Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2011-05-02, 15:32

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by TomJeffersonJones

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Don't you have some other place to act out your bad moods? What bad mood? He posted his non-contributing bump, so did i. Yes I have no solution, but the issue is unresolved and there may be some users who have the program running perfectly, and are unaware of issues observed by other players. Some …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2011-05-01, 16:58

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Probably of no interest, but since my original post I've upgraded to a Sandy Bridge 2500k @ 3.8ghz, 4 gigs RAM, and Win 7 - still using the latest dosbox .074 release to both install and run the game, - I'm seeing exactly the same behavior as observed with my opteron, the cycle count used to summon …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2011-05-01, 16:09

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No new word on folks' experiences with Tie fighter Collector's Cd-Rom and CPU cycles right? Still seems tragic one must choose between totally fluid gameplay and an incorrectly emulated program, or an oft chuggy yet correctly emulated program...

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Re: Fallout 1

Posted on 2010-06-16, 17:03

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much much MUCH easier to run Fallout 1 in windows. Don't forget to browse the mods at no mutants allowed as well.

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Re: Prince of Persia (1989)

Posted on 2010-06-03, 18:29

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im having problem with the prince of persia game in DOSBox. My UP key is dropping occasionaly. When I run and want to jump, it just wont jump and fall down the pit. My my keyboard is fine, because other games work properly. Does anybody know how to fix it? Are you sure? Prince of Persia's controls …

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Re: Tie Fighter, SB Live, no sound effects

Posted on 2010-06-03, 18:27

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by TomJeffersonJones

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loaded program from floppies (5 total). Installation went fine, no issues. Executing tie.exe from dosbox functions as well, just no sound effects. I didn't install the 5 floppies from within doxbox and that perhaps is my next step, but I'm doubtful that will make a difference. Installing from …

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Re: Lemmings, Mouse issues, (constant left of screen)

Posted on 2010-06-02, 17:02

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Hi, and thanks for reading, I am kinda new to this emulation stuff, and am wanting\trying to play the original lemmings game again, i've got the game, a couple of versions apparantly, and also dosbox 7.2, and just now, tried 7.4. I can mount the directory fine, and start the game with vgalemmi.exe, …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-29, 20:29

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On may way to confirming that the Xwing Collector's Cd has the same problem... Tour 1 mission 2 - The frigate warspite and assorted corvettes attack more frequently and at longer ranges around 20,000 cycles on a dynamic core. They attack less if at all at 40,000 cycles And not at all at auto/max …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-29, 20:11

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Ah OK, for some reason i thought the game needed "timed=true", seems my memory failed there (; . Btw: it could very well be that the effect is a game bug and there's no way of fixing it from the DOSBox side. I've tried lots of stuff today: different extenders, machine settings, etc. etc. . The …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-29, 18:23

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OK, I think I've seen the effect. I'm using fixed cycles because the joystick "jerks" from time to time when using auto/max. Out of curiousity: are you playing with a joystick, TomJeffersonJones? Yes I'm using a CH USB joystick - I had bizarre control anomalies w/ auto/max until I set timed=false …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-28, 21:59

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Hmmm difficult to say. I've played the mission (tried to rather (; ) a few times and the platform didn't fire for some time. It started to do so after a while though and promptly killed me. I was playing in SVGA@75000 cycles, DOS4GW replaced with DOS/32A. To me it seemed the platform was reacting …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-28, 21:11

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by TomJeffersonJones

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For example 60,000 cycles at 640x480 gets me a healthy firing space platform in Tie Bomber Combat Chamber Mission # 2. dropping down to 320x200 at the same cycle count gets me a non firing platform in the same mission, same as if I ran 640x480 at 80,000+ cycles. So, are you saying that platform …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-28, 20:28

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by TomJeffersonJones

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Maybe I should try un-overclocking the CPU?

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-28, 19:59

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You'd need to analyze the code to understand how the game manages limited processing resources. Have you tried anything to minimize processing (e.g. disable sound, use a lower video resolution, etc.) to see if it helps achieve both smooth flight and normal enemy AI? Disabling sound in the .conf or …

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Re: Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-28, 19:08

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There is a good possibility you simply need more processing power to run the game with everything being ideal. If I'm not mistaken, your CPU is of 2006 vintage, and being dual core does not really help because DOSBox is single-threaded. Perhaps, but wouldn't the fact auto or max cycles results in …

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Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM :: FPS vs. Turret AI : An Inverse Relationship ::

Posted on 2010-05-28, 18:31

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by TomJeffersonJones

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I thought I had the Tie Fighter Collector's CD-ROM running perfectly in Dosbox 0.74, I'm using the official release version available from Dosbox.com. Running the flight-engine at 640x480 with a dynamic core and cycles on auto or max gives me perfect, and I mean perfect performance in flight and …

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Re: Is there any relationship between CPU cycles and Machine speed (in mhz)?

Posted on 2010-05-20, 03:23

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by TomJeffersonJones

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Um.. nostalgia perhaps? :sweatdrop: well like addict says, if you're nostalgic for a particular machine track down the parts and software, put it all together and hit the switch. Most of us are nostalgic for the programs ... in which case filling our .conf with arbitrary settings that we think …

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Re: Critique My Recording Process

Posted on 2010-05-19, 22:14

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by TomJeffersonJones

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You don't need to recompress the video when adding the audio. In Virtualdub just select Direct Stream Copy from the Video menu. I'll try that, the first time I saved the new .AVI that's what I believe I did, and the resulting video was over 4gb in size, which was startling considering the Dosbox …

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Re: Critique My Recording Process

Posted on 2010-05-19, 22:07

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by TomJeffersonJones

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The video looks a bit "smudgy" but that could be the recompression. I didn't do any recording myself yet, so I'm wondering: how do you sync the MIDI track with the digital sounds one? You could use a better soundfont for the MIDI track, the recorded music sounds a bit tinny (; . Also: you're using …

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Re: Is there any relationship between CPU cycles and Machine speed (in mhz)?

Posted on 2010-05-19, 16:18

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by TomJeffersonJones

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Hi, first, I don´t know if this is a dumb question, sorry if it is. My question is: Is there any relationship between how many cpu cycles are emulated and what speed this is represents in mhz? I mean, it´s possible to say, per example, that when i set up CPU Cycles to 5000 it is equivalent to a …

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