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Trashy, have you tried Starcraft over Exagear?
I wonder how well it compares against the static recompile.
I wonder how well it compares against the static recompile.
Trashy, have you tried Starcraft over Exagear?
I wonder how well it compares against the static recompile.
Steam is mostly a software acquisition and download tool. If you're not actively installing/downloading something, there isn't much for it to do. I.e. I would be a bit surprised if Steam itself actually requires much more for overhead than an inactive web browser with 1-2 tabs open would.Wait we might get steam on the Pyra?
Yeah, but don't expect too much out of it... it requires slow x86 emulation. older games may be playable when 3D acceleration is working. Hard to say where the threshold of playability will be once that is working. It may be better to for some of these games to not have the overhead of running steam in the background.
you would think, but it's still running via an x86 emulation running an x86 Debian Wheezy chroot then on top running steam. It's not as efficient as a browser with 2 tabs open.Steam is mostly a software acquisition and download tool. If you're not actively installing/downloading something, there isn't much for it to do. I.e. I would be a bit surprised if Steam itself actually requires much more for overhead than an inactive web browser with 1-2 tabs open would.
That just gave me a thought... In that scenario would a game launched from steam spawn a new x86 chroot or call the one that steam was originally running in?you would think, but it's still running via an x86 emulation running an x86 Debian Wheezy chroot then on top running steam. It's not as efficient as a browser with 2 tabs open.Steam is mostly a software acquisition and download tool. If you're not actively installing/downloading something, there isn't much for it to do. I.e. I would be a bit surprised if Steam itself actually requires much more for overhead than an inactive web browser with 1-2 tabs open would.
I would like to believe the latter, but I do see a lot of instances of exagear in the process list...That just gave me a thought... In that scenario would a game launched from steam spawn a new x86 chroot or call the one that steam was originally running in?you would think, but it's still running via an x86 emulation running an x86 Debian Wheezy chroot then on top running steam. It's not as efficient as a browser with 2 tabs open.Steam is mostly a software acquisition and download tool. If you're not actively installing/downloading something, there isn't much for it to do. I.e. I would be a bit surprised if Steam itself actually requires much more for overhead than an inactive web browser with 1-2 tabs open would.
Do you have any Steam games that you can launch without Steam running? I.e. offline-mode? I'm wondering if the performance differs vs with Steam running.I would like to believe the latter, but I do see a lot of instances of exagear in the process list...That just gave me a thought... In that scenario would a game launched from steam spawn a new x86 chroot or call the one that steam was originally running in?you would think, but it's still running via an x86 emulation running an x86 Debian Wheezy chroot then on top running steam. It's not as efficient as a browser with 2 tabs open.Steam is mostly a software acquisition and download tool. If you're not actively installing/downloading something, there isn't much for it to do. I.e. I would be a bit surprised if Steam itself actually requires much more for overhead than an inactive web browser with 1-2 tabs open would.
I may have a few I could try.Do you have any Steam games that you can launch without Steam running? I.e. offline-mode? I'm wondering if the performance differs vs with Steam running.I would like to believe the latter, but I do see a lot of instances of exagear in the process list...That just gave me a thought... In that scenario would a game launched from steam spawn a new x86 chroot or call the one that steam was originally running in?you would think, but it's still running via an x86 emulation running an x86 Debian Wheezy chroot then on top running steam. It's not as efficient as a browser with 2 tabs open.Steam is mostly a software acquisition and download tool. If you're not actively installing/downloading something, there isn't much for it to do. I.e. I would be a bit surprised if Steam itself actually requires much more for overhead than an inactive web browser with 1-2 tabs open would.
I'm looking forward to this! Specially Dungeon Siege 1!OMG you played Neverwinter Night, Dungeon Keeper 2, and Unreal Tournament!!! It run really well for 3D games without hardware acceleration! I'm so eager to have the Pyra! :lol:
Many thanks Trashy!
I've other games to try if you want to, I can give you a list. It's mainly games that running on Windows. Well, I don't think you bought all of them.
