ICR2 widescreen 21:9 now working and 16:9 cockpit view has changed:

https://youtu.be/2uN8J1d7cvw

- The cockpit is working at 21:9, 32:9 and has been revised for 16:9.
- Dosbox-staging-Rendition should run with displaced sprites with the patched ICR2. This error will be fixed in another test build.
- The exterior of the car while driving won't change colour to match the current car. This will be fixed in a later build.

Dosbox-Rendition is the preferred version of dosbox, at least for the moment.

Test build:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260607.001.7z
MD5: 699e13175998d6c37397f4e9097cfe59

Patched build of ICR2:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/ICR2.Widescreen … .20260605.01.7z
MD5: cb259749e20003e9adace6696ca2bdad

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

No, I fixed that the way you suggested. I last tested it in March and the game started up OK.

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

I still haven't figured out why the menu screens don't update. The game uses front buffer rendering but for some reason, updates don't render something. It can sometimes be triggered by sending a spurious WM_TIMER command but even that's not entirely reliable. It's almost like the device context is locked, though I don't entirely know how that's done.

sharangad wrote on Yesterday, 04:57:

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

I still haven't figured out why the menu screens don't update. The game uses front buffer rendering but for some reason, updates don't render something. It can sometimes be triggered by sending a spurious WM_TIMER command but even that's not entirely reliable. It's almost like the device context is locked, though I don't entirely know how that's done.

DxWnd had two techniques to refresh a not refreshing screen: 1. automatically force refresh on every primary surface blit, 2. something I don't understand but it required using the Time Stretching settings, and helped the game Die by the Sword which refresh on only mouse movement

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on Yesterday, 06:12:

sharangad wrote on Yesterday, 04:57:

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2026-06-07, 17:26:

Does Team Apache still have startup lockup issues?

I still haven't figured out why the menu screens don't update. The game uses front buffer rendering but for some reason, updates don't render something. It can sometimes be triggered by sending a spurious WM_TIMER command but even that's not entirely reliable. It's almost like the device context is locked, though I don't entirely know how that's done.

DxWnd had two techniques to refresh a not refreshing screen: 1. automatically force refresh on every primary surface blit, 2. something I don't understand but it required using the Time Stretching settings, and helped the game Die by the Sword which refresh on only mouse movement

I'll try those in a bit. Bit busy with ICR2 widescreen:

Here's the state of play in 32:9:
https://youtu.be/LTtDS2SbNhU
OR
https://www.patreon.com/posts/indycar-racing- … ntent=join_link

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20260609.003.7z
MD5: 3be6297e068997a9cb1bdd806afaa01b

You will need this patched version of ICR2:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/ICR2.Widescreen … .20260605.01.7z
MD5: cb259749e20003e9adace6696ca2bdad