Re: games that use EMBM

Posted on 2022-08-25, 20:27

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by Joseph_Joestar

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So I decided to test the EMBM support in Drakan. After searching through a bunch of old Murc forum posts I came to the conclusion that Drakan mostly used EMBM on the dragon and the water in the later stages of the game. For some reason, the water in the first level doesn't use EMBM. Anyhow, I wanted …

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Re: G550 info

Posted on 2022-08-25, 14:31

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by Joseph_Joestar

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https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.com/tag/g400-and-embm/ Cheers! I think most entries on that list came from the Matrox "short info" document for the G400 which is available here . I'all start by adding the games which Matrox itself advertised, and then see if I can track down a second source …

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Re: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 40-Pin Header

Posted on 2022-08-25, 13:17

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Audigy is the last with official driver support. But there are are modified drivers for Audigy 2. So the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro is the last one you can use in Win98. Both the regular Audigy 2 and the ZS version have Win98 drivers on the official install CD. There is no need to make any …

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Re: G550 info

Posted on 2022-08-25, 09:29

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Here is the perhaps almost full list of supported EMBM-Games: EMBM-List Very nice! Can you give me a source for that? I can update the Vogons wiki EMBM page with the additional games, but I need a reference. From that list I have personally played Drakan, and I can verify that it does have EMBM …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-08-25, 06:57

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by Joseph_Joestar

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2022-08-25, 06:49: btw. Matrox G550 AGP supports FOG in SOTE but no 8BitPal-Textures. Thanks! Same as the G4xx cards then. EDIT - I just found table fog support listed in the G550 datasheet. Updated the Vogons wiki with the references.

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-08-25, 06:46

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by Joseph_Joestar

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The February of 1997 issue of PC Mag (available on Google books) has an interesting Matrox Mystique ad: Filename Mystique_Ad.jpg File size 85.07 KiB Views 1481 views The feature sidebar indicates that the Mystique supports paletted textures, just like the Millennium II which I recently tested.

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Re: Motherboard advice for Win98SE build

Posted on 2022-08-25, 03:29

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I'll still get those S754 board if I ever want to do an XP build, they're worth $5 bucks each. Note that the Win9x GPU performance and SATA issues only affect (certain) VIA chipsets. Socket 754 boards based on SiS, ULi and Nvidia chipsets should still be usable, though they might have other issues …

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Re: Motherboard advice for Win98SE build

Posted on 2022-08-24, 06:36

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Well, you just never can win, can you? :) I've perused your investigations about fog & paletted texture support, great stuff, very informative. (Re-)playing the Thief series and FF 7-8 are definitely on my list, so overall I think the GeForce4 MX440 would be the best choice. When playing Thief II I …

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Re: Motherboard advice for Win98SE build

Posted on 2022-08-24, 01:45

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Based on what I've read on the Vogons wiki, these would be vastly superior in terms of performance to the MX200 and any Matrox board, while still having 8-bit texture and fog table support (e.g. I really want to be able to run Thief II with proper fog support). Do you think one of these would be a …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-08-24, 01:25

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by Joseph_Joestar

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My guess is the GART issue is at boot since the GARTLO register is programmed then, Windows allocates virtual memory to it then too. 98 also throws a resource conflict on a fresh install on the AGP Target device. It's easily correctable by manually changing it, but 98's memory manger might be part …

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2)

Posted on 2022-08-23, 23:37

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by Joseph_Joestar

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For sound effects and General MIDI I select the Audigy SB16 emulation on 260/7/3/7/320. Be advised that some games don't like the SB address being higher than 240 and the MPU-401 port being anything other than 330 (default) or 300. Another thing I notice is that Line in on the Audigy doesn't seem …

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Re: Guide: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live (version 2)

Posted on 2022-08-23, 02:50

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by Joseph_Joestar

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CT4830 - Doesn't seem to be working in windows 98 dos mode for me? I've ran sbeinit which says that the driver is initialized and have the correct parameters in games, but there's just no sound, and the diagnostics program says "is SB emulation enabled ???" when I try it. I've tried reserving the …

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Re: ESS Solo 1 different versions

Posted on 2022-08-22, 20:34

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I have a Solo with an EEPROM... I think with the combination of putting the K chip on this card and then flashing a dump of your EEPROM Joseph_Joestar , that might do the trick... But I don't want you to fiddle with that kind of thing if it is outside your comfort level with regard to technical …

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Re: ESS Solo 1 different versions

Posted on 2022-08-22, 17:17

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by Joseph_Joestar

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On boot, DDMA was showing as enabled. This is a good sign. Proceeded to copy your ESSOLO.INI to the root directory, modified it to read-only, performed a reboot, and the message that I need to use Windows for DOS compatibility appeared. Instead of using my copy of ESSOLO.INI, try modifying your own …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-08-22, 17:10

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by Joseph_Joestar

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0534CD I think this is probably the date code. Meaning, year 2005 week 34. No idea what the CD is though. Maybe the name of the factory? On the other hand, the chip with the silver circle that @bloodem posted has a date code of 0453 meaning year 2004 week 53. This seems to fit as 2004 was one of …

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Re: ESS Solo 1 different versions

Posted on 2022-08-22, 04:41

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I obtained a "K" revision chip and I get the same error (for sound blaster compatibility, run applications from Windows), so I don't know what's going on with that... Maybe your EEPROM on your card is special, I don't know. Did you go through all the steps that I listed here ? Specifically, are you …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-08-21, 20:12

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by Joseph_Joestar

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VDNKh wrote on 2022-08-21, 19:51: If Joseph_Joestar wants to test every BIOS to find the one that introduces the bug we could. Nah, I'm good. Best I can do is give you guys screenshots of my BIOS settings so you can compare, if you think that would help.

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-08-21, 19:47

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Ok. Though I still wonder if it is specifically a combination of BIOS + nVidia ForceWare. Did you only confirm the issue with the GF FX's in your system? Or perhaps you can say the same about the GF4-serie, Radeons or more exotic AGP cards such as from Matrox or S3? At the time, I was using a …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-08-21, 19:45

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I suspect changed chipset settings that confuse VIA AGP driver and cause it to work in a crippled mode. Unlikely. While I was still using the newest BIOS, I tested many different settings and nothing helped. One of the first things that I tried was to load the BIOS defaults but that had no effect. …

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Re: Not Another Ultimate Windows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-08-21, 19:12

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by Joseph_Joestar

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While I know that sounds weird but has anyone managed to narrow the issue to the newer BIOS specifically? I can't speak for other motherboards, but on my K8V-MX, the oldest BIOS gives you full GPU performance under Win9x. Any BIOS version newer than that has the bug which effectively halves GPU …

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