I have been thinking of recording a demo for C-N, most likely nothing major, but it'd be fun to contribute to the site I've been watching for so long.
So, I have a question about recording. I have gotten myself Windows XP a while ago, and normal Doom lags like hell on XP if I have the sound turned on. And no fun to play without sound. So, I have to use PrBoom to be able to play like I used to. Now, is it allowed to record demos using PrBoom and not the original files? As you might know, PrBoom has got that compatibility mode that makes it exactly like the original, and the demos made by using that mode seem to work perfectly on the original too. This is the only option I've got, so, is it allowed? To me it seems like it shouldn't make a difference what engine you use if the demos work in the same way, so it might be more of a moral question. Well, what do I know. Let me know, so I hopefully can start recording.
Not familiar with XP, though if it's in the same boat as Win2k I wouldn't expect a solution outside of having a dual install with win98 as a secondary OS. If you're willing to do that to record, though, is the question.
I've tried various things, with no luck. Only disabling sound seems to work.
Actually, PrBoom's "complevel 1" doesn't play exactly like Doom2.exe (even apart from the odd bug/feature it doesn't emulate correctly). With complevel 1, every time you should get a GF50 gametic, it actually gives you a GF49 gametic (therefore a 1-2% reduction in running speed) - you'll see that if you check your lmps with LMPC.
The best solution (and what most people prefer) is the Win9x dual-boot / separate computer. Since you can't LAN/Zone otherwise anyway it's a reasonable choice.
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Not familiar with XP, though if it's in the same boat as Win2k I wouldn't expect a solution outside of having a dual install with win98 as a secondary OS.
Last edited by myk on 10.07.2003 09:23, edited 1 time in total.
Well, "flawlessly" is probably an exaggeration, but it's decent enough not to remind you of a visit to the dentist's =). I still boot into Win98 for recording
the DOS emulators I tried under WinXP are not very good...
the best way is like the other said... get hold of win98 as dual boot or separate computer. Or just play w/o sound under XP.
If you hear some people saying that Win98 crashes on high end machines... just tel em they are morons... because it works (at least with 98 Second Edtion, Win95 for sure crashes).
I heard these kind of arguments from people in PC shops... but they want to sell WinXPs so they will say any kind of crap to sell it. ;)
If you hear some people saying that Win98 crashes on high end machines... just tel em they are morons... because it works
They might not be morons if they're talking about large amounts of memory. I'm not sure at what point Win98 starts having trouble but it happens with 768MB and I don't think it happens with 512MB.
To fix this problem you change or add the MaxFileCache value under [vcache] in the system.ini to 524288.
I could actually get sound running under XP.
I used VDMsound and a little program to patch doom(2).exe called CLI2NOP.
The sound is not very good but it's not as laggy as just XP.
I also noticed some alternances of slowdown / speed up which are breaking the rythm and rather annying.
There is an alternative to dos emulators.Getting actual dos,I use freeDos(www.FreeDOS.com).What I do is I just put all the doom stuff in a folder in windows c:\\freedos(I believe you may have to put freedos in this folder also).Then I use the freeDOS bootdisc to boot in dos then I can acess all my doom stuff via c:\\freedos.
I don't want to ruin my HD and all the data on it by trying to add a new partition.
All my CDs and apps stayed in France, if I lose it all, I am fucked.
if you have any unpartitioned space on the drive, creating a new partition is near-100% safe. i wouldn't risk resizing a partition in your situation, though.
well, the HD is 100% full unfortunately.
Though I have another HD that Doug gave me (full of neat Doom stuff).
If I could find a way to plug it on my laptop (USB, PCMCIA or firewire) I think it is FAT32. So I could eventually toss Win98 there. But I don't know if AC97 sound chip has a SB16 compatiblity....
i have a problem
i don't understand how to record "movies" (demos with saving) using prboom 2.2.4 or how to create movies from several lmps.
How can i record with saving in the same lmp file ?
The Compet-N is not the place for this question, but....
Assuming you are using the modified version of Prboom, the usage.txt and a.bat file explain everything you need to know. Hand me down a whiskey.
you're right, it's not the right place for this but it's the right topic on the forum.
Don't worry, i won't post any of my demos on compet-n if they were made with anything but the original doom.
I have so much respect for the great players of compet-n, all the compet-n demos are amazing !!!!
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