Re: [Just FYI] GOG DOSBOX vs Official DOSBOX when running GOG Martian Dreams
Posted on 2021-01-01, 18:45
You can demand the source code from GoG, if you believe they are shipping a custom binary.
Re: Tech demos - general discussion
Posted on 2020-10-23, 21:13
An uninitialized variable on the stack could be highly deterministic. It could be dependent on the version of the process loader and/or other software libraries loaded or running (system dlls, drivers, etc.).
Re: Glide games without Direct3D/OpenGL support list
Posted on 2020-08-15, 21:33
robertmo wrote on 2020-08-15, 13:12: directx 2 or 3 cannot be really counted as using direct3d. why?
Re: How to remove limitation?
Posted on 2020-05-15, 21:27
random: IDirectDraw and IDirectDraw2 do not increment the parent's reference count when a child object is created. IDirectDraw and IDirectDraw2 release all child objects when the parent object is released.
Re: [Updated on 11/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods
Posted on 2020-05-11, 20:38
There are entire websites dedicated to things like this (ntcompatible, pcgamingwiki, etc.). Do we really need a random list posted here? Also, Diablo (the very first item on this list) has serious issues on both Win7 and Win8...
Re: Diablo 2 Upscaled / Remaster (interactive visualisation only)
Posted on 2020-02-07, 15:40
Re: Ways to dump memory to a file->
Posted on 2020-02-05, 21:51
Has anyone here successfully reverse engineered parts of an old DOS game? Yes, I have. How do people make sense of all that info thrown at them? Learn "game hacking". Memory Scanner -> hardware breakpoint -> disassembly. String -> hardware breakpoint -> disassembly. DOS Interrupt -> breakpoint -> …
Re: Wrong colors on BIG ENDIAN in games/apps which use 15,16 or 32bit video modes
Posted on 2020-01-29, 23:17
> qReverse This library seems to be aimed at doing a fullscreen "mirror" operation, which is not the operation that is needed here. qReverse has SIMD for NEON/SSSE3+, but PPC would require AltiVec? It looks like AltiVec does have a byte permutation (shuffle) instruction, though.
Re: Ways to dump memory to a file->
Posted on 2020-01-26, 16:12
the dosbox debugger. Guide to the DOSBox debugger
Re: Do the newest 3rd gen zen 2 ryzen's still have problems with dosbox?
Posted on 2019-08-29, 23:40
DOSbox doesn't use hardware-assisted virtualization. You may have it confused with Virtual PC, dosemu, ntvdm, etc.
Re: Test suite for Win32s/WinG?
Posted on 2019-06-05, 00:45
If you have problems with WinG, please run the wingbug.exe file in the bin directory of the SDK and send the generated report to ...
Re: Getting Final Liberation CD-version to work smoothly in 64 bit Windows 7 SP1 with videos. . .
Posted on 2019-05-24, 00:20
Re: DOSBox debugger - my laptop has no pause key->
Posted on 2019-05-09, 22:11
try using the onscreen keyboard
Re: Getting back to retro software "reverse engineering" - tips for reading, tools, tutorials etc?
Posted on 2019-04-24, 21:40
https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=HOWT … rse_Engineering also memory scanners (CE / MHS) and hardware breakpoints are life savers... https://old.reddit.com/r/REGames/
Re: Using DOSBox programatically (automation with Python)
Posted on 2019-03-02, 18:56
A. Screenshot the dosbox window then use OCR on the image. B. Modify dosbox source code. C. Use standard game hacking techniques. D. Custom shell program in dosbox that echos output to a file? The JPC-RR is a emulator that may better align with your goal(s). http://tasvideos.org/EmulatorResources/ …
Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems
Posted on 2019-01-30, 00:10
http://danika.jukor.net/opera1063win95.html Known Bugs: Nothing reported yet I'm very surprised this doesn't crash and burn by way of an unbalanced stack. At best, renaming "DuplicateTokenEx" to "DuplicateToken" causes the function call to always fail. Renaming "InterlockedCompareExchange" to " …
Re: cnc-ddraw 1.3.0.0
Posted on 2018-11-20, 15:34
Welcome to VOGONS.
Re: Why does stopping "explorer.exe" fix certain games?
Posted on 2018-10-17, 22:24
@Azarien 1. DirectDraw is the *ONLY* way to get *EXCLUSIVE* access to the system palette. DDraw's exclusive access is not exclusive anymore. Hence it is a DDraw bug. 2. DDraw-to-Direct3D wrappers allows for the ~300,000 palette lookups per frame to be GPU accelerated. This is a performance issue, …
Re: multi threading
Posted on 2018-10-16, 02:59
Track 16 possible inputs using AVX-512. 😲 https://gamozolabs.github.io/fuzzing/2018/10/ … _emulation.html
Re: Warhammer: Dark Omen Freezing on Voodoo II!!
Posted on 2018-09-12, 21:14
"tshoot.exe" in Dark Omen folder == graphic card trouble shooting switches... but I don't know if any of them help here.
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