robertmo3 wrote on 2024-06-23, 12:13:

the list of games that cannot be forced to render in very high resolutions on voodoo wrappers is here marked with red X: http:// […]
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the list of games that cannot be forced to render in very high resolutions on voodoo wrappers is here marked with red X:
http://www.zeus-software.com/forum/viewtopic. … 72&p=3473#p3473
(excluding Battlecruiser 3000)
Starfighter 3000 might be excluded soon as the source was released recently Starfighter 3000 source

So just Whiplash and ef2000+ that 3dfx doesn't work with that rready does.

look at 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
the Scorched Planet also had patch , and i must say original release have speedy3d support but its broken and not works on original hardware, you need to use patch.

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2024-06-23, 13:02:

look at 3D Accelerated Games List (Proprietary APIs - No 3DFX/Direct3D)
the Scorched Planet also had patch , and i must say original release have speedy3d support but its broken and not works on original hardware, you need to use patch.

Ah ok! I'll look into that tomorrow. Thanks @Raven-05.

sharangad wrote on 2024-06-19, 11:29:

Try this: https://nirvtek.com/downloads/Fifo.20240619.003.zip MD5: bf65722190f225450c6f7a512269c4d8 […]
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Try this:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/Fifo.20240619.003.zip
MD5: bf65722190f225450c6f7a512269c4d8

I went back to the most functional version of the app I had back on May 28 and tweaked a few things.

Tested it both in real mode and protected mode and got the same results. So, *fingers crossed* ... .

Tried this on my V1000, at the end it just shows some colored dots on screen and saves nothing to the txt file.

sharangad wrote on 2024-06-20, 23:30:

A test for Rendition owners with time to kill: […]
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A test for Rendition owners with time to kill:

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/SpinningSquare. … 0240621.001.zip
MD5: 7f9192e7846a5a23e2fb4c9f1fb76993

See if it produces a rotating square or (most probably) garbage.

Garbage.

Agent of the BSoD wrote on 2024-06-24, 01:39:

Tried this on my V1000, at the end it just shows some colored dots on screen and saves nothing to the txt file. […]
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sharangad wrote on 2024-06-19, 11:29:

Try this: https://nirvtek.com/downloads/Fifo.20240619.003.zip MD5: bf65722190f225450c6f7a512269c4d8 […]
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Try this:
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/Fifo.20240619.003.zip
MD5: bf65722190f225450c6f7a512269c4d8

I went back to the most functional version of the app I had back on May 28 and tweaked a few things.

Tested it both in real mode and protected mode and got the same results. So, *fingers crossed* ... .

Tried this on my V1000, at the end it just shows some colored dots on screen and saves nothing to the txt file.

sharangad wrote on 2024-06-20, 23:30:

A test for Rendition owners with time to kill: […]
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A test for Rendition owners with time to kill:

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/SpinningSquare. … 0240621.001.zip
MD5: 7f9192e7846a5a23e2fb4c9f1fb76993

See if it produces a rotating square or (most probably) garbage.

Garbage.

Thanks @AgentoftheBSOD!. The speedy3d api code needs a lot more work.

Ok,

vQuake and Scorched Planet need the ucode to do specific things and report back by writing to the FIFO output queue.

I think I need to analyze the uc files before messing around more.

Ok, this should restore performance in ICR2 along with the Nascar fix:

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20240624.002.zip
MD5: 1fc3c0cd83edaaea73feb2e27cdc4a95

There'll be one more update to restore 32 bit register access for ICR2 and only for that tomorrow. Without 32 bit access ICR2 suffers momentary micro-freezes without threadsafe=true.

Everything else will use 8-bit access.

And finally here's Nascar 2:

https://youtu.be/0K40dz-B1Jo

[EDIT]This is an untested build which restores 32 bit register access to everything except NASCAR2/1999:
I don't expect any nasties, but you never know. Tomorrow I'll test it and update this post.[/EDIT]

[EDIT] This build works properly with all the currently supported DOS games.[/EDIT]
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20240624.003.zip
MD5: 670856fbe20bdb82d16a0aedab4fa58a

Do I need to make the internal config settings for games user configurable (in dosbox-rendition.conf)?

Turning Nascar 1999 to max graphical detail produces a chuggy framerate during a race. I could make the code I used to slow down the game, user toggleable for high detail modes Or add a per game config.

