Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/02/18/14:43:23
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH] wrote:
> Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:
>
> > sloowwwwwww. Please see how slow vga games like doom are windowed.
>
> It isn't because they run slower (even though they do), it is because windows
> doesn't update the window often enough. One way to force the window to refresh
> faster is to hold down the control key (or some other key that doesn't impact on
> the program you are running). I can run VGA programs very smooth if I hold down
> that key...
I coudn't check up on this Rolf, but you only have ten fingures ;-) So
playing a game like doom while continously holding down the CTRL key would
be quite troublesome IMHO. Imagine the strain on the poor fingure that is
holding down the CTRL key continously ;-)
> > BTW It
> > isn't possible to run VESA based dos games windowed. Also have you noticed
> > that when you are running a vesa game full screen and you accidently press
> > that #@$*! M$ startmenu key , you cant re switch to your game as windoze
> > says that it can't redraw the display etc.. very nice I suppose ;-)
>
> That's not the fault of the OS, it is the drivers for the video card. I've
> seen some drivers that could handle 640x480x32 windowed on a display running at
> 1024x768x256! The color quantization was poor, but acceptable considering what
> it was doing...
Are you sure that this game was a DOS game and not a directX game which
was running windowed?
Greetings,
Grendel
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