Re: 3DFX Voodoo Banshee on DOS can't work
Posted on 2019-12-01, 15:56
Banshee came out in late 1998. DOS was already dead when it arrived and PCI sound cards were already there.
Re: 3DFX Voodoo Banshee on DOS can't work
Posted on 2019-12-01, 00:50
Wolfus wrote: Banshee is (if i remember correctly) derived from V2. Banshee's derived from V1, same goes for the V3. V2's the odd duck with the crapload of fifo/sli registers/different filter.
Re: Games/Source ports for W9x supporting MIDI
Posted on 2019-11-26, 23:26
Fun fact about the 'minor alterations' of the PC soundtrack - ice cap and launch base are actually based on earlier versions. This revelation was only just made this month with a Nov 1993 Sonic3 prototype releasing out there.
Re: PCEm. Another PC emulator.
Posted on 2019-11-25, 02:10
Yeah PCem's all for getting the target performance right. Offloading 3d to hardware would bring far too much inaccurate representation, external variables of potential unstability (GPU drivers) and fantasy speed. There's also been many similar requests for virtualization that also would have the …
Re: Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
Posted on 2019-11-25, 00:09
It's supposedly out on early access by now. So far the biggest complaint i've seen (from a certain echo chamber) is how it's "betraying the quake engine" by not having air strafing. 🙄
Re: High Audio Usage even without sound
Posted on 2019-11-24, 01:55
DOSBox is strictly for games, not for medical centers (or any professional/industry work). Please do not use DOSBox for any medical profession! It is not an accurate general purpose substitute for the command prompt.
Re: Lotus 3 The Ultimate Challenge (Shareware)
Posted on 2019-11-23, 05:45
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Re: Half-Life Alyx
Posted on 2019-11-22, 11:18
Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX
Posted on 2019-11-22, 01:20
Don't forget the RAM price gouging of the period (at least in 1999 america), and considering that much of the 'cash' would be spent on those big exciting new important games of late '98 to postpone the more expensive RAM upgrade. And realistically, given the specs, you're not going to play a game …
Re: AWE64 WaveSynth effects?
Posted on 2019-11-22, 01:10
AWE64 can also apply reverb/chorus to the integrated CQM FM too. You could crank it up in DOS with AWEUTIL and enjoy Zone66 with super reverb or so WaveGuide is the software synth stuff to make that "64" marketing point meet. It even functions on AWE32 but creative doesn't want you to know that.
Re: What happened to VOGONS' favicon?
Posted on 2019-11-21, 07:09
Re: Good specs for late 1998-early 1999 Pentium 200 MMX
Posted on 2019-11-21, 01:30
The 64MB's sticking out like a sore thumb IMO... I'd half that to 32MB PC-66, it'd make most period sense with the rest of the budget 1997holdover+buyingintoAGPhype+PentiumPriceRegret kind of specs.
Re: [SOLVED] Command & Conquer GOLD on Windows 98 SE - videos freezes
Posted on 2019-11-12, 01:18
FWIW at least the westwood intro video is intentionally stuck on one frame to avoid the Virgin references (at least on the 98 EA published version)
Re: Legitimate Advantages of a Radeon 9200 over a DX9 card?
Posted on 2019-11-09, 03:10
The choice of dithering method to use is probably of interest if you like the aesthetic of the old ATI lookup noise for 16bpp. R300 got rid of that for a more standard ordered dither, IIRC
Re: emulation of a slow isa graphics card in Doom
Posted on 2019-11-08, 01:37
I tried to do something similar in openarena once, but that's far less accurate. r_slowness is a cvar on the Github-hosted OA engine that gathers all the stats for the rendering similar to r_speeds but then does a bit of math to accumulate CPU slowdown and GPU slowdown with simulated bottlenecks …
Re: I have no proper words for this
Posted on 2019-11-07, 01:44
Re: Half Life 1 textures on S3 Virge
Posted on 2019-11-06, 01:22
Typically that's a cheat/developer cvar in standard id tech 2/3 (r_lightmap 1) Also these virge screens appear to come from the D3D backend. The Techland S3 MiniGL found in Crime Cities seems to do a better job (PCem shot follows) tcs3d.png Other useful cvars: gl_round_down 1 gl_lightholes 0 gl_ …
Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?
Posted on 2019-11-03, 03:40
bfcastello wrote: XFCE may be good, but man, it is very slow for my rPI3. Not here! Keep compositing off.
Re: "Best" Half-Life patch (for the original version on a Win98 rig)
Posted on 2019-11-02, 22:56
1.1.0.0 removed the old glquake model shadow code at least, but most importantly it had major network changes causing all the old mods to crash. Some mods were never updated to 1.1.0.0+ so watch out The period of this happening was in Spring 2000 so most stuff after that point is safe.
Re: "Best" Half-Life patch (for the original version on a Win98 rig)
Posted on 2019-11-02, 13:21
The great regression begins at 1.1.0.0. If you're looking at the best compatibilty, prepare to have TWO Half-Life folders for before/after this version (maybe even three for the later steam ones)
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