Re: Madeline Thinking Games: Cannot Find ‘vids:arbc’ decompressor

Posted on 2024-03-21, 05:37

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I don't if you were using winevdm to run it but when I tried it I found the same problem. I've implemented support for loading win16 codecs here, https://github.com/otya128/winevdm/pull/1388, which makes this work. how do I download it from appveyor? Also the deluxe edition of the game doesn't see …

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Re: A comprehensive guide to install and play MechWarrior 2 on new versions on Windows.

Posted on 2024-03-20, 12:14

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These are the two DXW files you put in the zips in the first post - which as best I understand builds the DXWind ini file. (I used titanium v2) dxwdiffs.JPG There are no notable differences except possibly coord0 which I don't know what it does. There were more changes, I went through the previous …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2024-03-20, 10:22

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IndieGala- Tomato Jones 2

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-20, 10:20

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I dont see much difference using supermium in both my desktop, xeon quad 8gb and laptop i5 8gb, if i compare using supermium in winxp, win7 or win10 what website is slowfor you? i will test I didnt even manage to type an URL to load a website, it was just sluggish slow, even after racking up the …

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Re: Superbike 2001 by EA fails to launch.

Posted on 2024-03-20, 05:46

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Probably I got it... but hope for luck because I can't control what Windows does automatically Using DxWnd latest (download 2,06,03 from sourceforge and the patch from here https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/a7aa26bc68/#5c3f) + dgVoodoo2, the game seems to work in windowed …

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Re: Superbike 2001 by EA fails to launch.

Posted on 2024-03-20, 05:19

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What changed, did they fix the emulate heap issue? No they didn't Surprise, SBK2K01 on Windows 11 That's cool! Explain. gweeneth, what does Even Viewer say about the CTDs? It should come up in the Windows Logs. I am trying to but Windows is faster at breaking things. Game starts, engine starts …

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Re: A comprehensive guide to install and play MechWarrior 2 on new versions on Windows.

Posted on 2024-03-20, 05:01

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Oh. Right. So it's not a major issue with the installer, it's new settings for dxwnd you've discovered that work better on different versions. Different engines, different games, of course different settings. Many of them are already there in the first post's attachment. Probably best to upload the …

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Re: Superbike 2001 by EA fails to launch.

Posted on 2024-03-19, 19:21

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gweeneth wrote on 2024-03-19, 19:07: BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2024-03-19, 16:56: Surprise, SBK2K01 on Windows 11 That looks glorious. Is it in a Virtual Machine environment or is your OS Win 11 itself? Windows 11 23H1.

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-19, 19:06

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If it is based on similar chromium version is there any noticable speed difference? I would be curious... A timebomb included? No, thanks... Chromium and Xpchrome had some similar issues related to memory allocation, the former fixed it while the latter seems inactive in development. Weolar also …

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Re: Superbike 2001 by EA fails to launch.

Posted on 2024-03-19, 16:56

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Surprise, SBK2K01 on Windows 11

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2024-03-19, 16:48

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Supermium is insanely slow and terrible on XP SP3. Is there any other web browser for Windows XP with full compatibility with any website? I've tried several browsers recommended here and Supermium is the first one that doesn't seem to have any problem rendering or loading any website. XPchrome by …

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Re: RReady (Rendition Verite wrapper) Test Build (Alpha 1)

Posted on 2024-03-19, 14:47

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There was a problem mentioned with the V1K driver for the F1 game, check description https://youtu.be/KVmBDoU1NfA?si=geQmy1jBKQKC61wu

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Re: RReady (Rendition Verite wrapper) Test Build (Alpha 1)

Posted on 2024-03-19, 13:34

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sharangad wrote on 2024-03-19, 13:29: The source was right there for more than 25 years. This message is going to make rounds in the PC emulation sections probably

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Re: A comprehensive guide to install and play MechWarrior 2 on new versions on Windows.

Posted on 2024-03-19, 12:57

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myne wrote on 2024-03-19, 11:34: Huh? There are at least 3 profiles you made and are in the installer. Eg $compatpatch="mech2startupfix.sdb" Dxwnd profiles, not sdb patches-

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Re: A comprehensive guide to install and play MechWarrior 2 on new versions on Windows.

Posted on 2024-03-19, 10:31

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Ok... But you configured the profiles? I just applied them with the installer Yes there are differences in profiles of every game. However installer just installs a common one on the same game. + I found another error that may correspond to the registry in Mercenaries: the clickable areas in …

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Re: A comprehensive guide to install and play MechWarrior 2 on new versions on Windows.

Posted on 2024-03-19, 10:05

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@myne there is a major flaw in the profile creation mechanism: Some games prefer to be run with single process affinity for stability. Some don't, such as Titanium. However the profile creation mechanism sets all games to NOT use single process affinity Win95 31st century combat is better without …

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Re: Madeline Thinking Games: Cannot Find ‘vids:arbc’ decompressor

Posted on 2024-03-19, 07:31

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philthethrill wrote on 2024-03-19, 00:53: I ordered Madeline’s Thinking Games from eBay. When I start the game, it says “Video not available, cannot find ‘vids:arbc’ decompressor.” Any suggestions? Where are you trying to run the game? And which OS did you install it in?

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Re: Successor to DirectSound?

Posted on 2024-03-18, 15:06

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/windows-audio-architecture They still never mention XAudio2, closest is a session API IXAudio2. So? The "I" means interface, that's all. It doesn't suddenly change the entire thing. Direct3D, IDirect3D, doesn't matter. Hm I didn't …

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Re: Successor to DirectSound?

Posted on 2024-03-18, 11:09

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feda wrote on 2024-03-18, 06:03: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAudio2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_featu … ck_architecture The official MS documentation discourages using DeviceTopology API, EndpointVolume API but doesn't talk about alternatives. Smh

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Re: Why did the Windows display acceleration slider disappear in WDDM drivers?

Posted on 2024-03-18, 11:06

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Why all these strange questions? Are you from the future? Yes I opened the dsound slider thread so that reminded me of the display acceleration slider and then I noticed its greyed out on Windows 7 so that's why I asked. Most probably I would have forgotten in a day. Your answer makes sense, I will …

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