Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-04, 22:02

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I also didn't see much memory savings in sezero's patch, although the realloc function helped in some cases. The aq2 mod with bots still required 96mb or so, perhaps a 24mb savings, but I looked carefully and the realloc function seems redundant, but I am far from sure. The attached code may have …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-04, 22:01

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I'm not planning to add NTVDM or any other windows support for these reasons: * Sound Blaster will not work right in it, there is no purpose. * UCLOCK doesn't work right in NTVDM. This bring me also to: * Using Linux clock will screw up and the clock speeds up/slows down randomly. The only advantage …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-04, 21:12

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Okay, I got banked mode working in 640x480. It's only an option if the mode is already available in LFB. You have to use -bankedvga to test it. I have to figure out how to set the total view display properly (your code is hardcoding it to 640x480 presently so any other mode is that window size) and …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-04, 17:35

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Also, recently sezero found out that I was accidentally using the old broken Rhapsody code for Hunk management. He fixed it to use linux code and now the game usually can run in 48mb RAM (minus larger mods). Memory management is a lot better now. Naturally, this build is already uploaded. There was …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-04, 17:33

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A good start but I am confused about: int todo=307199; //307200; and regs.x.es = (ptr2real(pinfoblock) >> 4) & 0xFFFF; regs.x.di = ptr2real(pinfoblock) & 0xf; __dpmi_int(0x10, ®s); /* quit if there was an error */ if (regs.h.ah) return; I went ahead and added some partial code (does nothing yet), …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 03:08

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Also can you update the first post to point to this download link: https://bitbucket.org/neozeed/q2dos/downloads … S_EXE_LATEST.7Z Thanks

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 02:58

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Also, I went ahead and added the 3d camera to the extended options menu and added CVAR descriptions for them. Will upload new binary shortly.

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 02:54

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That's the other issue and I'm sure leileilol has ran into the same problems. If you start fooling with the software renderer it really pays to know ASM which I know nothing about. On modern computers it's not such a big deal, but for the target machines I'm aiming for (about the same target …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 02:44

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leileilol wrote: Don't get me wrong, I respect all your graphics work that you have done for engoo and other adventures but it's not my realm of coding and it's also something I'm not interested in introducing to my ports. Though I do admire your quest for the perfect voodoo filtering …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 02:32

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The biggest problem for me to fix it is that I don't own the hardware. I'm a Gravis UltraSound man for life 😜. I also don't trust FreeDOS for a project this complex. He may have issues there too, but whatever.

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Re: DOSidle new version 2.50 (fixes mouse problems)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 02:27

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Has anyone tested this? I'd like to use this instead if it's been OK'd.

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 02:22

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UIDE.SYS is a driver for FreeDOS (but can be used with MS-DOS) for hard drive cacheing. Like smartdrv, but with way higher limits.

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 01:56

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Just so we're clear. I am not adding any kind of graphical enhancements like badass particles, shadows, coloured dlights, and high res shit. The only reason I'm doing the TGA stuff is because of the custom map problems. I want to be able to play the game looking stock. It probably would require a …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 01:39

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fixed my bitbucket issue and uploaded latest code again. I don't know if we need TGA loading for anything else right now except skyboxes are the biggest issue. I got tired of joining custom servers and having hall of mirrors because TGA only skybox or you get a really bad PCX conversion where they …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 01:18

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I went ahead and added nearptr_disable in sys_quit and sys_error as well. I didn't see any thing funny when quitting the program so I guess it's OK. I get a feeling though that CWSDPMI probably already does this.

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-02, 00:56

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I fixed the skybox crash. In software renderer, somewhere, there is a limit of 256x256. There's a few maps out there that must have been meant for new engines with high res. I'm having trouble uploading to bitbucket right now.

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-01, 22:47

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I uploaded new binaries with your code from now on all new builds will always be at this URL: https://bitbucket.org/neozeed/q2dos/downloads … S_EXE_LATEST.7Z

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-01, 22:29

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I'll check about that DJGPP stuff, but I'm only doing what Q1's driver is doing. Anyways, pushed the slightly tweaked code and added your third person code (untested). To use TGA skyboxes set sw_load_tga_skybox 1. It's disabled by default because sierra.bsp's TGA skybox was immediately exiting WIN32 …

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-01, 22:25

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Nevermind, I got it working. It will load TGA skyboxes currently

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Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)

Posted on 2015-07-01, 21:33

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Attached a patch for Quake2 (Dos) which has a working 3d-Cam (3rd person view) and also incomplete code for study which is for loading 24-bit TGA textures. The code is self-documenting. The cvar to activate the cam: cl_3dcam 1. (And for the other related settings: cl_3dcam_angle; cl_3dcam_dist.) …

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