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Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 (Announce)

posted by marcov, 30.01.2016, 20:24

> > > But anyways, try something like "320x240" if you can. Maybe that's
> > > better than nothing?
> >
> > Nonsense.
> > Games like Hexen2 are designed for higer resolutions and in 300x200 or
> > 320x240 look very ugly, much worse than f.e. Doom.
>
> Designed for higher VESA modes, yes, but VESA isn't always well optimized.

From what I remember Voodoo (dos based video acceleration) and pure software emulation looks very different.

I only had voodoo1 though when I played these titles.

Complete thread:

• Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 25.01.2016, 21:03 (Announce)
  • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - RayeR, 26.01.2016, 19:11
    • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 27.01.2016, 01:39
      • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - RayeR, 27.01.2016, 03:28
        • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 27.01.2016, 04:14
          • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Laaca, 29.01.2016, 20:23
            • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 30.01.2016, 02:05
              • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - RayeR, 30.01.2016, 02:20
              • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - marcov, 30.01.2016, 20:24
                • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - RayeR, 31.01.2016, 00:36
  • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - sezeroz, 13.02.2016, 12:17
    • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 28.02.2016, 04:55
  • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - sezeroz, 15.03.2016, 19:56
    • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Laaca, 22.03.2016, 21:20
    • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 14.06.2016, 03:46
      • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - sezeroz, 15.06.2016, 17:12
        • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 16.06.2016, 18:57
          • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - sezeroz, 16.06.2016, 22:16
            • Hammer of Thyrion 1.5.7 - Rugxulo, 16.06.2016, 22:53