Unreal 2 on Intel GMA 3000? Graphical glitches!

Posted on 2012-06-07, 07:12

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Since Unreal couldn't go 2 minutes without crashing my old Win98SE system, I was really looking forward to playing it on my new system. I plan to get a dedicated graphics card (as soon as I can figure out which one I should get), but for the time being, I have the built-in Intel Graphics Media …

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Re: Recommendations for a PCI-E video card for Core 2 Duo system?

Posted on 2012-05-23, 05:08

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The 8800GT (and related cards) were legendary for their time, and go very well with a Core 2 Duo. Thank you for the reply. I see prices on the 8800GT ranging from about $50-100, and GTX260 cards for $80-200. I have no idea which one to get though. (company, specific model, etc) With one of those …

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NFS2SE: Is it just me or is the Monolithic track unfair?

Posted on 2012-05-23, 04:15

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I still enjoy playing Need for Speed 2 - Special Edition. I usually pick the McLaren as my car, and also as my opponents. I can easily get first place on every single track except Monolithic Studios. Seriously, unless I truly screw up, I haven't come in at any place less than first since I started …

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Recommendations for a PCI-E video card for Core 2 Duo system?

Posted on 2012-05-23, 02:37

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I recently bought a new (refurbished) 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo system. It has Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 graphics built in. I'd read that this graphics chipset isn't the best for games. I know that a Core 2 Duo isn't exactly state of the art anymore, but I don't want the graphics slowing down …

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Re: How to get Tomb Raider Unfinished Business to work successfully with sound

Posted on 2012-05-23, 00:36

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I was wondering whether anybody could help me to get Tomb Raider Unfinished Business to work successfully with sound, I miss having the sounds and music, and find it very disorientating especially when you don't know when enemies are going to attack you, I'm currently running DosBox on a Sony Vaio …

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Re: Mediocre old FPSs, A3D, bugs, etc

Posted on 2012-04-30, 18:34

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It was Shogo with the multiple endings OK, I knew about that one. :) I should also mention that the RangeBind commands I posted earlier also work in Shogo for adding mousewheel and extra button support. Actually, it was for Shogo that I originally sought out that information. I believe Shogo lets …

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Re: Hello I need help with a game.

Posted on 2012-04-30, 17:19

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Really Malik then why is it on an abandonware site for download if you can't play the game? "Abandonware" isn't actually a legal definition. Legally, there's no such thing. Most all the games on such sites are still under copyright by someone (and thanks to today's crazy copyright laws, probably …

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Re: Syndicate (the original) and general midi

Posted on 2012-04-30, 17:04

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It had music when I played it in DOSBox.

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Re: How far back do you go?

Posted on 2012-04-29, 05:06

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Not to mention windows 7 x64 is still pretty backwards compatible as long as you don't want 16bit windows or dos stuff. 5 minute logon times sound like dns is missing or something like that, nothing that is the fault of the OS. I read a post on the Lucasarts forums complaining that none of the …

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What should I do with old systems?

Posted on 2012-04-28, 22:11

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I have a bunch of ancient systems that I've brought home during bulk trash pickup. In fact just the other day I grabbed a Pentium 160 with a whopping 1.6GB drive and a Trident video card. It doesn't boot and some of the front panel connections have been disconnected. The only reason I even know what …

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Re: Sin, A3D, freezes and crashing - solved

Posted on 2012-04-20, 06:45

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I've noticed the freezing issues too. Besides saved games it also doesn't seem to like all resolution settings and might lock when loading regardless of whether it's a save or a new game. Yet more "good old days" PC gaming hardware/software bug joy. I never had it crash when loading the game or …

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Re: freeware paint/image editing program? (like jasc paintshop pro)

Posted on 2012-04-19, 17:04

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Ultimate Paint doesn't have palette support AFAIk No, not that I know of. There's a similar program called Saint Paint Studio, which does support palettes, and has some nice features like a tint mode and layers, but it also has several disadvantages as well. Scrolling or changing the zoom level …

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Re: Sin, A3D, freezes and crashing - solved

Posted on 2012-04-19, 16:23

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I beat the whole game. Moderately mind numbing. It's sort of a Duke3D + Half Life experience. I'm haunted by all of the mediocre late '90s shooters that I didn't play at the time. Next up is Blood 2... I just recently played through Blood 2. I don't know if it's just the game, or something on my …

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Re: freeware paint/image editing program? (like jasc paintshop pro)

Posted on 2012-04-15, 09:03

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Personally, I didn't care for GIMP that much. I admit that I didn't really study it, but my impression of it was that it would be quite hard to do any precision work in it. For example, I wanted to smooth part of a scanned page. However, I only wanted to smooth an irregular image in the center of …

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Re: Why did DOS games never use anything but the default EGA palette?

Posted on 2012-03-28, 05:31

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I guess I wasn't clear enough... I know that EGA couldn't use more than 16 colors at once. However those 16 colors could be chosen from a total palette of 64 colors. The default 16 colors didn't include a proper flesh color, but that's what most DOS games used. For example; http://www.mobygames.com/ …

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Why did DOS games never use anything but the default EGA palette?

Posted on 2012-03-27, 04:30

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There may be exceptions, but pretty much every EGA DOS game that I've seen, appears to be using the default EGA palette. This is usually easy to spot because they all use red for the skin color of characters. According to various sources, EGA had a full palette of 64 colors, at least one of which …

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Re: DOSEmu getting Infocom games to work.

Posted on 2012-03-27, 04:13

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Have a look at the Interactive Fiction Archive; http://www.ifarchive.org/ You won't find the Infocom games there, since they're still under copyright, but you will find Frotz as well as interpreters for other formats, and a ton of free games to play on them. 😀

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Re: Blood2: Nightmare levels - How the hell do you beat the final boss?

Posted on 2012-02-24, 11:55

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I guess I have to eat my words, as I just managed to beat the last level. However... It was only possible due to glitches. The first time, the creature got stuck on one of the stone pillars and just kept running in place while I blasted away at it. The second time, I discovered that if you let it …

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Re: Blood 2: Crashes 10% of time while loading saves

Posted on 2012-02-24, 11:35

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I've only had two crashes while playing. Once in the museum level of the normal game and once in the final level of the Nightmare Levels. Other than that, all of my crashes were while trying to reload a saved game. I can deal with the other shortcomings, but the crashes were really annoying.

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Re: Blood2: Nightmare levels - How the hell do you beat the final boss?

Posted on 2012-02-20, 13:45

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It's not like the last level of Quake where you have to interact with the environment (tele-frag) in order to do any significant damage, is it? Not as far as I can tell. It's just a large, open area, surrounded by rock walls with about five large, stone pillars around the edges. When you approach …

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