FIFO mode was broken in the last release, this should correct it and optimise it a bit more and produce kind of a largish speed boost; I'm getting nearly double the framerate in Descent 2 (18 fps instead of 8 ) and some of the missing textures now actually render in the wrong format.

Scorched Planet seems to be smoother. Eurofighter Typhoon shot up from 22 fps to 38-45. All three of these games only run in FIFO mode.

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260102.001.7z
MD5: c100d52043eee0893bd21cd6e91d3176

I would be very interested in your SP framerate @Raven-05.

Descent 2 runs faster yes, can't see fps.
Scorched Planet from 20 to 60 fps.
Eurofighter main mission Quick Start runs for me in 20fps.

I spot other bugs, regression in NASCAR Racings - mouse pointer is not draws at bottom and its difficult to blindly quit game or start race. Also red arrows inside car is have a lot of hall of mirrors.

Probably regression in Whiplash. Suspect that a lot of polygons sometimes not draws at distance. Sometimes.

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2026-01-02, 18:38:

Descent 2 runs faster yes, can't see fps. Scorched Planet from 20 to 60 fps. Eurofighter main mission Quick Start runs for me in […]
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Descent 2 runs faster yes, can't see fps.
Scorched Planet from 20 to 60 fps.
Eurofighter main mission Quick Start runs for me in 20fps.

I spot other bugs, regression in NASCAR Racings - mouse pointer is not draws at bottom and its difficult to blindly quit game or start race. Also red arrows inside car is have a lot of hall of mirrors.

Probably regression in Whiplash. Suspect that a lot of polygons sometimes not draws at distance. Sometimes.

You can get the framerate when you hit F3. It's actually faster when the cockpit is hidden because of the weird way the cockpit is drawn, with front buffer rendering.

NR1999 and N2 have that problem in both FIFO and DMA mode. So it's some other thing that's broken them.

Whiplash looks the same in FIFO and DMA modes. One of the demos (the one with the loop) has missing polygons in DMA mode as well, unless this is a new regression.

I was hoping to do a release soon with the bug fixes. ICR2 widescreen isn't ready yet.

The Nascar menu problems were caused by ICR2 widescreen code. I never seem to learn. This should have improved FIFO and working menus:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260103.001.7z
MD5: 3a2df5a2541dcde89f1bbc28c0bc57af

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RReady Alpha (January 06, 2026, 1.0.46) (Fully tested Alpha Release)
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https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260106.001.7z
MD5: be306ffa6e2dac8601207e58f396bc01

- Grand Prix Legends transparency issues with windscreen fixed
- Eurofigher 2000+ gamma correction functional but not quite 100%.
- Native support for XInput controllers (SDL1) and axis remapping (Dosbox-Rendition)
- Joystick polling can be done on a separate thread for improved performance (requires multi-core CPU)(Dosbox-Rendition)
- FIFO performance improvements (Dosbox-Rendition)
- Improved compatibility with standard VGA apps (Both Dosboxen)
- Support OPL-3 ‘nuked’ core FM synthesis (Dosbox-Rendition)
- Descent II menu textures corrected and performance boost, though still quite slow.

This should be live on the store within the next 2-3 days.

[EDIT] This release has a bug which could dosbox-rendition to crash to the desktop at startup with a wheel connected. To correct this in dosbox-Rendition.conf (RLauncher->Dos tab->Dosbox-Rendition settings) add or modify the following 3 lines under the [joystick] section:
[joystick]
multithreaded = false
usejoystickids = true
joystickids = 0

https://www.rready.com/about-us
😉

robertmo3 wrote on 2026-01-07, 18:44:

https://www.rready.com/about-us
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🤣! There's a think tank called verité research as well.

Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2026-01-08, 12:17:

Re: Fun with CGL (Creative Graphics Library) on 3D Blaster

Thanks RaVeN-05!

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RReady Alpha(January 16, 2026, 1.0.47)(Hotfix release for 1.0.46)
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https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20 … %20Hotfix%29.7z
MD5: e90b2554e5f87afeaa23c96c09b05a31
- Corrects Dosbox-Rendition crash with usejoystickids=false
- Updates documentation for i76/Nitro and MW2

Sorry for the delay, fell ill again and now I seem to be having swollen feet along with fever. Fell ill right after the last release. My hands were swollen and red until yesterday.

I am back from illness probably coronavirus again oh damn.

Bless you Sharanga ! Wish good health.

Testings:
Heavy Gear
Everything rendered parfectly.

Some issues with game which could be fixed:
use dgVoodoo to avoid black screens.

videos may not render .

to fix negative thread error use:
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/guides/hyperthreading/

imagecfg utility.
make reserve copy of hg.exe
from cmd with admin rights, and kill hg.exe from taskmgr before executing.
IMAGECFG.EXE -U HG.EXE
IMAGECFG.EXE -A 0X1 HG.EXE

this will force game to use single core, game will act like it executed on old CPU's

and exiting game will not leave hg.exe hanging in tasks .
Also stabilizes game a little bit.

NOTE 1: I have access to real Hardware
NOTE 2:I can do all the tests before push to MS store.

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2026-01-22, 12:52:

I am back from illness probably coronavirus again oh damn. […]
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I am back from illness probably coronavirus again oh damn.

Bless you Sharanga ! Wish good health.

Testings:
Heavy Gear
Everything rendered parfectly.

Some issues with game which could be fixed:
use dgVoodoo to avoid black screens.

videos may not render .

to fix negative thread error use:
http://www.thief-thecircle.com/guides/hyperthreading/

imagecfg utility.
make reserve copy of hg.exe
from cmd with admin rights, and kill hg.exe from taskmgr before executing.
IMAGECFG.EXE -U HG.EXE
IMAGECFG.EXE -A 0X1 HG.EXE

this will force game to use single core, game will act like it executed on old CPU's

and exiting game will not leave hg.exe hanging in tasks .
Also stabilizes game a little bit.

NOTE 1: I have access to real Hardware
NOTE 2:I can do all the tests before push to MS store.

Thanks RaVeN-05. There doesn't appear to be a fix for the broken directshow videos, apparently that's a win11 exclusive feature ! I'm glad you're better, but I'm not still. My doctor is trying to admit me to her ward (at a fee paying private hospital) , she won't give me any tests, just an antibiotic for a sinus infection and some gastritis meds (I don't know why). My friends think I have a mosquito borne disease from called Chikungunya involving swollen joints, muscle aches and recurring fever.

I'm a bit rudderless at the moment.