Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on Today, 17:26

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Still on Halo 3: ODST . Didn't have a lot of time for gaming due to other obligations, so I was playing it on and off during the last few weeks. The sections where you play as the Rookie are a bit too slow for my taste, but I understand why the developers went in that direction. They are also very …

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Re: Should I upgrade SB Live to Audigy or X-Fi on WinXP build?

Posted on Yesterday, 19:54

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X-Fi has a few things going for it compared to the other Creative cards, and especially the SBLive. First, you get EAX 3, 4 and 5 support. These higher EAX versions are relevant for games such as Splinter Cell, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Doom 3, Unreal Tournament 2004 and so on. Second, you get better …

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Re: Making choices for a (super) socket 7 for DOS - Win98SE. Only 3 cards can be installed!

Posted on Yesterday, 13:05

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Both the Maestro and Solo-1 can handle 16-bit Sound Blaster digital audio. Not sure about the Maestro, but the Solo-1 ditched native AudioDrive functionality in pure DOS. You only get 16-bit audio under Windows with that card. And while I'm a fan of both WSS and AudioDrive modes, some games like …

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Re: Planescape: Tormet using the DDraw Fix by Aqrit

Posted on 2024-05-26, 04:00

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It's been a while since I tested this, but from what I recall, you could fix Torment's graphical issues by turning off the Hardware Acceleration of your GPU using the relevant slider. No third-party tools were needed, and everything worked fine. The process is described here on the PC Gaming Wiki.

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Re: Making choices for a (super) socket 7 for DOS - Win98SE. Only 3 cards can be installed!

Posted on 2024-05-25, 15:16

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ux-3 wrote on 2024-05-25, 15:00: How is that "optional +12V/-12V DC/DC module for classic waveblaster support" powered? I could use an AWE32 instead, which has the header. Not sure, don't have one. Check here or ask the forum user dreamblaster. He makes them AFAIK.

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Re: Making choices for a (super) socket 7 for DOS - Win98SE. Only 3 cards can be installed!

Posted on 2024-05-25, 12:55

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by Joseph_Joestar

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If the integrated Solo-1 works properly, it's pointless to get another SBPro compatible card. Assuming the motherboard has a gameport in the back, grab one of those Chill adapters from serdashop so you can attach the daughterboard to it. The ISA slot can house the AWE64 for those late DOS games that …

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Re: Lee Jackson talks about Duke3D music and the Roland SC-88

Posted on 2024-05-25, 06:35

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If it helps, a description of the EMIDI API is still available here . And some comments from Joe Siegler have been archived here . If you're playing the files using Media Player or something similar that doesn't let you see the internal track structure of the MIDI files from Duke Nukem 3D, then you …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2024-05-24, 07:49

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IIRC the 100Plus+ lost the High DMA support? So that makes it SB Pro compatible only? It's still SB16 compatible, but will have issues with Build engine games, which can be bypassed by manually editing the configuration files. Same thing as with Creative's Vibra XV cards, which also don't have High …

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Re: Sound Blaster 16 Clones

Posted on 2024-05-24, 07:01

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All these pages of talk and nobody seems to have made a summary table.. I should get to it sometime I suppose. Anyway, I just wanted to confirm that Avance Logic ALS100/100Plus+ cards, like the ALS007, are SB16 compatible? I have an ALS100 (non-plus) and it is SB16 compatible, including proper High …

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Re: Pentium 4 Multi-OS Build Log (DOS/3.11/95/NT4/98/2k/Me/XP)

Posted on 2024-05-22, 19:21

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I was reviewing the list of DOS games with 16-bit sound to see what other games might be worth it. Some games that aren't on that list may also use 16-bit sound. In Stonekeep, I can clearly hear a difference between a SB16 and a SBPro, especially with voiced lines. Master of Orion 2 and Mortal …

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Re: Nightdive Studios shelves Linux and macOS for System Shock

Posted on 2024-05-22, 12:26

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Kinda weird that they dropped native Linux support, given the popularity of the Steam Deck. On the plus side, it has been ported to last gen consoles as well, so I can play it on my PS4 if all else fails.

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Re: Another Windows privacy breach

Posted on 2024-05-22, 09:04

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Trashbytes wrote on 2024-05-22, 08:49: None of it goes over the Internet or uses the cloud, its all done client side and stored client side For now. Nothing that a mandatory "security update" can't fix at a later point.

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Re: What are the DOS games that have problems if you have more than 16MB of RAM installed?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 17:13

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Aladdin has problems with more than 32MB RAM.

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Re: Splinter Cell (1) Projected Shadows?

Posted on 2024-05-20, 06:24

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Pandora Tomorrow, PT is a notoriously difficult game to get running accurately on anything newer without something like DGVoodoo2. I used to think that too, but Pandora Tomorrow actually works fine on GeForce 6 and 7 series cards. You do need to use a specific driver version though, I think it was …

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Re: How important is screen resolution to you?

Posted on 2024-05-18, 05:23

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You can still buy good quality 24" 16:10 desktop monitors brand new. See the Asus ProArt line for example. These can display 4:3 resolutions pretty nicely as well.

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Re: Is it possible to copy the Warcraft 2 CD?

Posted on 2024-05-17, 13:37

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My memory on this is a bit fuzzy, but I think Blizzard used to make dual PC/Mac discs at one point. Not sure if WarCraft 2 falls under that category though. In any case, such discs are difficult to image the normal way and might need a specialized program.

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Re: Problem with Stonekeep Level 11

Posted on 2024-05-17, 03:33

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Do you have the official patch 1.2 installed?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-05-15, 19:02

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Started playing Halo 3: ODST . I ordered this a while ago, and it finally arrived today. Well, this game sure hits different. The atmosphere is darker, and the somber music as well as the muted colors reflect that. Gameplay wise, it's similar to Halo 3 of course, with a few small twists like the …

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Re: For Win98 games you don't need a build faster than [...]

Posted on 2024-05-15, 17:11

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Depends on a couple of things. First, what's your cutoff point for Win98 gaming? Late 2001 as in just before WinXP came out? Or even beyond that? Then, what resolution and performance level are you targeting? Do you need games running at 1600x1200 with a locked 60 FPS while AA and AF are maxed out? …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2024-05-15, 10:42

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Filename More_Halo.jpg File size 337.55 KiB Views 535 views Got these two for my Xbox 360. With that, I think I have every FPS Halo game for that console. There are apparently some RTS and twin stick Halo games, but I'm not sure if I'm interested in those.

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