Re: How do I use an external wavetable within dos applications/games?

Posted on 2008-08-28, 13:14

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by dh4rm4

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Not possible imho, the DMX xfire's Canyon-3D chipset only ever offered SBPro compatibility in DOS and there were never any DOS games that supported then card directly. I don't even think the MPU401 compatible UART works in DOS as it's based around a CPU driven driver for Windows MME.

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Re: HPOW DO I RUN THIS doom GAME

Posted on 2008-08-28, 12:10

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by dh4rm4

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Great vids leilielol, especially the Janes USAF chunk-o-riffic one.

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Re: HPOW DO I RUN THIS doom GAME

Posted on 2008-08-28, 09:54

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by dh4rm4

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I dunno, I dug it. Yeah it was terminally unfunny and the references to "Doctor Carmack" were just sad, along with it's AWFUL end battle but the first person bit was pretty cool.

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Re: Have they made an RPG/Adventure w/ the Crysis, Quake 4, HL2 type engine?

Posted on 2008-08-28, 06:15

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by dh4rm4

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I think you're right. I'm getting old too and one of my favourite games of all time, Parallax, looks like arse compared with modern shooters but has bigger maps and more inventive 'gameplay' than Half Life 2. That said, Crysis is a measurable achievement in graphics.

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Re: Have they made an RPG/Adventure w/ the Crysis, Quake 4, HL2 type engine?

Posted on 2008-08-28, 05:13

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Heaps of modern RPGs use modern engines. Troika's vampire : Bloodlines used the Source (HL2) engine. There are even far more recent games that use newer engines such TES : Oblivion, STALKER and so on.

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Re: Share your 3D accelerator nostalgia here

Posted on 2008-08-28, 00:35

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I was given a PowerVR unit to review and it came with Ultim@te Race Pro. I wasn't thar impressed with the card's speed to be honest, but I'm sure my P200 was bringing it down a little (or a lot). The included tech demos were fun, especially those that showed video piped into 3d texel rendered …

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Re: Music out of tempo and crackles in some games (this case it is LSL3&2)

Posted on 2008-08-27, 10:36

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by dh4rm4

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Or you could stop being a tightarse marooned and go and buy a second hand real MT32 and a USB midi adaptor. It's a shame you're a tightarse really.

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Re: Full Throttle: a chat with Bill Tiller

Posted on 2008-08-27, 05:23

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LucasArts had in fact hoped to do two more adventure titles, one being a direct sequel in the same style as the original and the other in 3D which had neared completion a couple of years ago (there are screens around on screenshots.net from memory) along with Sam n Max 3D whose assets were sold to …

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Re: Engines, Remakes and Fan Games

Posted on 2008-08-27, 05:02

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http://retrospec.sgn.net - Remakes of Spectrum and C64 classics - I did the sound on one of http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/ - Remakes of classic 8bit games - I also did the sound on one of those too.

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Re: mindf*ck

Posted on 2008-08-26, 13:51

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by dh4rm4

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Use ADFstreamer to see if it's got any hidden files behind it.

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Re: mt32prog by Sverre H. Huseby

Posted on 2008-08-26, 13:49

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by dh4rm4

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Check my posts, I mentioned it already. It's fun to test out the MT32's patch bank.

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Re: a problem

Posted on 2008-08-26, 04:38

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by dh4rm4

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Me too. It's not even in the appropriate forum.

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Re: Quest for Glory II Remake by AGDI is done!

Posted on 2008-08-25, 11:47

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Great news! I really dig that they recaptured the SCIV look and feel of some of best Sierra made remakes and originals. Incredible attention to detail.

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Re: emulating old sound cards for MIDI files

Posted on 2008-08-25, 08:32

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by dh4rm4

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Forte Media FM 801 AKA Terratec 512i http://dev.kewl.org/fm801/Doc/ - driver and docs explaining how to setup the FM synth aspect of the card. http://www.outletpc.com/c5208.html - one site of many that still sells the card.

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Re: Best/Fastest ISA GFX Card?

Posted on 2008-08-25, 07:43

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by dh4rm4

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Don't think in modern terms. Think of things as they used to be, when PC hardware of all sorts wasn't really standardised and video display hardware was still very much in its early development phases. The ISA cards in discussion were practically on the verge of VGA being new. Various IHVs and chip …

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Re: Game Doofus - no music

Posted on 2008-08-24, 13:06

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by dh4rm4

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Sounds like it might be the actual copy of the game which you've got, ie the NO.ADLIB might be referring to missing sound drivers/libraries that were meant to be included with the game.

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Re: What game(s) are you playing right now?

Posted on 2008-08-23, 07:01

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Mass Effect. Great game, but it's got some bugs.

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Re: S3 graphics card recommendation for DOS please

Posted on 2008-08-23, 06:29

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by dh4rm4

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Exactly. I appreciated your ideas and attempts to keep the whole concept open and on track. It's sad that much of the conversation of the internet doesn't "stay on topic".

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Re: Record Video with midi in DosBox.

Posted on 2008-08-23, 06:27

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by dh4rm4

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DOSBox never 'skips' for me, even running really demanding games like Wing Commander III and Magic Carpet 2 in SVGA.

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Re: S3 graphics card recommendation for DOS please

Posted on 2008-08-22, 21:52

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by dh4rm4

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http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13490 Decent thread, but that dude who talked endlessly abt the 'portable dc' idea was a off the planet. Meanwhile the www.beaglebox.com would be a great solution for an open portable device and it can do (relatively simple) 3D too. It's also …

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