Fighting: Little Fighter 2 (Freeware on http://www.littlefighter.com/download_links_en.html) really fun and multiplayer.
RPG/ Hack&Slash: Dungeon Siege 1, great with 3D world, there isn't any other game like this one.
RPG/Adventure: Might And Magic VII, Outcast, Morrowind
Platform: Hunter Hunted
RPG: Lionheart, Arcanum, Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics,
Space Opera: Freelancer,
RTS: Warlord Battlecry, Warwind, Red Alert 2, Black&White, Populous 3, Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40.000
FPS: Soldier Of Fortune, Serious Sam: the First Encounter
Racing: Re-volt
I have Dungeon Siege, Morrowind, Fallout 1,2 and Tactics, Black&White, Soldier of Fortune, Serious Sam and Revolt...
Black and White I had trouble with a few months ago, but I'm on a new install of Exagear Desktop. Fallout Series I believe works well so I may make that part of a new video. The rest I'll try when my new HDMI recording device comes in.
Whe have Revolt Allready for the PSX Emulator, (realy cool RC Racer)
but i would like to see Rigs of Rods, the Free Opensource Car and Trucksimulator whit a realy interessting physiks engine,
http://www.rigsofrods.com/content/
If Pyra can handle this, i think it would be the killer app for lots of us...
But the Problem is, whe dosnt have 3D Drivers yet...
I fired it up, without 3D acceleration it's pretty slow... have it almost playable setting all the graphic features to low and setting a resolution to 400x240 or so....Which I guess still makes it a little better than the PSX version...Whe have Revolt Allready for the PSX Emulator, (realy cool RC Racer)but i would like to see Rigs of Rods, the Free Opensource Car and Trucksimulator whit a realy interessting physiks engine,http://www.rigsofrods.com/content/If Pyra can handle this, i think it would be the killer app for lots of us...But the Problem is, whe dosnt have 3D Drivers yet...
You mean the cheap and ugly PSX version? The windows version is more demanding so it's still pertinent to see it.
Thanks for testing it! I'm really curious about how Dungeon Siege 1 would run.I fired it up, without 3D acceleration it's pretty slow... have it almost playable setting all the graphic features to low and setting a resolution to 400x240 or so....Which I guess still makes it a little better than the PSX version...Whe have Revolt Allready for the PSX Emulator, (realy cool RC Racer)
but i would like to see Rigs of Rods, the Free Opensource Car and Trucksimulator whit a realy interessting physiks engine,
http://www.rigsofrods.com/content/
If Pyra can handle this, i think it would be the killer app for lots of us...
But the Problem is, whe dosnt have 3D Drivers yet...
You mean the cheap and ugly PSX version? The windows version is more demanding so it's still pertinent to see it.
Once I work out my HDMI recorder issues I'll make it one of the first videos.
Right now, with the testing TrashyMG is doing, the more important metric is whether or not something will run at all. Without 3d drivers and having no optimization, the mere fact that many of these games and applications start at all is fantastic.Thanks for testing it! I'm really curious about how Dungeon Siege 1 would run.I fired it up, without 3D acceleration it's pretty slow... have it almost playable setting all the graphic features to low and setting a resolution to 400x240 or so....Which I guess still makes it a little better than the PSX version... Once I work out my HDMI recorder issues I'll make it one of the first videos.Whe have Revolt Allready for the PSX Emulator, (realy cool RC Racer)but i would like to see Rigs of Rods, the Free Opensource Car and Trucksimulator whit a realy interessting physiks engine,http://www.rigsofrods.com/content/If Pyra can handle this, i think it would be the killer app for lots of us...But the Problem is, whe dosnt have 3D Drivers yet...
You mean the cheap and ugly PSX version? The windows version is more demanding so it's still pertinent to see it.
DOSbox plays principally DOS games (rather than Linux/x86 games) - the clue is in the name
Exagear I've not heard about, and would also be interested to hear if there have been any beneficial updates to that too.