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xyta said:
I have seen that, i did not try many things to optimize the speed yet.
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I have seen that, i did not try many things to optimize the speed yet.
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CapcomSuicide said:In a previous thread I discussed using a decompression tool for planning mixed gas diving. It was unfortunatly not possible to directly compile this onto Pandora.
I just saw this thread, and I have another tool that I used before V-Planner, called "ProPlanner" this was a DOS tool, and didn't run on WinXP, so we used DOSBox (PC) to great effect.
What factors effect if a PC DOS application will work on Pandora DOS Box? This could be exactly the workaround I need!
http://www.vr3.co.uk/vr3/main.php?content=proplanner
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The interface for this software is old school, but it works fine. (I have done deep mixed dives on ProPlanner from 1996 to 2002 without bends) So this would be fan bloody tastic if it works on Pandora!
PS: The other sofware had "Linux x86 libraries" that needed porting. What's the deal with DOSBox? Maybe it will run native PC apps? The PC requirements are very small, it runs on a 386, if that matters?
Cheers
C_S
Dosbox is an emulator that will run the native x86 dos apps. You can test if the software will work by downloading the PC version of dosbox and trying to run ProPlanner in dosbox at 3000 cycles/sec. My guess is that it will work fine since its just text based. At worst you may have to wait a few seconds longer then on a normal computer but it should still work.
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MonkeyChops
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These tests should be posted to the wiki. Game compatibility hasn't been added to dosbox in the wiki yet, tho. However, there is a game compatibility list under mame (with no entrys 
). It would also be a good idea to add game compatibility lists to apps.open-pandora.org IMHO. One that could be edited by people with accounts.
Something with info similar to this:
Game:
Version of EMU:
Date of Test:
Clockspeed:
FPS:
Sound quality:
Payable?:
Glitches/comments:
Its either that or someone starts making lists in this forum. Not it!
). It would also be a good idea to add game compatibility lists to apps.open-pandora.org IMHO. One that could be edited by people with accounts. Something with info similar to this:
Game:
Version of EMU:
Date of Test:
Clockspeed:
FPS:
Sound quality:
Payable?:
Glitches/comments:
Its either that or someone starts making lists in this forum. Not it!
Pickle
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DixieDawg said:
Ive tried that it will run fine, it might have been in one the dosbox vids...cant remember
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CapcomSuicide
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WizardStan said:
OK! Cheers for that, music to my ears! I didn't realise that DOS box was a full on virtualised OS, I can't wait to try this! On PC it really doesn't matter how slow your PC is, it just takes a few more seconds to wait for the decoplan, that's all. I thin
It will be fun to give this a shot!
This is how we do it on VIsta/WIn7:
http://www.nigelhewitt.net/stuff/ProplannerVista.html
So hopefully it will work the same on Pandora.
Thanks again.
C_S
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relapse808 said:
Not sure if anyone has officially announced plans to port Exult, but I don't imagine it being very difficult since its already been ported to other handhelds. The port for the GP2X was excellent, and the touchscreen support for the F-200 was a nice addition. Thanks for pointing out Pentagram - I had not heard of that project. Even though I wasn't a huge fan of Ultima 8, I would still love to see it running on a Pandora.
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3000 cycles? Looks like it will run perfectly. Should be exactly the sameCapcomSuicide said:
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Hm. If Wacky Wheels runs slow, my two requests are definitely out (Terminal Velocity and Tomb Raider). Guess that means I don't have to keep saving them for my Pandora.Pickle said:
Good to hear that Keen works. I grabbed the entire series (sans Keen Dreams) from Id a while back just for the Pandora.
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Pickle said:sold said:I dont think I will be getting my Pandora for a while yet, so I was wondering if anyone has tried or is willing to try any of the following games and tell us if they work:
Afterlife
Carmageddon (I know it most likely wont, but it may be a pleasant surprise)
Wing Commander 1, 2 and Privateer (I think they should work)
Cybermage
Syndicate
Blood (I doubt it, but if I had my pandora, I would give it a try.)
I would try every dos game I own if I had my Pandora and report back, but alas I am yet to recieve the email of joy. Thanks to Pickle, it looks like we all get the most kickass handheld version of DosBox to date, so I am so stoked to be in the first batch. If anyone could try any of these games out and post the results, that would be very awesome of them
tried privateer and i thought it was too slow to play
Privateer is a surprisingly demanding game. I think I set to 15000 cycles on my PC. It gets particularly slow, no matter what, when you get close to jumpgates.
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pder said:
+1 Exult ran just fine on my GP2X-F100, I would love to see it on the Pandora.
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skeezix
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Wolfsclaw said:
Woa, had a two hour meeting and look what happened in this thread
1) Sorry, some of my dosbox runs were long ago (so would have to look up my blog entries to see cpu rates), and more recent stuff (the other night) .. I just don't recall, sorry; I don't think much about flipping cpu speed (it doesn't heat up, and I did some heavy OC testing on the proto unit to see if it'd blow up and it was fine, so I just don't worry about it; I might set my unit to run 750 or so by default all the time, just for fun
For my reviews and youtube videos and such I always am careful to define the environment, but the other night I actually thought I'd 'play' a little bit, rather than being all formal and official. So I was fiddling around with speeds and games and it was late..... I just can't recall if I OC'd or not I'm afraid Brain getting soft in my old age 2) As to playing Strategus versus WC -- well, they're two different games, play both
Remember that stratagus is not a port, it is a new game engine that can adopt the artwork, audio and other resources from a game. It uses (last I checked) its own AI and so forth, and augments the UI and so on. So Stratagus/Wargus/etc is similar to ("derived from"?) the original, but is not the original. So try both and see what meets your needs .. emulation performance versus convenience.
But 50 more posts, let me go read up
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Esslan
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Well, Tomb Raider might be possible on the psx emulator eventually.Clean3d said:Hm. If Wacky Wheels runs slow, my two requests are definitely out (Terminal Velocity and Tomb Raider). Guess that means I don't have to keep saving them for my Pandora.
Good to hear that Keen works. I grabbed the entire series (sans Keen Dreams) from Id a while back just for the Pandora.
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skeezix
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hitbyambulance said:
ST and Amiga versions should run flawlessly too (the ST one does.)
jeff
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skeezix
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Exult almost certainly will get ported (If not by anyone else, remind me in a month and I'll do it.)
jeff
(If not by anyone else, remind me in a month and I'll do it.)jeff
