Re: Quake2 + Acebot for DOSBox (128mb)
Posted on 2015-09-02, 01:00
Attached Japheth's vesamtrr tool along with his source code. If it worked as well as the other one, it may compile into an external library. I'd like to test it at some point.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-30, 23:30
Oh. I did note that there are recipes just 20 lines long to activate mtrr, or at least that I recall. There are longer samples which robustly check whether the registers are available and then turn on one of the sets. I looked at it out of curiosity between maps of rubicon pack. I may try pack #2 …
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-30, 23:20
His forum posts suggest that workaround code is necessary to enable the mtrr registers on all systems. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a vintage system to test with. I also have to verify whether he has open source code or not. The implementation looks fairly straightforward, however.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-30, 23:14
That note must have been incorrect that fastvid enables the mtrr registers, too.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-30, 23:05
Doesn't sound too bad. I also researched the mtrr stuff and found some source code, although the existing binary for it must work fine. There was a note that the fastvid tool does the same thing, but I'm not familiar with this area. I'm assuming that not all mtrr tools are open source.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-30, 22:56
The client definitely stands apart with its capabilities. If the above issues are 642 specific, then perhaps a difference file (of the gl files) between qdos/fx and fitzquake-dos may help.
Re: dgVoodoo 2 for DirectX 11
Posted on 2015-08-30, 22:48
That is a Voodoo 2 specific library (glide3x.ovl) for Dos, but it should be possible to build glide2x.ovl and glide3x.ovl, whether for Voodoo1, 2 or 3, from source code with the Watcom C compiler. The test binaries would be the demos that are included with the glide source code. These should also …
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-30, 22:40
I appreciate latest improvements to fitzquake-dos, including the performance increase!
Re: Quake 2: DDay [Call to testing]
Posted on 2015-08-28, 08:29
Looks like an improvement. I think the strstr, however, may return true if a string is empty (should never happen anyways). It looks like the function is solely used in g_misc.c to match to entities/items (ie; ladder, barrel, box). It appears they should produce near equivalent results given how …
Re: Quake 2: DDay [Call to testing]
Posted on 2015-08-28, 07:34
I noted no bugs. I did notice that the bots navigated the ladders better than before, but that may have been luck. Please thank him for the changes. 😀
Re: Quake 2: DDay [Call to testing]
Posted on 2015-08-28, 05:03
I appreciate your support of this mod and sezero's recent changes! The win32 version runs perfectly and the dday 5.0 mod has been stable during a botmatch. I started bots with: bots 1. It really showcases the gl renderer and the work that has gone into q2dos.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 10:35
I appreciate the details on it. I'll bookmark the web site, too.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 10:19
That's good news that fitzquake is showing compatibility, along with a nice speed-up. Also, thanks for the details on the alternate textures mode. I've been interested in your work on it.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 09:23
Thank you for all the work toward finding a better mesa! That's a large and unexpected performance increase with 624, especially given your glide3 improvements today. At this point, the fxmesa renderer is close or exceeding the alternative. And the open email communication with dborca should prove …
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 05:48
I generally don't use wrappers myself. I also think their portability is limited. I edited the above post with some numbers. Your updated glide3 dxe is a significant improvement, measured by timedemo in dosbox, but as you mentioned, also the game runs smoothly.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 05:28
That's wonderful! It must have been a lot of testing on 3dfx hardware to go through the library versions, the versions of compilers, along with makefile settings (at the least). I look forward to trying the maps with the added features. Thank you for this work. I'll keep testing in dosbox with …
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 04:55
Definitely!
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 03:02
Yes, I think a few by sezero! There is a link at the bottom to view the entire thread, I just noticed it. I'll check back later, too.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 02:58
😀 I'm glad to hear that you have looked into that. And thank you for the details. I agree, too, it has required a lot of time and effort, but as you mentioned, there was a significant barrier to others exploring the potential of these libraries.
Re: FitzQuake for DOS [fxMesa]
Posted on 2015-08-27, 02:52
I found (what I think is the only, or one of two references, to the issue) to the -O1 and -O2 problem in glide3: http://sourceforge.net/p/glide/mailman/message/573981/.
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