[EDIT] Nm. Random slowdown, probably a Dosbox /Windows scheduler priority issue.
[EDIT2] Here's Nascar 1999 with the graphics maxxed out. I've never seen it like this:

https://youtu.be/2PY-xnGV_68

dosbox settings for each individual game , it very good idea, dosbox settings very varies depending on which game is used. if no exename.conf file found the default config will be copied to it.

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2024-06-25, 07:17:

dosbox settings for each individual game , it very good idea, dosbox settings very varies depending on which game is used. if no exename.conf file found the default config will be copied to it.

I think that's probably the best way to do it. I'll add that to my to do list.

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2024-06-25, 07:17:

dosbox settings for each individual game , it very good idea, dosbox settings very varies depending on which game is used. if no exename.conf file found the default config will be copied to it.

How stable are Rendition cards with faster CPUs?

Well every game i played i used Pentium II slot at 350mhz , and all games are ok. Can't say anything about even faster CPU's , i think they will work as there video on YT by race sim central showing ICR2 under Windows 10 virtualization with true PCI access to real rendition card which is v2100 and it seems all works ok, as for other games completely unknown how they behave, only windows rredline games is exactly ok for me under rready, CPU AMD FX 8300 8core, 3ghz (don't remember correct amount CPU Hz)

at real retro machine i can use all games and i don't change anything, but real hw != dosbox, real hw ~ to 86box/pcem which LLE , and it works almost the same if not the same as real HW.

dosbox somtimes not provides all in one package to play everything without reconfiguring something.
dosbox is better by practical and usability meanings, unlike LLE where you need bios, install DOS or Windows OS inside , configure autoexec.cfg for sound or anything else.
dosbox is easy , just run game directly that's it.
dosbox is faster than LLE's.

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2024-06-25, 10:09:

Well every game i played i used Pentium II slot at 350mhz , and all games are ok. Can't say anything about even faster CPU's , i […]
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Well every game i played i used Pentium II slot at 350mhz , and all games are ok. Can't say anything about even faster CPU's , i think they will work as there video on YT by race sim central showing ICR2 under Windows 10 virtualization with true PCI access to real rendition card which is v2100 and it seems all works ok, as for other games completely unknown how they behave, only windows rredline games is exactly ok for me under rready, CPU AMD FX 8300 8core, 3ghz (don't remember correct amount CPU Hz)

at real retro machine i can use all games and i don't change anything, but real hw != dosbox, real hw ~ to 86box/pcem which LLE , and it works almost the same if not the same as real HW.

dosbox somtimes not provides all in one package to play everything without reconfiguring something.
dosbox is better by practical and usability meanings, unlike LLE where you need bios, install DOS or Windows OS inside , configure autoexec.cfg for sound or anything else.
dosbox is easy , just run game directly that's it.
dosbox is faster than LLE's.

Thanks @Raven-05. So my DMA problem is uniquely my own.

Does anyone have any documentation on Pentium DMA. This is all I could find:

https://edc.intel.com/content/www/xl/es/desig … a-controller_1/

[edit]
This looks like what Rendition uses;

Descriptor based Linked List

[EDIT] I tried using PIC based DMA access. It had a nasty habit of freezing with repeating audio.

Interesting project! I had a couple Verite 2100 cards back in the day. At least I think that is what they were called. I should dig through my old boxes and see if I still have one...

MadDogFargo wrote on 2024-06-26, 07:47:

Interesting project! I had a couple Verite 2100 cards back in the day. At least I think that is what they were called. I should dig through my old boxes and see if I still have one...

You should, they're great!

MadDogFargo wrote on 2024-06-26, 07:47:

Interesting project! I had a couple Verite 2100 cards back in the day. At least I think that is what they were called. I should dig through my old boxes and see if I still have one...

And also by putting it to PC and make active, you can help this project by doing tests when asked by Sharangad )

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2024-06-26, 08:44:

MadDogFargo wrote on 2024-06-26, 07:47:

Interesting project! I had a couple Verite 2100 cards back in the day. At least I think that is what they were called. I should dig through my old boxes and see if I still have one...

And also by putting it to PC and make active, you can help this project by doing tests when asked by Sharangad )

Yes that would help!