Re: mobygames new interface

Posted on 2023-10-03, 16:03

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by elszgensa

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My previous post here apparently contained too much of an opinion and got deleted, so I'll just neutrally state that Mobygames now has a paid user rank (MobyPro) with a slightly different feature set. Make of that what you will.

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Re: Laptop for XP Gaming

Posted on 2023-10-03, 12:26

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by elszgensa

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At a glance, they seem to be decent options, if a bit pricey imho. I'll assume you have looked into driver availability by yourself? One thing I would like to point out is that quite a few of the earlier XP games (the XP era is a looong one) are from that awkward phase were the resolution could not …

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Re: Unable to Boot 98Se floppy disc.

Posted on 2023-10-03, 11:46

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by elszgensa

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because of the ramdisk being mapped to D: Alright, now where the fRAINBOWS AND UNICORNSk did this ramdisk come from all of a sudden? Please show the contents (directory listing) of your boot disk when you can - I don't remember ever seeing a(n untouched) MS boot floppy create any ram drives. Yours …

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Re: Is there a patch for 3D Windows XP.scr Screen Saver to work on new OSes?

Posted on 2023-10-03, 11:15

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by elszgensa

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I'm not set up to test this right now, so this is completely blind, but... Assuming your .scr file is 1634304 bytes, open it in a hex editor, go to offset 0x4827 and change it from 0x74 to 0xeb. That should ignore the result of the OS check at least. Other thing may still be broken later on, no idea …

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Re: Unable to Boot 98Se floppy disc.

Posted on 2023-10-03, 10:24

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by elszgensa

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Your CD drive jumps from being jumpered as CS, to slave, back to CS between posts. Which is it? Since the CF is master it should be set to slave. Imho this (explicit jumpering) is always the preferred option. Or you could set both to CS, and let the drives(' position on the cable) decide. But do not …

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Re: Roland RA-50, RA-90 and RA-95 doubts about purchase or not

Posted on 2023-10-02, 19:58

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by elszgensa

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No, that message should only show up in "MT-32 mode".

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Re: Hexen II (Software mode) Dark Screen ---> -width 800 -height 600 -bpp 16 has not effect!

Posted on 2023-09-28, 18:20

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by elszgensa

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> What does -dibonly do? Short answer: Set the dibonly variable to true . Longer answer: It skips trying to initalize and probe various bits of video hardware. If you want to look deeper into this then you could also try -nowindirect and/or -nodirectdraw instead, that would then run different parts …

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Re: Unable to Boot 98Se floppy disc.

Posted on 2023-09-28, 12:13

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by elszgensa

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> If anyone can personally vouch for links Not gonna happen on these forums. You're supposed to use what's in the box that you legally bought; if necessary build your own bootable disc from it (pretty easy to do using mkisofs's '-eltorito-boot' option). If you want to pirate stuff then you better …

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Re: Having Trouble With Recovery Software

Posted on 2023-09-28, 10:07

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by elszgensa

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Yeah, hi, how you doin'? Bumping a thread does not magically spawn knowledgeable people out of thin air.

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Re: C&C Renegade crashes on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2023-09-26, 16:33

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Well at least that's a proper error message, as opposed to C&C:R's page faulting with zero info regarding the cause.

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Re: Old pc keeps switching off during boot

Posted on 2023-09-25, 21:05

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by elszgensa

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> I have previously tried cloning the drive So you already have a backup? That's good. If not, make one ASAP. > but the software just won’t work in the emulator. Well, if that proggie is all you need then imho virtualizing it (and then possibly migrating the data to a later version that runs …

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Re: eDuke32 for Win95

Posted on 2023-09-25, 16:41

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by elszgensa

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What CPU you got in there? Mingw32(-generated binaries) may use instructions not present on the low end of processors supported by Win95. OP wrote "Pentium arch" but most toolchains I see around seem to be i686 (i.e. Pentium Pro), so make sure you have at least that.

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Re: Lubricate FDD worm screw

Posted on 2023-09-25, 13:20

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by elszgensa

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Bike chain oil is a pretty broad term... in any case, it's meant for metal-on-metal applications, if in the drive it would come into contact with plastic parts it may or may not react with that. WD-40, just no. Use only for un-sticking stuff and/or displacing moisture, then clean it right off …

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Re: How about a new remake of old cases?

Posted on 2023-09-24, 10:56

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Evercase: http://www.evercase.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=63_89 The ECE4252 in all beige looks pretty decent imho, other than the weird looking power button. It's been discontinued though, and the other two color combinations look pretty meh. Pity. I'm not in the market but they'e …

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Re: C&C Renegade crashes on Windows 98SE

Posted on 2023-09-23, 23:10

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Have you tried the demo version? If only to rule out issues with SafeDisc, since even the no-cd cracks might have remnants of that left in.

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Re: How about a new remake of old cases?

Posted on 2023-09-23, 22:32

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That fourth one is a beauty. Not too large, what's there is chock full of functionality, tasteful color scheme with no unnecessary black bits, my god it even has a watermark . And a proper power switch! I've come to hate the ATX "idiot button" with a passion... Machine's hung again, and you gotta …

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Re: ATI TruForm - all games, software that use that technology

Posted on 2023-09-22, 23:42

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by elszgensa

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I guess you could add a couple extra polys as a bevel for the normals to wrap around sharp corners, i.e. rounding them off might actually end up making them look sharper? But since that eats into your poly budget you might be better off spending them on the meant-to-be-round parts instead so the …

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Re: Need Help with installing CD-Rom or running images .bin , .iso etc in Dos

Posted on 2023-09-17, 00:31

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by elszgensa

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Not sure how you can't understand or comprehend these questions. Oh, that's pretty easy with how random you write. For starters, first you mention DOS not detecting a DVD drive, then the BIOS not detecting a CD drive. Are those one and the same, or different pieces of hardware? Some people use them …

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Re: Windows 98 SE 127GB SSD - Drive keeps getting corrupt!

Posted on 2023-09-12, 19:55

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I did use a random Win98 SE image Just for kicks, try it with a clean, known-good (and non-pirated ) copy so we at least know you're building upon a solid foundation. I'd rule out TRIM issues, since that is something to be triggered by the OS and W98 flat out won't do that since it doesn't even …

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Re: I've developed a unpacker for CC0/CC1 game files - anyone know more games that i can test?

Posted on 2023-09-12, 18:35

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by elszgensa

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I noticed you've found that unused bytes between data blocks can exist but decided to ignore it. Did you investigate but not see anything interesting? Or may some juicy bits still be hidden in there? I remember some titles having things like source code excerpts in their slack space...

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