robertmo3 wrote on 2024-10-08, 16:17:

there is no wrapper and tuxality who makes it, doesn't even have the card, and the guys he asked for help - one said his card got broken, the other didn't understood the instructions how to make all the tests he wanted 😉

Wasn't Tuxality doing the PCX and PCX2 emulation too? I saw the updates have been stalled since 2023, anything you know on it.

yes soft edges are perfect .

Tuxality doing PowerVR SGL API (PCX&PCX2) but no releases . Hope he will release something at least. its good to touch something by own hands rather than knowing it exist.

Rebel Moon chroma keying fix, there are other changes so, stability may be an issue. I hope to resolve all that before the next release:

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241010.001.7z
MD5: 96d43c483bd5a50e68dd198aa4b38bd0

Eurofighter 2000+ (Rendition Renderer) stable in FIFO mode:

[EDIT2]
One final tweak, thick lines:
https://youtu.be/1tv574bxoM4
[/EDIT2]

[EDIT] All rendering defects fixed:
https://youtu.be/ZSwOFEeIq14
[/EDIT]

https://youtu.be/eIFL1FQfe-Q

For ICR2 fans, the upcoming Arlington track running with RReady, it's currently incomplete:
https://youtu.be/OexDpTVjA0w

Scorched Planet cutscenes don't render because the game for some reason doesn't seem to be writing to the screen.

Aaargh!

@Raven-05, my Speedy3D API test, the latest version I've tried fills up the fifo buffer, the fifo in queue free slots decrease and hit 0, but the Verité doesn't seem to be actually executing the commands. I'm missing a step somewhere, maybe even a single step.

OK noted. Still not home...

And finally an obligatory vQuake performance improvement video:
https://youtu.be/1AqPS1_1qKs

The reason the now abandoned embedded codepath ran so well (for vQuake and everything else ran the same or slowed down) was because Dosclient was embedded into Dosbox, so the app had focus. It's explained in the video description.

Untested RReady Alpha October 20, 2024

https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241020.001.7z
MD5: 3eee5ef432ec73c43c2454719d7b710e

- Initial support for Eurofigher 2000+ in FIFO mode( DMA mode does not currently work reliably)
- Performance increases across the board by two new settings:
[rendition]
Highperformance=true
Picdma=true
And
[sdl]
Priority=normal, normal
(Previous DMA performance can be restored by setting both these to false. Threadsafe=true only has an effect if both these are set to false).
The new high-performance mode is extremely CPU intensive and might not work on older CPUs and might introduce audio static (random occasional pops).
- Custom car sets in ICR2 should be usable on most modern quad core or better systems.
- RebelMoon should sustain a solid 60 fps right throughout.
- RebelMoon chroma keying fixes: particle impact cloud sprites should render fully and not be clipped.
- FIFO mode memory write tweaks to support EF2000 in FIFO mode.
- Dosbox-Staging-Rendition has a full set of config settings under [rendition]. It also has performance improvements in ICR2. However it may have stability issues with Nascar Racing 1999R and possibly other apps. It does not currently support per-app config files.

This will be tested over the next 2 weeks and released to sourceforge and the Microsoft Store. Independent testing by a few other users would be useful. Just because it works for me doesn't mean it'll work for anyone else.

It might be possible to z-buffering to Tomb Raider in Speedy3D mode.

Will attempt it for the next release.

*************************************************
RReady Alpha October 23, 2024 (Fully tested release)
*************************************************
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241023.001.7z
MD5: 4538bc2b544cc8aa42a0769bf2975ab0

19 October 2024
- Initial support for Eur*figher 2000+ in FIFO mode( DMA mode does not currently work reliably)
- Performance increases across the board with two new settings:
[rendition]
Highperformance=true
Picdma=true
And
[sdl]
Priority=normal, normal
(Previous DMA performance can be restored by setting both these to false. Threadsafe=true only has an effect if both these are set to false).
The new high-performance mode is extremely CPU intensive and might not work on older CPUs and might introduce audio static (random occasional pops).
- Compatible custom car sets in ICR2 should be usable on most modern quad core or better systems.
- R*belMoon should sustain a solid 60 fps right throughout.
- R*belMoon chroma keying fixes: particle impact cloud sprites should render fully and not be clipped.
- FIFO mode memory write tweaks to support EF2000+ in FIFO mode.
- Dosbox-Staging-Rendition has a full set of config settings under [rendition]. It also has performance improvements in ICR2. However it may have stability issues with N*scar Racing 1999R and possibly other apps. It does not currently support per-app config files.
- N*scar Racing 1999 improved stability with Dosbox-Rendition.
- Dosbox-Rendition vQ*ake performance parity with Dosbox-Staging-Rendition.
- T*am Apache may have compatibility issues with cutscenes with the October updates to Windows 11/nvidia drivers.
*************************************************

