Re: Installing Half-Life GOTY (non-Steam version) on Windows 7 64-bit

Posted on 2018-01-11, 14:26

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leileilol wrote: Unreal doesn't really need an install though. One could just copy the folders directly from disc and run it from there... Does that work for the Gold edition?

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2018-01-04, 05:47

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I meant that it seems to achieve the same visual result, but I appreciate learning that it does patch the executable, itself. Thanks. Does it affect just the textures, though, or textures and model complexity (like my mod)? It seems to affect both. Here's a comparison between a plain JK, the mipmap …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2018-01-03, 22:59

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After days of failure trying everything (I could think of) I just got Flying Corps Gold (D3D) running using a single ddraw.dll called DDrawCompat . Have you tried that one? Yup. No difference. The "AMD fix" isn't an option in DxWnd. It's a DLL that you download separately, like the DirectDraw DLLs. …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2018-01-03, 13:28

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That looks like the problem that enabling texture hacks in DxWnd helped with at one point. You might also try the "AMD fix," if you haven't already. I tried enabling the texture hack option. No difference. I don't see an AMD fix option. Regardless, all indications are that DxWnd isn't doing …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2018-01-03, 06:22

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It seems I have exactly the same problem on AMD HD7850, Windows XP. It's not a competition, but mine's worse. ;) For me, the display looks like the image I posted before you even move the mouse. They didn't work for me, but you can try these two ddraw.dll files; JKUP_2010-06-19.zip http://www.jkhub …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2018-01-02, 08:51

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You left the options on default and I said to enable one of the "texture hacks." It's an option on one of DxWnd's settings tabs. I don't remember which of the various hacks reduced the smearing, but a couple of them did. Unfortunately, I don't think that they eliminate the smearing completely, …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00

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This game is a royal pain in the ass to get working properly! I'd been playing from HD using a music patch and I noticed that the music plays right through the cutscenes, drowning out the dialog. Also, the game occasionally crashes so I thought I'd see if a vanilla installation had the same problems …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2017-12-31, 21:04

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I believe that I've found that you can work around the smearing by using DxWnd and enabling one of the "texture hacks" in it. Try that. I downloaded the lastest DxWind, added Jedi Knight's EXE, left all the options on default, ran the game and I see absolutely no difference. Isn't the default for …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2017-12-29, 05:30

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On XP you could try one of the older versions of Wined3d. https://fdossena.com/?p=wined3d/index.frag I followed the directions for pre-DirectX7 games exactly. It didn't work. When I try to load the game, it just gives me a black screen and Task Manager says the game is using 50% of my CPU. I don't …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2017-12-27, 22:44

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I remember playing the game on an Nvidia card under WinXP back in 2010-2011 and I definitely had D3D on, so perhaps later drivers broke something that the game needed? Yes, I'm assuming that it's something related to my graphics card and the drivers for it. This isn't the first time I've had …

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Re: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2017-12-27, 18:32

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The ddraw.dll should have worked. Perhaps there's another version floating around that might help you. I'm pretty sure I had similar issues and got around it, so don't give up on it just yet. Have you taken a look at the PCGamingWiki? https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Jedi_Knight_%E2%80%93_ …

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Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 3D acceleration in XP?

Posted on 2017-12-27, 09:16

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I have the retail release of Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, which came with the Mysteries of the Sith add-on. I've read all the various help sites, which are mostly geared toward Win7-10. I've tried two different versions of ddraw.dll. I've tried the official and unofficial patches. I've tried all the …

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Re: R.A.T. 7 driver for XP?

Posted on 2017-10-20, 00:24

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The first drivers that you listed should include drivers for XP. I'm running version 42 (you listed version 45) right now on my XP system. Thanks for the reply. After my last post, I found this page; https://www.touslesdrivers.com/index.php?v_page=12&v_code=512#11 It's a little confusing because …

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Re: Any Commodore 64 or Amiga fans here at Vogons?

Posted on 2017-10-20, 00:02

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I forgot about this thread... I agree that it's hard for a bunch of small game developers and joystick manufacturers to get together on something like this, but I think the computer manufacturers should have done it themselves while launching their systems. Seems to me it would have been a selling …

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Re: How to make a DOS Game Trainer?

Posted on 2017-08-11, 10:03

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I saw some of MS-DOS trainers on Defacto2, Pouet, Internet Archive and Demozoo. How can i make DOS game trainers? Please help! In order to make a trainer for a game, you need to be able to not only go through the game's code, but also to understand what it's doing. In other words, you have to be a …

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Re: Question about PS/2 splitters

Posted on 2017-08-11, 09:51

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I've looked rather extensively and come up with plenty of options for splitters where it offers one Male end split into two Female ends, but not the other way around. I'm wondering if anybody here would be able to tell me where I could find such a thing, or hell, if they even exist. I honestly …

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Re: I can't find any old software to monitor CPU & GPU temperature on Windows 9x

Posted on 2017-08-11, 09:38

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I don't remember what it was called, but I once used some program that monitored the temperature and fan speed (I think). As I recall, it had a pretty ugly interface with little B/W gauges for the different sensors.

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Re: Windows Embedded POSReady 2009 - A Great OS for Retro Gaming

Posted on 2017-08-11, 09:35

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I still say the best legal option is to install Windows XP SP2 using the product key that is likely placed on your laptop/OEM desktop somewhere. SP2 is a lot lighter than SP3 so it's better for gaming than internet usage. During bulk trash month, I find old computers on the curb fairly often (I'd …

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Re: Any Commodore 64 or Amiga fans here at Vogons?

Posted on 2017-08-04, 03:51

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implies there's no other emulator but the forever one. There's also Frodo, CCS64, Micro64, Hoxs, etc. I believe that Vice is the only emulator for the C128 and the C16/Plus4 though. Many of EA's titles got an Amiga makeover and man they looked good. Two of EA's signature games, Archon and Archon II …

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Re: R.A.T. 7 driver for XP?

Posted on 2017-08-03, 01:28

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Just looked up the mouse. WTF, how do you use it? :confused: And whays up with the thumb screw looking things? It's really just a funky looking mouse. It looks like it would be uncomfortable to use, but it's not. Keep in mind that without the custom drivers, many of the fancy options don't work for …

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