Duke3d in SVGA under Win95: How?

Todd Lehrfeld

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May 7, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/7/96

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On my P133, 16megs ram, I can play Duke Nukem 3D just fine with SVGA 800x600 under DOS.
Similarly, VGA mode works wonderfully under Windows95.

However, when I try to do any sort of SVGA under Windows95, it just crashes after loading.

Is there a way to play Duke Nukem in SVGA under Windows95, and if so, what do I need?

Thanks.

Dave Glue

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May 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/8/96

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On 7 May 1996 19:31:17 GMT, todd...@hops.cs.jhu.edu (Todd Lehrfeld)
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Works fine in SVGA under Win95 for me. With a Tseng and S3-TRIO based
card.

Mark Smith

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May 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/8/96

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I play in SVGA under 95 everyday. I just click on the MSDOS icon and
type DUKE3D at the DOS prompt. Works like a charm.

On 7 May 1996 19:31:17 GMT, todd...@hops.cs.jhu.edu (Todd Lehrfeld)
wrote:

>On my P133, 16megs ram, I can play Duke Nukem 3D just fine with SVGA 800x600 under DOS.
>Similarly, VGA mode works wonderfully under Windows95.
>
>However, when I try to do any sort of SVGA under Windows95, it just crashes after loading.
>
>Is there a way to play Duke Nukem in SVGA under Windows95, and if so, what do I need?
>

>Thanks.

cj...@lehigh.edu

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May 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/12/96

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>>Is there a way to play Duke Nukem in SVGA under Windows95, and if so, what do
I need?
>>

I play Duke under 95 in 800x600 using Univbe 5.2 (or whatever they call it
now) My system is a Dell xps90 w/ 32 megs of RAM and a 32 bit 1 meg DRAM
PCI card. I thought the video card would bring me down, but no way, THE
GAME STILL FLIES!! I play right off the desktop, no quitting to dos, no
prompts, just made a shortcut that uses the full screen mode.

Chris
cj...@lehigh.edu

CHUE C LO

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May 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/17/96

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cj...@Lehigh.EDU writes:

what kind of frame rate do you get? just curious because you said
it flies. especially with svga.

Michael Peceny

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May 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/17/96

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It runs under Win95 without any problems for me, too (I prefer to exit
Windows before playing, though, since my keyboard has that #!@$%* windows
key right between LShift and LAlt ... and the game cannot be restored after
I hit it accidently and find myself in Win95's Start menu ...).

As to frame rates, I get about 18-23 frames per second while running around
and wildly swinging left and right, in 800x600, without Univbe or any
other additional drivers/utilities. While standing still or moving more
slowly, frame rates are higher, of course :)
(Pentium 133, 16 MB RAM, PCI Mach64 2MB VRAM)

Michael

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Doran

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May 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/20/96

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In article <4mo8e5$b...@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> todd...@hops.cs.jhu.edu (Todd Lehrfeld) writes:
>From: todd...@hops.cs.jhu.edu (Todd Lehrfeld)
>Subject: Duke3d in SVGA under Win95: How?
>Date: 7 May 1996 19:31:17 GMT

FAQ sez volatile in dosshell for win95.
Speak to Bill.