Re: 3D-Analyze v2.36

Posted on 2007-06-14, 16:41

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by dh4rm4

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Actually 3D-Analyze can emulate D3D AND OpenGL calls, so maybe it would work but the results probably would look pretty damned ordinary - it tends to ignore/bypass effects rather than translate. Or at least previous versions did.

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Re: List of games/apps that require certain instructions:

Posted on 2007-06-14, 16:38

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by dh4rm4

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T D : I realise that you want to write DOSBox docs but is there some way you can shorten the length of your posts? It would just make them easier to read.

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Re: Magic Carpet 2 - Crashes After 10-15 Min. of Play

Posted on 2007-06-14, 14:28

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by dh4rm4

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upload your save directory as a zip file and I'll try them out at my end.

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Re: Help with dosbox on vista

Posted on 2007-06-14, 13:45

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by dh4rm4

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DOSBox is documented just fine for real DOS users. What is lacking is proper historical knowledge of DOS.

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Re: Magic Carpet 2 - Crashes After 10-15 Min. of Play

Posted on 2007-06-14, 13:39

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by dh4rm4

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Funny, I haven't had one crash at all in MC2. The first time I played it, I did so through 5 levels and the subsequent plays were varying in length. At no time did I experience errors of any kind, even when using the Munt MT32 emulation layer built into the CVS build I mentioned. Recently, after the …

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Re: Magic Carpet 2 - Crashes After 10-15 Min. of Play

Posted on 2007-06-14, 13:31

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by dh4rm4

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The MC games, like many others of the same gen, got partially sponsored by Intel, which is why it pumped the ad at the start of the game and why it had locked levels only available for Pentium owners. I'd say that (though I can't be sure) the "pentium" levels had larger/more complex maps than the …

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Re: Does DOSBox support the IBM XDF Floppy Disk Format ?

Posted on 2007-06-14, 11:36

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by dh4rm4

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My guess is no as DOSBox uses the Windows XP fdd driver which doesn't support XDF ('natch, a format made by the competition). WinImage suffers the same issue under XP. It may possibly work if loaded as a disk image though.

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Re: Magic Carpet 2 - Crashes After 10-15 Min. of Play

Posted on 2007-06-14, 11:17

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by dh4rm4

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Umm, what crap is this about Pentium support and alternate codepaths? I played MC 1 and 2 pretty damn extensively and while the "deedoodoo Pentium Intel Inside swirly" ad was there, neither games had alternate codepaths for Pentium support...as far as I know MC2 just loaded hidden levels (2 I think) …

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Re: 3D Studio R4 renderer crashes DosBox 0.65

Posted on 2007-06-14, 07:29

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by dh4rm4

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As for VIBCFG, I used a Tseng ET6000 2D PCI card with the ET4000 driver, worked fine in its time. Now that I use a Geforce 6800 AGP, I seem to have no choice other than using the VESA driver, 1024x768x256 colors is the best I can use, since 1280x1024x256 colors doesn't pass the test (I can't see …

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Re: Direct3D patch

Posted on 2007-06-13, 10:27

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by dh4rm4

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How long till we see it?

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Re: 3D Studio R4 renderer crashes DosBox 0.65

Posted on 2007-06-13, 04:35

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by dh4rm4

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Why don't you have the installer? 3DSr4 requires a hardware key unless you have some dodgy cracked version and if you do that could be the cause of your woes.

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Re: Gldirect v5.0.2 released as freeware!

Posted on 2007-06-12, 10:27

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by dh4rm4

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Speed isn't the issue in this case. The app allow OGL support for chipsets that only offer D3D as is the case with many older budget level OEM integrated VGAs on laptops.

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Re: DosBox v0.70 MIDI handling for the rev00 MT-32 Roland synth

Posted on 2007-06-12, 09:25

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by dh4rm4

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what is your PC configuration, Operating system, MIDI interface/cabling for the test your ran? Is your MT-32 connected via USB, Serial, MPU-401, chained to anothe MIDI device? Core2Duo 2.6ghz (Allendale OC'd), 2GB DDR2 667mhz RAM, 7800GT, i965 motherboard. MT32 is connected via M-Audio O2 USB …

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Re: Problem With Windows Key

Posted on 2007-06-11, 22:48

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by dh4rm4

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abyss wrote: why do they even have QUESTION MARKS in the first place. I never purposely use them. QFT

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Re: unknown performance improvement

Posted on 2007-06-11, 22:46

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by dh4rm4

in Marvin \ System Specs

in Marvin \ System Specs

Extensive use of grammar, spelling and the-ever-expensive question mark.

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Re: Munt development ?

Posted on 2007-06-11, 22:05

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by dh4rm4

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These rips are exactly what's going to help make the emulation 'bit perfect' in future. That's how I read it anyway...

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Re: DosBox v0.70 MIDI handling for the rev00 MT-32 Roland synth

Posted on 2007-06-11, 04:17

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by dh4rm4

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1. Native Test - fine. "ROBIN HOOD" displayed on LCD. 2. Ran the batch file included, no errors - "ROBIN HOOD" displayed. http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7986/mt32testrev2xw4.png 3. As per instructions, ROM version displays "1.07, October '87 Thanks to MASA and Adrian". delivered at "instant …

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Re: CPU Slowdown

Posted on 2007-06-10, 17:45

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by dh4rm4

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I know this is going to sound one-eyed but VDMsound is stupid and really poorly implemented by modern standards, mainly because NTVDM specifically sucks so much as to make the use of either or both to run DOS games in a WinNT environment a really dangerous and silly exercise. This is further …

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Re: CPU Slowdown

Posted on 2007-06-10, 16:03

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by dh4rm4

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Well for me, DOSBox is a better course of action than wasting money, time and effort on a complete hardware solution. I've had many DOS/Win9x systems in the past, most if not all ran well above spec and all performed admirably for their times. I wouldn't and seriously couldn't be bothered with going …

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Re: CPU Slowdown

Posted on 2007-06-10, 12:53

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by dh4rm4

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I remember fine but what he's asking for is unlikely to acheive anything useful for anyone else but himself and even that's hardly a given as he doesn't actually own said SOYO Mobo that he wants this for.

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