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    Is this thing on?

    There's no Server running yet, so we are waiting for it. The server is in development, but in slow progress due the Hardcoded EXE.
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    Source hosting

    Yeah! OpenSource FTW!
  3. There are still Torrent, eMule and e2k. And also eBay and amazon
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    1.06c development topic

    I have tested it under Windows XP and on Linux. Anyway, the problem desyncronisation is not a problem under Linux because i think that everybody that use it know how to disable the Multi-Core processing on it.
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    1.06c development topic

    That is exactly what Nyerguds was doing with the imagecfg. The problem is CnC-DDraw. Somehow it can uses all cores to better performance. (all my 2 virtual ones)
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    1.06c development topic

    Let's go for the veredict: -Does C&C95 still hang when ran without cnc-ddraw, without compatibility mode, with the 1-core hack in the exe? No. It totally fixes it. -Does C&C95 still go slowly (for Pichorra ) with cnc-ddraw when ran without compatibility mode, with the 1-core hack in the exe? Yes. The FPS losses is really noticiable. Sometimes, the game simple get slow like if i got the game speed changed. -Does C&C95, without the 1-core hack, use only one core when ran with CnC-DDraw without CnC-DDraw's one-core option enabled ? No. It uses my both cores, running at 70-80%. My performance is really better in this case. And no. I do not have any crashes running it. All questions is aswered. Maybe it is better to make an option in your CCConfig tool "Uses one core (fixes random crashes, only enable it if you are getting it!) I've read in somewhere that this tool only really works with Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and Highter (vista, 7 also of course). We will need to make the player sure that he got his windows updated (at least 2ksp4 and XPsp2) unless, that tool is useless.
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    Translation stuff

    understwood. Limitar Frame Rate\n(ajuda arrumar o fast scrolling bug). or Limitar Quadros por segundo\n(ajuda arrumar o problema com a rolagem muito rápida). Ah, i just make a small update in the winDOwS mod treat, since you fixed the Black lines in Sidebar.
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    1.06c development topic

    Yeah. Well anyway. I Just re-installed my computer in my room. No internet there, and i lost my pendrive. Anyway, I was just testing with CnC-DDraw + C&C95, and it only uses 1 from the 2 virtual cores, no matter if the affinity is in all of the cpus. The problem is: If i turn on the Windows 98 Compatibilty mode, it makes the game slow with DDraw, and that application ( imagecfg.exe?) do the same thing as the Compatibilty mode (not tested with that, i couldn't send the application to that computer. Conclusion: I also lost faith in all reality. I need to test that stuff better, but my computer is wihout Internet. I think i will need to buy a Wireless card for it, or do a Crossing-Over cable to connect with my notebook. Oh god, i hope the moving finish soon. There are nobody with a crap computer with Hyper-Threading stuff to test that? Atoms have it too. If someone tells me that it runs fine on a atom only with cpu0 enabled, then you can use the imagecfg to fix the core issue stuff. AFIK, Myg do have a netbook with an Atom, let's just ask him! ----- imagecfg tool isn't a tool to config the Windows Vista/2008/7/8 disc image? As far i know, it wont run in Windows XP, only in 2003/vista... (Microsoft crappyness. if i make Windows XP drunk i can make it looks like a 5.2 (win2003) and run that )
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    1.06c development topic

    Nice. Just make cnc-ddraw enabled by default to avoid issues with Linux Users, and everything will be just fine. Should it be splitted off to something like "Hyper-Threading Processors and C&C95"? (Just a sugestion)
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    1.06c development topic

    Well, Multicore desyncronisation is common when the player is not using CnC-DDraw. I never got any freezing with cnc-ddraw related with the Multi-Core thing. Maybe they were using old versions of CnC-DDraw? I can test it in my friend house. He got an Phenon IIX6 and a Nvidia 9800GTX. lets see how it handle multi-cores and cnc-ddraw together.
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    1.06c development topic

    Yeah, it is the same thing. And if you enable Compatibility mode + CnC-DDraw, the performance is pretty poor in ALL Hyper-Treathing CPUs. That's why I'm talking to do not do stuff like that.
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    Red Alert Buglist

    Well, about CnC-DDraw, what you can try to do to get a better performance is: - Disable the Compatibility in RA95.EXE. CnC-DDraw is made to get full performance in new computers, enabling compatibility will make the game run just... in compatibility mode - Set your Filtering mode to nearest, the rendering mode to opengl and the maxfps to 70. It will prevent that the computer get overloaded trying to get most and most framerate. -Disable the "Back Buffer on Video memory" in the RASetup, but if you get a very very fast mouse scrolling, enable it back. AlexB: Disable desktop composition isn't avaliable in Windows XP. (at least not for me)
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    1.06c development topic

