robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-28, 07:42:

or just hit enter twice instead 🤣

Sorry bit out of it at the moment.

Got an ill family member today, so my output will be sporadic.

I'll try and get a build out tonight, if I can.

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-28, 08:17:

hitting enter twice is way easier and it is always right ;) you should get confirmation sound every time if you succeed ;) maybe […]
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hitting enter twice is way easier and it is always right 😉
you should get confirmation sound every time if you succeed 😉
maybe wait a bit before each hit so that game has time to load second menu

using mouse doesn't guarantee you hit the right button

Will try. The problem is that no rendering commands are being sent for the menu.

After a resolution change. One Fifo no op and that's it. It's probably chockful of pending mem writes.

Also need to fix the chroma keying, it's not working right.

sharangad wrote on 2024-04-28, 08:19:

Will try. The problem is that no rendering commands are being sent for the menu. […]
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robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-28, 08:17:

hitting enter twice is way easier and it is always right ;) you should get confirmation sound every time if you succeed ;) maybe […]
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hitting enter twice is way easier and it is always right 😉
you should get confirmation sound every time if you succeed 😉
maybe wait a bit before each hit so that game has time to load second menu

using mouse doesn't guarantee you hit the right button

Will try. The problem is that no rendering commands are being sent for the menu.

After a resolution change. One Fifo no op and that's it. It's probably chockful of pending mem writes.

Also need to fix the chroma keying, it's not working right.

Pushing enter twcice or thrice crashes dosbox (EF2000).

Dosbox-Rendition Alpha^3(includes V1000 BIOS):
https://1drv.ms/u/s!As-dKk-N73dSmHaF6q0mjIKEpMe3?e=TI14gO
MD5:0c6d94822f0e96c2bd2868d926a3cd43

RReady Alpha^3 (includes DosClient):
https://1drv.ms/u/s!As-dKk-N73dSmHe8mJXQOeq0qBCe?e=QeE1jT
MD5: 36d80c0c2bbda71d11d163ad9141bdfe

Whiplash should run (with defects) in DMA mode when these two environment variables are set:

1set SPEEDY3D=
2set SPEEDY3D_DMA=1

FIFO mode has issues with Whiplash at the moment.

EF2000 should start up but won't render.

There may be regressions and this is an untested alpha. You'll need a C:\temp folder.

keyboard is sending or not sending messages randomly, so it either doesn't work if it doesn't send key press, or keeps being pressed if it doesn't send key release.

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 04:45:

keyboard is sending or not sending messages randomly, so it either doesn't work if it doesn't send key press, or keeps being pressed if it doesn't send key release.

Is this with EF2000 or just generally?

just generally

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 05:15:

just generally

Was the previous release like that as well?

Can you PM your specs?

previous release was like that as well

you complained about spinning lara - this has to be the reason

i am just more able to detect those bugs i guess so i would prefer to stay like that till it is fixed.
if you somehow make my pc work better i won't be able to detect whether the bug still happens.

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 05:54:

previous release was like that as well […]
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previous release was like that as well

you complained about spinning lara - this has to be the reason

i am just more able to detect those bugs i guess so i would prefer to stay like that till it is fixed.
if you somehow make my pc work better i won't be able to detect whether the bug still happens.

I don't have the spinning Lara anymore. Keyboard input works reliably for me. But then I'm not testing in anger.

The only thing that doesn't work reliably is [ALT+W ] to change weather in ICR2. But the readme claims that's a known issue with the game.

Are you running in FIFO or DMA mode? I would like to fix this.

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 05:54:

if you somehow make my pc work better i won't be able to detect whether the bug still happens.

I suspect it's a timing issue.

Also what do you do to trigger it? Is there a sequence?

keyboard is almost unuseable in games
(dma=1 or dma=0 doesn't change it)
i5-3450
gtx1660
win8.1 and win11

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:10:

keyboard is almost unuseable in games (dma=1 or dma=0 doesn't change it) i5-3450 gtx1660 win8.1 and win11 […]
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keyboard is almost unuseable in games
(dma=1 or dma=0 doesn't change it)
i5-3450
gtx1660
win8.1 and win11

Might be a CPU loading issue. There're more than 4 threads that are hammering away at 100%.

I'll see if I can fix that. I had the same issue with 2 dual core Intel HD machine. They render the first frame and freeze. That's actually why I released the alpha to gauge performance.

i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together

i noticed that in tomb raider i can only jump+direction with right alt (which is alt+ctrl here)
left alt + direction makes lara jump only upwards
but it works if i also press alt together with ctrl
so ctrl+leftalt+directions makes lara jump in desired direction

also with pressing right alt larra starts shooting and you can only stop her by pressing leftctrl 😉 (rightctrl doesn't help)

also tomb raider makes some error popups but works, but if you don't close the popups it works slowly - this is a new feature of latest build

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:30:

i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together […]
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i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together

i noticed that in tomb raider i can only jump+direction with right alt (which is alt+ctrl here)
left alt + direction makes lara jump only upwards
but it works if i also press alt together with ctrl
so ctrl+leftalt+directions makes lara jump in desired direction

Left/right alt/ctrl/shift may have some issues. I haven't tested them exhaustively.

Let me fix the cpu load issue first.

sharangad wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:54:

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:30:

i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together […]
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i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together

i noticed that in tomb raider i can only jump+direction with right alt (which is alt+ctrl here)
left alt + direction makes lara jump only upwards
but it works if i also press alt together with ctrl
so ctrl+leftalt+directions makes lara jump in desired direction

Left/right alt/ctrl/shift may have some issues. I haven't tested them exhaustively.

Let me fix the cpu load issue first. ICR2 should run fine on Intel HD based 2 core system. I also have a dual core SMT/hyperthreaded based Intel system. There're 5-6 threads all fighting for cpu. Let me see if I can get rid of busy idling.

sharangad wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:56:

sharangad wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:54:

robertmo3 wrote on 2024-04-29, 06:30:

i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together […]
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i don't know how it is in your language but some languages have right alt being actually alt+ctrl pressed together

i noticed that in tomb raider i can only jump+direction with right alt (which is alt+ctrl here)
left alt + direction makes lara jump only upwards
but it works if i also press alt together with ctrl
so ctrl+leftalt+directions makes lara jump in desired direction

Left/right alt/ctrl/shift may have some issues. I haven't tested them exhaustively.

Let me fix the cpu load issue first. ICR2 should run fine on Intel HD based 2 core system. I also have a dual core SMT/hyperthreaded Intel system. There're 5-6 threads all fighting for cpu. Let me see if I can get rid of busy idling.