Mechwarrior 2 and Sidewinder 3D Pro

Posted on 2024-11-24, 00:56

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by TheMLGladiator

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I've been trying to get the DOS version of Mechwarrior 2 to work with my Sidewinder 3D Pro. It is my understanding that this game has a special mode for this joystick that allows it to use all of the buttons in pure DOS. I have only been able to get it to work in analog mode. I am using the gameport …

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Re: Maxed Out My Sound Blaster AWE32: What Can I Do Now?

Posted on 2024-10-20, 23:03

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by TheMLGladiator

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The official sound banks for Dungeon Keeper fit in 512kb. However, you can actually make your own with wav files. This only works with the Windows (non DOS/GOG) version of the game iirc: https://web.archive.org/web/19971009112501/ht … per/how-to.html

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Re: Sound Blaster Live! SB0100 - Surely it's not this bad!??

Posted on 2024-09-11, 15:03

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by TheMLGladiator

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It is that bad unfortunately, I've usually had luck setting games to use GeneralMIDI for music which helps avoid slowdowns in Rise of the Triad. Duke3d has a bug on non-ISA sound cards where it will crash without a patch, found here: http://www.advsys.net/ken/build.htm . Could you share what …

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Re: 3DFX Voodoo 1 - Win98 Green Screen

Posted on 2024-06-15, 12:53

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by TheMLGladiator

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I'm curious to know what CPU you were using. I'm pretty sure there are some speed-sensitivity issues with the Voodoo 1 card/drivers.

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Question about hardware acceleration Win9x

Posted on 2024-06-02, 22:05

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by TheMLGladiator

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I've been trying to get the software mode of Jedi Knight to work more reliably on my Geforce2 mx. Are there any downsides to turning off hardware acceleration for the graphics card to achieve this?

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Re: is there something like the the "best" aureal Vortex Sound card?

Posted on 2024-04-30, 13:26

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by TheMLGladiator

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It does, my Montego II has a waveblaster port as well.

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Re: Nvidia TNT2 Ultra driver

Posted on 2024-04-23, 17:35

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by TheMLGladiator

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I recommend driver 6.31 for the TNT/TNT2 cards. Seems to be the best balance between performance and stability from my testing.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-04-18, 22:48

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by TheMLGladiator

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There are limited time login rewards for Town of Salem 2, so make sure to install and make an account

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-04-12, 13:42

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by TheMLGladiator

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Wasn't a dupe for me, maybe I forgot to claim it the first time.

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Re: SB 16 CT1790 vs CT2230

Posted on 2024-03-20, 14:43

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by TheMLGladiator

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Do you plan on using an external synthesizer/daughterboard? If so, see if you can check the DSP version on the CT1790. If it is 4.04 or 4.05, it should be free of the hanging note bug. Otherwise, I would stick with the CT2230, since it is cheaper and is most likely less noisy. More info here: …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-03-03, 16:46

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Huh? The original open-source project which I linked to above already supports Windows -- only the proprietary release of Star Control II was for DOS, but IIRC, TUQM is based off the 3DO release. Correct, but there are settings to use the interface and assets from the PC version. More information …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-02-29, 15:58

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by TheMLGladiator

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MrFlibble wrote on 2024-02-29, 09:17: How is this different from the original Ur-Quan Masters? Seems to be the same AFAIK, this is just a Steam release from the original game designers (Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford). Most likely to help promote their upcoming sequel.

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Re: Best Core 2 chipset?

Posted on 2024-02-20, 02:45

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by TheMLGladiator

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The FSB supports 1600 MHz, and officially supports up to 16GB of DDR2 memory at 1366 MHz. Not DDR3 but still a fantastic board. Were you able to find 4x4 gigs of DDR2 to put in there? I have an Asus P5QL-E that I've had forever... and it's always had 8 gigs. Could never find, at least affordably, a …

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Re: Best Core 2 chipset?

Posted on 2024-02-19, 16:56

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by TheMLGladiator

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My board of choice for Windows XP is my P45 based Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. Currently running it with a Core 2 Duo E8500. The FSB supports 1600 MHz, and officially supports up to 16GB of DDR2 memory at 1366 MHz. Not DDR3 but still a fantastic board. Looks like it even got editors choice on the …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-02-01, 18:01

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by TheMLGladiator

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Epic - Doors Paradox

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Re: Machines: Wired for War not working on TNT

Posted on 2024-01-25, 21:02

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by TheMLGladiator

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Wow! Not sure how I missed that. I guess I only checked 'patches-scrolls.de' and I'm still not able to find the patches over there. Thank you for uploading the patches here, just in case patches-scrolls.com goes the same way as dlh.net did in this thread: Need Patch for Machines...

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Re: Machines: Wired for War not working on TNT

Posted on 2024-01-25, 14:39

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by TheMLGladiator

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I did not. The only US patch I could find was the corrupted one and I don't know how to repair it.

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Re: Far Cry (2004): Foggy level

Posted on 2024-01-13, 15:44

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by TheMLGladiator

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Sorry, I overlooked that. I only played the 64 bit version with the Enhancement pack so far, which doesn't have those issues (although those patch should only be installed on an unpatched retail copy, the GoG copy of the game will exhibit glitches like missing textures if you install over it, since …

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Re: Far Cry (2004): Foggy level

Posted on 2024-01-12, 21:07

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Might be worth trying the 64 bit patch + SilentPatch. Should fix the tent bug and the water reflection bug, which may also help with OP's issue.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-01-11, 17:45

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by TheMLGladiator

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realnc wrote on 2024-01-11, 17:09: Note: This game uses Denuvo DRM. Just mentioning it here for people (like me) who don't want that stuff installed on their machines. Good to know

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