Re: Duke Nukem 3D - what's the resolution of the original textures?

Posted on 2019-03-08, 15:03

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Also a little correction: This game does not have a 8:5 aspect ratio (even in 320x200 mode) but 4:3 just like the majority of 320x200/Mode 13h games. It's because the 320x200 resolution was intended to be aspect ratio corrected to 4/3 (just like 320x240 or 640x480) since its pixel aspect ratio is …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D - what's the resolution of the original textures?

Posted on 2019-03-08, 13:16

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If you extract the TILES0XX.ART files from DUKE3D.GRP you can inspect all textures/sprites of the game by using EDITART.EXE. All of them are 320x200 (or smaller). They typically look like this in EDITART (with corrected aspect ratio): tile1.jpg Interesting, and agreed. I really would have thought …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D - what's the resolution of the original textures?

Posted on 2019-03-07, 21:31

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leileilol wrote: It's a bit complicated here and I'll try to explain as simple as I can on why. Considering the 2D stuff, Duke3D's "native res" is 320x200 What do you mean by "native res" ?

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Re: Help me choose a sound card ?

Posted on 2019-03-07, 19:31

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gdjacobs wrote: What do the ESS cards have for FM synth? Except for the ES688 which usually uses an external OPL3 chip, they all have ESSFM which is IMO the best alternative to a real Yamaha OPL chip.

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D - what's the resolution of the original textures?

Posted on 2019-03-07, 16:28

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Higher resolutions allow you to resolve more detail at a distance, regardless of texture resolution. With a low texture resolution and high display resolution, it means is that you can stand farther away from textured objects and still see the texture detail in all its lo-res glory. For example. try …

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Re: Planning an FM/MT-32/GM comparison. Requesting suggestions.

Posted on 2019-03-07, 01:22

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In the Sound menu in Control Panel in Windows 10 (if that's what you're using), there is an option to pipe the line-in to the line-out of that machine. I just don't know if it's supported while recording.

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Re: Planning an FM/MT-32/GM comparison. Requesting suggestions.

Posted on 2019-03-06, 13:23

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By no means was I trying to correct you. I agree. They are rare. 😀 If anything, you reminded me of that fact. I just wonder how many of these games have soundtracks that actually sound good in more than one format.

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Re: Planning an FM/MT-32/GM comparison. Requesting suggestions.

Posted on 2019-03-05, 19:29

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Hey, specifically, I'm planning this for a Realms of Arkania: Star Trail. It's a rare game that supports all three, and a game whose music I really like. I'm planning on recording this comparison for either Youtube, Soundcloud, or both. Where I'd like your suggestions is: -should I have each song a …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 19:24

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What you're saying makes sense but I guess I'm not entirely clear on the use case yet. I'm not saying you're wrong, sometimes I'm just a bit dense. :cool: What you're describing sounds just like using SoftMPU but with HardMPU as the physical interface. Actually come to think of it, you're right. …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 16:55

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HardMPU already does SysEx delay, and it doesn't require pausing execution of the game*. It can be enabled using the config utility from the HardMPU Github page. Edit: *with any games I've tried so far, I should say. X-Wing is a good example... With SoftMPU the delay caused stuttering of the …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 14:18

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I wonder. Would there be a way to combine the abilities of the HardMPU card with the ability of SoftMPU to pause the execution of the game with SysEx delayed messages. That is to say, a simple TSR that would not require a memory manager that would only poll or check a status on the HardMPU card, and …

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Re: HardMPU, anyone?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 14:10

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This is why I mentioned earlier that p1 is the absolute max for gaming with MPUs and MT-32 and even that needs some tricks like L1 cache disabling. 95% of the time it's the game's drivers that crap out due to speed. You might get lucky and have MI work OK with the Roland card but not HardMPU but if …

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Re: HardMPU + SoftMPU !?! + Wing Commander II + MT-32

Posted on 2019-03-05, 13:29

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Wasn't there some firmware update that solved some issues with monkey island? Or something like that don't really know tbh Maybe you can update and it will get fixed? Interesting. I didn't even know that HardMPU had different firmware versions. Seemed to me like it was created, firmware and tools …

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Re: HardMPU + SoftMPU !?! + Wing Commander II + MT-32

Posted on 2019-03-05, 01:18

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Has nobody seen issues with HardMPU and some games?

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Re: ESS688 - Sould I use ESS-specific options in game setup, or SB Pro compatible?

Posted on 2019-03-05, 01:15

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Try both. Can you hear a difference? In theory ES688 mode should sound better as that card supports higher stereo sampling rates and uses the same external OPL3 chip as an SBPro for FM.

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HardMPU + SoftMPU !?! + Wing Commander II + MT-32

Posted on 2019-03-04, 13:35

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An interesting problem for me crept up last week. For some odd reason, on my C3 Ezra even slowed down to 386 speeds, I just can't get Wing Commander II to sound right on my MT-32. I tried the old and new models with no difference, and no errors when processing SysEx messages. Basically, when playing …

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Re: C3 and Slotket

Posted on 2019-03-03, 03:23

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appiah4 wrote: I think it depends on the slotket in question, I have slotkets that have jumpers to be set for C3 CPUs, and others that can only be used for Intel Celeron/Coppermines or Coppermine/Tualatins. Which slotkets have jumpers for C3 CPUs?

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Re: Via C3 Ezra Slot 1 Machine

Posted on 2019-03-02, 22:52

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That's really odd. Your BIOS settings for CAS latency don't make sense. CAS latency should be either 2 or 3 for SDRAM. Also, SpeedSys in your screenshots is able to identify your external clock. That line is missing from my SpeedSys results.

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Re: Via C3 Ezra Slot 1 Machine

Posted on 2019-03-02, 13:53

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Tenorman, what BIOS version are you using?

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Re: Via C3 Ezra Slot 1 Machine

Posted on 2019-03-02, 13:41

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Guys, L1D+BPD gives you a slower speed than using all four L1D+L2D+BPD+ICD - that is what I used with my 50*3 to get 7.02. So RAM size has no effect on SpeedSys CPU scores, but infiniteclouds is right. L1D+BPD is slower than L1D+L2D+BPD+ICD. Very odd indeed. And at 994MHz, my score is 520.08 making …

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