overall fps instead of capping it. I get higher fps if I look at a wall, but that also happens without it, and, without the app, my PC runs …
Re: Build Engine games flickers in 1024x768
Posted on 2014-07-28, 01:36
Firtasik wrote: What game? Bandicam shows me max 70 fps in Blood. Blood itself. Without nolfblim it reaches over 60 fps. My monitor's refresh rate is 60 Hz.
Re: Running Build Engine Games Beyond 800x600
Posted on 2014-07-27, 10:24
P.S.S. By the way, is there a way to check level info (enemies/secrets) in-game, like Tab in Quake? No. Only Shadow Warrior has it. BTW I find it a waste to run Build games on anything over 800x600. I tried running Blood at 1280x1024 and it's playable and looks pretty, but the drop in speed isn't …
Re: Build Engine games flickers in 1024x768
Posted on 2014-07-27, 10:01
Thanks, works just fine! I was trying to launch it like bMouse but it was the wrong way. Capped at 35 fps on my machine, though (measured with Fraps).
Re: Build Engine games flickers in 1024x768
Posted on 2014-07-27, 09:14
Firtasik wrote: vesa_nolfb can cause screen tearing. This should be a better solution. Yeah, I get lots of tearing with vesa_nolfb. How to use the file in that attachment, though?
Re: Build Engine games flickers in 1024x768
Posted on 2014-07-27, 07:42
Does this happen only at 1024x768 or at all resolutions? If it happens at all resolutions, I have this problem too. This happens with very fast CPUs. For example, on my desktop (Core i7-2600 @ 3.4GHz), the HUD sprites flicker a lot, but on my laptop (Core i5-3337U @ 1.8 GHz) it doesn't happen. …
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