For ICR2 and Nascar

Frame interpolation test:
Try this:
[EDIT3] updated links
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241024.002.7z
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alp...024.002.7z
MD5: 2d1314b5161dcab85ca3cb6969351aec
[ignore this one]
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241024.001.7z
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alp...024.001.7z
MD5: 6ea2798dec38f18a517e4fe6d8ac04c0
[/Ignore]
[/EDIT3]

In the Dosbox folder rendition.cfg file add
interpolate=1

[EDIT]You may have to disable AA by hitting [ALT+A] in ICR2[/EDIT]
[EDIT2]
Nascar Racing 1999 60 fps:
https://youtu.be/XWPUictfR3w
ICR2 60 fps:
https://youtu.be/8FZCbh_tfS0
[/EDIT2]
[EDIT4]
OBS appears to be dropping even frames at 60 fps. Afterburner captured this intermediate frame:

Afterburner seems to capture only the even frames and not the odd ones.

Fix for broken links above
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241024.001.7z
https://nirvtek.com/downloads/RReady.Alpha.20241024.002.7z

Does anyone know if Descent II will run on a Rendition board with just 2 MB of VRAM?

The new windowed mode with sizing and aspect ration controls for all Rendition apps:

https://youtu.be/B-mqRt-XSlU

Frame generation at 60 fps, better capture with ShadowPlay, the frame rate does dip below 60 fps with it at time:
https://youtu.be/PVKElUBSDL8

The intermediate frame should be visible in while advancing frame by frame.

Battle Arena Toshinden, is there any way to toggle between software and cgl rendering or is the 3db-pci version cgl only?

[EDIT]
Or some kind of command line switch. To select renderer. The intro runs in VGA mode 19 (320x200x256 colours)., then it switches to VESA mode 111h.

did you applied http://www.mediafire.com/file/7t20118g56qadcg/TSDUPGRD.rar this patch for PCI version.

"2. After installing the patch, you must go to the Misc Options screen and manually select 3D Blaster under the 3D Accleration Option. The Auto Detect feature does not function properly."

1    -h  -help   -?  USAGE: TSD [-switches]
2       -novesa       : disable high resolution modes
3       -no3d         : disable hardware 3D acceleration
4       -cgl          : force 3D Blaster detection
5       -nocd         : no CD present
6       -demofreq     : demo every 5 seconds
7       -demonone     : no demos
8       -h            : display this help message
9    -64 -biospalette    -profile    -nocheckspeed   -nocd   -nomusic    -nomidi -midi   -cgl    -no3d   -no3dhardware   -demonone   -demofreq   -master -slave  -netperfect -novesa -vesa2  -nosmooth   -d  -r  ERROR: expecting filename   -p  -nosound    -owl

RaVeN-05 wrote on 2024-11-09, 10:15:

did you applied http://www.mediafire.com/file/7t20118g56qadcg/TSDUPGRD.rar this patch for PCI version. […]
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did you applied http://www.mediafire.com/file/7t20118g56qadcg/TSDUPGRD.rar this patch for PCI version.

"2. After installing the patch, you must go to the Misc Options screen and manually select 3D Blaster under the 3D Accleration Option. The Auto Detect feature does not function properly."

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1    -h  -help   -?  USAGE: TSD [-switches]
2       -novesa       : disable high resolution modes
3       -no3d         : disable hardware 3D acceleration
4       -cgl          : force 3D Blaster detection
5       -nocd         : no CD present
6       -demofreq     : demo every 5 seconds
7       -demonone     : no demos
8       -h            : display this help message
9    -64 -biospalette    -profile    -nocheckspeed   -nocd   -nomusic    -nomidi -midi   -cgl    -no3d   -no3dhardware   -demonone   -demofreq   -master -slave  -netperfect -novesa -vesa2  -nosmooth   -d  -r  ERROR: expecting filename   -p  -nosound    -owl

I think that's on the cd, there's a tsdupgrade folder . Will try it. Many, many thanks to my friend who supplied a 3db pci and Stealth II S220!

Having real hardware on hand is very very useful.