    Getting a better PC wouldn't help if it still a Intel Core. There is no matter. If i get a Core-i7 3.6Ghz, the problem will still be there. Doing it Nyerguds is NOT a solution, it is simple a beggining of a big mistake. List here everybody that uses an Intel core with Hyper-Treathing. Those i know that uses one: Solo. Chad Me Deepblue It is already 4. how many peaple do still plays Command & Conquer 95? You can relase with this crappy thing, but i will crack it back.
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    1.06c development topic

    Happy Birthday. Meh... DIsabling all those cores will make the game have a POOR performance on Pentium 4HT, Core2, Celeron HT, I-x Processors with CNC-DDRAW! If there some kind of check if the processors = those?
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    Red Alert Buglist

    Somehow Large fonts can crash some games ATI Radeon 9600XT is Single Core, so no problems with that. The compatibility mode disables all but 1 core. As some Pentium 4 do have the Hyper-Treathing Technology, it is required, otherwise it will always crash, unless you use DDraw.dll What i was trying to say is that the Old Windows PoerTools can crash C&C95/RA95 for some unknown reason. Simple do not use that.
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    Red Alert Buglist

    Well, deepblue, do you use large fonts? (high PPP mode?) What is your VideoCard? if it is a S3 Unchrome, Somehow C&C's games simple have a lot of problems with S3 videocards. If for some reason you use an dual-core videocard, you will need to use ddraw. There's no problem with Pentium 4, but since you do not use cnc-ddraw, did you got Windows 98 Compatibility mode enabled on RA95.EXE, and if avalyable in your directory, RA95.DAT? About PopTray: Probably it is trying to show you a message, but since the computer is in full screen mode with a palleted game, it would try to show it in Windows pallete (mess huh?) and simple freezes. I had a commom problem with that in Worms Armageddon and MSN8 trying to show me a message. It simple freezes WA. There are also documented applications that crash/freeze the game when trying to access a memory that is reserved to the game. You should take a look to the Application's readme (like the old Windows PowerTools, crashes C&C95). ----------------- A bunch of you guys will say "Hey! but WinXP have a good Memory Manager Compared with Windows 98. Those are Old Things." An example about that is simple the Project64. External Applications can crash PJ64 in XP when it try to access a memory that is reserved to Project64 (usually Viruses). It is also Documented.
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    1.06c development topic

    Solo : It is not a problem if you have a large amount of RAM memory and a defraged HardDisc. I had 3gb of 80 free in my old HDD. But since i was needing one fastly, i've bough a 500GB Sata HDD by 100R$ (about 50U$D).
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    1.06c development topic

    weird. If i disable the backbuffer, my performance is way better. Windows 98 mode disables all but 1 core. The HT Technology makes all cores works like 2 cores. This mean that 1/2 core will be used for C&C95. It is really not a problem if you do not use DDraw, but turns in a one if you use it. In your case, there is no problem since Athlons do not have HT, meaning 1 core will always work at C&C95.
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    1.06c development topic

    Hey. Just some questions: - Windows 95 compatibility mode is enabled by Default AND SO DO the cnc-DDraw! this isn't a problem for peaple that Uses AMD Cores but it's a Pain for the Intel Cores, since they use HT Technology for Pentium 4s Prescotts and highter! - BackBufferVideo is set 1. That isn't supposed to be set as 0 by default? Solo: Disable the Compatibility mode and the Back Buffer in Video memory. Edit the DDraw.ini and mess it arround. on my configuration, Singlecpu=false, maxfps=76, filter=nearest and render=opengl. Try those.
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    1.06c development topic

    [lol] Great Fight. Nyerguds was Lost to Ponnies and his Job, but he remembered from where he is and who he are, reacumulating all his strenght and forces back. Nyerguds is back, and he just accomplished one of his mission, The v 1.06c_r2 patch. He is stronger again, Perhaps just for a undefined period of time. Who knows if he can fall again to the evil that disturb him? Nobody knows... [/lol] Great Job nyerguds! after months waiting and development! :thumbsup:
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    Translation stuff

    Run CnCNet setup - Configurar o CnCNet CnCNet not found! - CnCNet não encontrado! Reset to defaults - Redefinir os padrões. Since there`s no Readme changes for Portuguese, i will not translate those.
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    1.06c development topic

    Last strings? where can i get it? i need to translate it. I will be wihout the computer for a few days... so... simple give it to me and i will translate when i could
  23. Firefox is turning something like Microsoft is doing with MSN... Filling it with some stuffs that's useless, at least for me. Firefox on Windows is pretty more slow than the Linux build, i don't know why. I still keep it because there are a bunch of those bank stuff that do not work in Chrome, but it do only in IE and FF. Since there's no IE for linux... Chrome by the other hand still light and fast.
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    Game Soundtracks for Free

    http://www.grantkirkhope.com/ Here you can find almost all Kirkhope musics Before they've put inside the Nintendo 64 / Gameboy Cartiges. The Quality of the Goldeneye 64 musics there are amasing.
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    Pic of the Day

    I would love to see Van Helsing or even Blade on Twilight! Think about it
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