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DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 (Announce)

posted by Laaca , Czech republic, 05.03.2026, 07:00

> The most crtitical ressources for performance is memory writes bandwidth.
> packing 5:6:5 or 8:8:8 is mostly same overhead with assembly.
>

Hm, I also use in my graphic library VenomGFX the 16-bit modes for exactly same reason like you and I have the exactly same limitations with it. It is hardly usable for applications like graphic editors and image manipulations.
However there is one advantage woth 16-bit modes that you have not mentioned.
It works on every computer since 1992 to now (or almost now).
But the "truecolor modes" are sometimes 24-bit and sometimes 32-bit.
It would need two branches of the graphic library. (or four branches - with LFB and noLFB modes)
So this is the main reason why I stay in 16-bit.

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DOS-u-akbar!

Complete thread:

• DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha2 - FFK, 28.02.2026, 04:59 (Announce)
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - rr, 28.02.2026, 12:57
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 28.02.2026, 22:47
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 01.03.2026, 05:29
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 01.03.2026, 10:50
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - DOS SMP - mceric, 01.03.2026, 12:27
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - DOS SMP - FFK, 01.03.2026, 21:50
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 01.03.2026, 15:52
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 01.03.2026, 17:58
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 02.03.2026, 18:20
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 23:21
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 03.03.2026, 02:25
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 28.02.2026, 14:48
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 28.02.2026, 23:20
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 01.03.2026, 01:43
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 02:15
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 02.03.2026, 05:14
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 09:08
          • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 02.03.2026, 18:25
            • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 23:30
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 03.03.2026, 02:15
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 03.03.2026, 02:33
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 04.03.2026, 12:26
              • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 03.03.2026, 20:59
                • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 03.03.2026, 22:13
                  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Laaca, 05.03.2026, 07:00
                    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - RayeR, 05.03.2026, 17:30
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - Zyzzle, 02.03.2026, 10:58
        • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha1 - FFK, 02.03.2026, 16:59
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha3 - FFK, 26.03.2026, 02:47
    • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha3 - Zyzzle, 05.04.2026, 20:37
      • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha3 - FFK, 06.04.2026, 17:28
  • DUGL Player 1.0 Alpha4 - FFK, 13.04.2026, 03:30