It rotates the view and the arrow keys move the carpet. The sprites and the world map are still missing.

mc1 has speed that depends on amount of cpu cycles so it is a nightmare to play
but there is a patch for software version to make it stable 24fps just like in mc2
Magic Carpet 1 - 24 fps patch

robertmo3 wrote on 2026-11-06, 07:18:

mc1 has speed that depends on amount of cpu cycles so it is a nightmare to play
but there is a patch for software version to make it stable 24fps just like in mc2
Magic Carpet 1 - 24 fps patch

The vlb version controls ok, I think the game runs off the vsync interrupt. The software version is unplayable.

what do you mean by unplayable - should be playable you just need to use fixed cycles and adjust them to get right speed - of course it is different for high res and different for low res and if more stuff appears on the screen you need more cycles and if less you need less - as a result it is not very playable indeed. 😀

if you need software for testing just use the patch 😀 with cycles max

robertmo3 wrote on 2026-11-06, 12:59:

what do you mean by unplayable - should be playable you just need to use fixed cycles and adjust them to get right speed - of course it is different for high res and different for low res and if more stuff appears on the screen you need more cycles and if less you need less - as a result it is unplayable indeed. 😀

if you need software for testing just use the patch 😀 with cycles max

I will thanks!

The vlb version is controllable with cycles set max 105%

should be the same with software version if you use the patch 😀

Question for someone with a 3DBVLb, in Nascar, if you go straight into driver info from startup, does the screen render correctly?

Nascar textures looking much better:
https://youtu.be/lxUMVRlcfhc
(Also on: https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/3d-blast … ntent=join_link)

I don't know if the fogging is right with Magic Carpet:

Finally fixed the fog. The low frame rate is because of heavy logging.

Edit : the fog colour has its rgb values switched out.

Flight unlimited, don't know what's with the patchwork textures.

Magic Carpet current state:
https://youtu.be/XCGrurFYinY (https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/3d-blast … ntent=join_link)

Flight Unlimited:
https://youtu.be/4bZJukM6nk4 (https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/3d-blast … ntent=join_link)

Euro 96 switching between 3DB VLB and 3DB PCI mode:
https://youtu.be/xS_4k0yyYhE
(More details here: https://www.patreon.com/Rready/posts/3d-blast … ntent=join_link)

Switching can be done by typing

1*CGL VLB

or

1*CGL PCI

Static linked CGL games for the vlb board will work with either option

This is an extremely alpha build:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20 … odeSwitching.7z
MD5: ca6ef6372a3ec0bdc38d24b0a5d20f56

- Supports Rebel Moon (1995) (The 1996 version runs in Speedy3D mode already)
- Test3d (Creative diagnostic demo)
- Nascar Racing (Select a track and go to the garage before staring a race or for some unknown reason garbage will be rendered (epilepsy warning). Performance is also dire
- Magic Carpet works without any enemies or any sprites being rendered,
- Flight Unlimited starts up, but has rendering errors.

if you want normal speed magic carpet has to be 24 fps 😀
carpet speed control starts to work then too 😉

robertmo3 wrote on 2026-11-07, 20:43:

if you want normal speed magic carpet has to be 24 fps 😀
carpet speed control starts to work then too 😉

I can cap the refresh rate via interrupts. The audio stuttering in Nascar and Flight Unlimited is because the interrupt handler is taking up too much CPU.

Nascar 1 at 30 fps nearly all the time:
https://youtu.be/3HVbI9SR0PU

I'll post a build tomorrow. This one breaks vquake.
Update:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20 … ascar1.30fps.7z
MD5: 7e50bceaeaff25498d662ff623d71644
(The garage must be entered before starting any sort of racing session.)

A vQuake installation guide was asked for, so here it is:
https://youtu.be/1U7pcJEUMfA

robertmo3 wrote on 2026-11-07, 20:43:

if you want normal speed magic carpet has to be 24 fps 😀
carpet speed control starts to work then too 😉

Where can I get this from, the GOG version doesn't seem to have it?

Magic Carpet, part of the HUD near the health bar flickers and disappears. I don't know if this is normal?

Vegetation and enemies don't seem to render yet. Is the starting position supposed to be the same for both software and VLB carpet.exe?

Moving the mouse always seems to spin to the right, something's off with Dosbox-Rendition.

robertmo3 wrote on 2026-11-06, 07:18:

mc1 has speed that depends on amount of cpu cycles so it is a nightmare to play
but there is a patch for software version to make it stable 24fps just like in mc2
Magic Carpet 1 - 24 fps patch

there is also a readme for all the tools there (mostly for 24fps patch)
https://github.com/raincz/mgcarpet/blob/maste … tools/README.md