void by b-state
..void by b-state!....
Hi and welcome to my first real MS-DOS demo. it was coded for 4 days for
diahlt'2o15 pc demo compo and because of lotsabugs I decided to improve speed
and release a final version, so welcome :)
really booooooring credits:
code\music\nographics\nodesign - wbc
+
useless module player - freddyv\useless
some sysreqs?
Oh yes, you need at least a Pentium (min p133, max...hmm...core i7 :), 16 mb
memory (it can run on 12mb or even 8mb, but I don't tested it) and some
nice buzzing device (GUS\Interwave - rulez, SB16 - nice, PC Speaker - crap)
no EMU8K support (yes I've hacked PC speaker driver to add covox support and
it works, but I'm not so k3wlish to fiddle with AWE32\64 (yes I have one))
It CAN run on something like 486dx4-120 or 5x86-160 but speed...meh ;)
and it is heavily dependant on memory speed, so i.e p210mmx@(83x2.5) would
faster than p225mmx(75x3) or even p233mmx(66x3.5) (mmx is not required)
videocard? Hmm, any VGA should work fine, but fast VLB\PCI\AGP\PCIe\whatever
board is really recommended (well it works on ISA VGA, but with slowdons and
ugly tearing...and it is really slow in "notimer" mode...meh (can't tested
on Tseng ET4000, but I expect that it works on it :)
For really c00lish 60fps show you need this equipment:
p250mmx\gus or p6-233\sb;
16 of more mb of ram;
some fast VGA card (like S3 or Matrox);
"notimer" command line switch (see below).
Yes, it has support for PC speaker and even mono D\A converter at 378h\278h,
but it will require at least p6-233 for 60fps action, and it sounds POOR at
sample rates >16000 Hz, especially PC Speaker.
It works under DOSBox, use GUS and set cycles=80000 or above and memsize=16
and yes, does not work under Windows because of musicsystem.
Here are some command line switches (do not put any dashes and slashes):
notimer - disable internal timer synchronization
use this on p200mmx+\gus or p6-200+\sb to prevent
stuttering and give a nice smooth show ;)
noretrace - disable vertical retrace synchronization
use this on (p166-p200)\gus or (p166mmx-p233mmx)\sb
to prevent stuttering, but it will cause tearing
70hz - use 320x200 70 Hz mode (good old mode 13h :)
use this ONLY in case of using mutant lame videocards or
monitors that can't even handle 320x200 60 Hz
Yes, demo uses 320x200 60 Hz (used vertical timing from 480
lines mode), so it SHOULD be compatible with every piece of
VGA crap, but if you have some bullshit VGA card\monitor,
just throw it from your window ;)
Also don't forget that aspect ratio in 320x200 70Hz will wrong.
greetings?
so, i would like to send some yeah! to the following groups:
(b)yterapers - cncd - fairlight - dhs - dekadence - disaster area - desire
crtc - hornet - dennis courtney 5 - gemba boys - tpolm - the cronies
thesuper - skrju - consciousness ;) - triebkraft - 4th dimension - placebo
hooy-program - z brothers - 7dump - demarche - eye-q - light future - sands
tristar and red sector inc. (not the fake RSi! ;) - kpacku - kabardcomp
notsoft - era cg - fishbone - debris - simbols - triumph - all
... and people
legend - rez (yo! :) - destop - distance - optimus - sensenstahl - hellmood
g0blinish - denpopov - orbitaldecay - trixter - phoenix - scali - gargaj :)
nuyk - kotsoft - n1k-0 - diver4d - prof4d - psndcj - ts-labs - vbi - robus
flast - wlodek (r.i.p :'( ) - nodeus - mmcm - blastoff - wbr - buddy - sq
kakos_nonos - john norton irr - bitl - f0x - manwe - breeze - trefi - tiboh
buyan - dnik75 (go back ! :) - evovxn - riskej - gasman - yerzmyey - kyv
cj splinter - scalesmann - c-jeff - factor6 - brightentayle - moroz1999
evilpaul - ellvis - busy - noro - koshi - shock__ (waiting for argus ;)
... and others (sorry if I forgot you)
HUGE FUCK TO AAA BECAUSE HE IS DUMB AND MAD
See ya at CSP'15! wbw, wbc \\ b-state, 7-7-2015[ back to the prod ]