Re: Impressive videogame AI
Posted on 2013-11-09, 22:44
Yeah, it's just that kind of stuff that's made to piss you off hard, but not enough that you wouldn't keep coming back for more... 🤣
Re: The Leviathan, Huge AT case, Pentium mmx, Awe32, Millenium II + Voodoo2 build
Posted on 2013-11-09, 22:38
A few days ago I put together this combo for a friend: ASUS A8NE-FM/S Athlon 64 3200+ 2GB DDR1 RAM 80GB SATA hard drive Installed Windwos 7 Home Premium and was REALLY surprised at how fast it was! It just blew me away :D lol, this is pretty much the computer I was using for straight 5 years... …
Re: Impressive videogame AI
Posted on 2013-11-09, 22:31
Not sure if this can be called AI, but the Castlevania series has lots of enemies whose patterns are seriously designed to piss you off... the medusa heads and hunchbacks in particular.
Re: BASSMIDI vs MS GS Wavetable Synth & Doom2
Posted on 2013-11-09, 19:57
Your soundfont, as explained in the previous posts... S-YXG50 was released for free by Microsoft, get it here and find a way to use it under whatever OS you are using (there are tutorials on youtube I think, or maybe someone else here knows how to do it). 2k/XP works natively.
Re: BASSMIDI vs MS GS Wavetable Synth & Doom2
Posted on 2013-11-08, 18:27
Quick capture w/ S-YXG50.
Re: Caps on motherboards and other parts
Posted on 2013-11-08, 15:58
I have a GA-6VXE7+ laying around with those G-Luxon caps and some of them have gone bad too. Wish I had the skills/tools to fix this. :( I think the stuff ASUS used fares better for the most part... As for a bit newer hardware, I have a Powercolor X1950 Pro card where one cap is leaking, and the …
Re: Sound Driver Enhancement Hacks - General MIDI
Posted on 2013-11-08, 15:00
Can you verify that what I said here for Doom/Doom II is correct? If so we need an addition to the list.
Re: BASSMIDI vs MS GS Wavetable Synth & Doom2
Posted on 2013-11-08, 14:38
Ah, this is what the thread is about... I knew about that issue, but totally forgot it over time. Yeah, I think it's some GS command making the cymbal act like that. On a Yamaha synth in TG300B (GS compatibility) mode it'll act like a Roland device ("muting"), while in GM mode like a regular GM …
Re: Terratec EWS64XL Win98SE problem
Posted on 2013-11-08, 12:40
Quite bizarre... I can recall having inexplicable driver issues with the card too, removing them with the Terratec tool and reinstalling helped (you are using the newest drivers I hope?). What card revision and memory is this?
Re: BASSMIDI vs MS GS Wavetable Synth & Doom2
Posted on 2013-11-07, 22:58
BASSMIDI might be a panacea if you are just looking for decent MIDI sound, but forget about soundfonts trying to emulate whatever device... you are better off looking into Virtual Sound Canvas. Was discussed about a million times here as well. On ¥Weeds¥ soundfont Doom II intro sounds pretty normal …
Re: Terratec EWS64XL Win98SE problem
Posted on 2013-11-07, 20:50
Did you configure the EEPROM with EWS64CFG?
Re: Top wavetable/general midi ISA sound cards?
Posted on 2013-11-07, 14:34
I don't understand why Creative needed to cut a simple OPL3 chip from this card, it wouldn't make the circuit super expensive or anymore complicated, but whatever. Licensing fees obviously... cheaper to use an own integrated version than a licensed clone or real OPL3. I doubt the mainsteam was …
Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
Posted on 2013-11-06, 23:43
No, the newest version is 1.06b from 03/05/98, while those statements are newer. However, I also found this: These are the most commonly-asked questions I've gotten in relation to D2_3DFX on newer computers. It seems that most, if not all, of the issues for V1 and V2 owners were resolved with v1.06b …
Re: Speed hit with an ISA sound card?
Posted on 2013-11-06, 23:17
I don't have a SB16, but feel free to do any testing on your own 😀
Re: Voodoo 2 DOS Glide compatibility matrix
Posted on 2013-11-06, 22:36
Some information concerning D2_3DFX: http://www.koolbear.com/Descent/community/d2_3dfx_faq/d2_3dfx_m1.htm My final piece of news is that, at least until some new information comes along, I cannot support D2_3DFX any longer. I don't have a compatible system, nor do I have access to a compatible …
Re: New hardware that feels slow
Posted on 2013-11-06, 22:09
Gamers always overblow tiny issues to "zomg this is shit" and on the other hand anything above average gets idolized. Now I don't know if you're just trolling or what, but I think it's fair enough to currently call it a shit product if it can't even beat the predecessor CPU, Phenom II, consistently …
Re: Speed hit with an ISA sound card?
Posted on 2013-11-06, 21:42
ISA (AWE64) vs. PCI (SB Live!) sound card benchmark
Re: Windows 98SE update list?
Posted on 2013-11-06, 20:40
There we go again - IE6. I would have never thought about installing that on a retro gaming rig :) come to think of it, I was using either IE 5 or 6 on vanilla 98 back then and cannot recall any delete bugs. Seeing as how the unofficial packs are the first thing that a search on "windows 98 update" …
Re: New hardware that feels slow
Posted on 2013-11-06, 19:07
It is better to play old games at maximum settings than new games on minimum. I had an OEM Geforce 6500 (complete POS, was using it on my only PC from 2006-2011, so I don't think I need explanations on budget hardware) when UT3 came out and I remember installing the demo right after it came out. It …
Re: New hardware that feels slow
Posted on 2013-11-06, 14:04
I think what some may dislike about P4 is how the average buyer thought "higher clockspeed = better", which alone sold a lot of those P4 machines in a time where AMD was more than competitive... Contrarily, I'm not sure if the "more cores = better" equation helps AMD a lot nowadays given that many …
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