Old Vs New
- Thread starter Delta_Strife
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Delta_Strife
Rear Admiral
I have two computers and one is just set up to run the old dos games. I think the older games run better with less glitches! Like today i was playing half-life and it froze twice!
Johnl12
Repairman
I also have a DOS machine, it's a old IBM 330 P60. I have Armada, Privateer 1, Righteous Fire, Academy, Renegade: Jacob's Star and Star Controller 3 all install on it. I've created a menu driven autoexec.bat and config.sys so all I have to do is pick a number to launch the game I wish to play.
WildWeasel
Spaceman
Yeah, I've done the whole menu procedure, too.
It almost seems like a waste of time, though. Granted, I don't know the memory requirements for Renegade and Star Controller, but if you find a configuration that Privateer works in, Academy, Armada, and Righteous Fire should work, as well.
(Unless, of course, the entire purpose of the menu is just so that you don't have to switch directories and start the game yourself. If that's the case, then you're just lazy.)
It almost seems like a waste of time, though. Granted, I don't know the memory requirements for Renegade and Star Controller, but if you find a configuration that Privateer works in, Academy, Armada, and Righteous Fire should work, as well.
(Unless, of course, the entire purpose of the menu is just so that you don't have to switch directories and start the game yourself. If that's the case, then you're just lazy.)
Wedge009
Rogue Leader
You misinterpreted - I meant WCA lack of cutscenes means I'm not kept interested in it. I have no creative talent for making missions, so I the only reason to really play WCA is the Wraith and Jrathek, which are in Armada (and in 3D!), anyway.
Not for me. I used to use bootdisks, but once I worked out how to make the menus, I did. And I only have two setups - normal XMS setup for Windows etc, and EMS for old DOS games.
WildWeasel
Spaceman
I'm sure they're great if you're using the machine for Windows and DOS. We were talking about DOS-only machines.
Johnl12
Repairman
I have a memory setting set for each game. That the main reason for having a menu driven boot files. If you wish I can email you my boot files so you can examine them yourself. Just post your email address. Nothing lasy about creating a menu. As a unix admin you write batch files all the time.
WildWeasel
Spaceman
I was quite aware of the menu's purpose. My point was that if all the games work with Privateer's memory settings, why not just use that configuration all the time and save yourself the trouble?
WildWeasel
Spaceman
I haven't noticed any difference between how they normally run and how they run under Privateer's memory settings.
Johnl12
Repairman
It's doesn't really matter if you can see the difference or not. As a Sys Admin I get pay to make things as simple as possible. Since the days computers and punch cards were first created we been creating batch files so we don't have to keep entering the same commands over and over again.
Which is easier to do? Type twenty lines of code over and over again or just just select one number to run whose twenty lines of code anytime you what. What you may call lazy, people get paid $70K+ yr to make even better.
TC
SubCrid
Wait... to me it seems like you just said the following:
1) It doesn't matter if you see a performance change
2) Creating specific batch files to optimize performance, the change in which you can't see, is more efficient that using only one game setup
3) Using the more complex system in 2 is somehow a good thing, even though it creates the very repetition you seem to hate.
Do you care to clarify?
1) It doesn't matter if you see a performance change
2) Creating specific batch files to optimize performance, the change in which you can't see, is more efficient that using only one game setup
3) Using the more complex system in 2 is somehow a good thing, even though it creates the very repetition you seem to hate.
Do you care to clarify?
WildWeasel
Spaceman
It's nice that you like to talk about your job whenever possible, but it really isn't relevant. As long as there isn't any difference in performance, using Privateer's configuration settings is a fine way to make Academy, Armada, and Righteous Fire work.